This matchup features a team that is almost certain to make the playoffs against a team that is fighting an uphill battle to make it into the playoffs this season as the Milwaukee Brewers travel to take on the New York Yankees in game two of a three-game series. Milwaukee won game one by a score of 2-8 on Friday. Will the Yankees end their two-game losing streak or will the Brewers get the win on the road? Let’s take a look at how these teams have fared this season.

The Milwaukee Brewers enter this game with a record of 78-62 which puts them in 1^st place in the NL Central and gives them a three-game lead for 1^st place in the division over the Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee has compiled a record of 4-3 in September which includes an 8-2 win on the road against the New York Yankees in game one of the series on Friday. Three of the runs for the Brewers came in the 8^th inning which included Joey Wiemer and Brice Turang scoring off a double hit by Andrue Monasterio.

New York enters this game with a record of 70-71 which puts them eight games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for the final Wild Card spot and 19.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for 1^st place in the AL East. The Yankees have compiled a record of 5-2 in September but are on a two-game losing streak which includes Friday’s 2-8 loss at home against the Milwaukee Brewers in game one of the series.

BookMaker has the New York Yankees listed as -145 money line favorites at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday afternoon in game two of the series. Milwaukee has won seven of the last ten and two of the last three games while winning by an average margin of 1.1 runs per game over the last ten and 1.67 runs per game over the last three games in the series. 

Both pitchers have had solid seasons this year as the Brewers will send Wade Miley to the mound while the Yankees will send Michael King to the mound on Saturday for game two of the series. Miley is 7-4 this season with a 3.33 ERA while recording 64 strikeouts while King is 4-5 on the year with an ERA of 2.88 and has recorded 91 strikeouts.

Wade Miley is 0-1 with two no-decisions in his last three starts against the Yankees while allowing ten runs and striking out nine in those matchups with his last start against New York coming last season in which Miley didn’t allow a run and struck out 2 in a no-decision.

In his last three starts this season, Michael King is 1-0 with two no-decisions while allowing a total of one run and recording 12 strikeouts in those starts with his last start coming on the road against the Houston Astros in which King allowed one run and struck out four batters in a win. 

Milwaukee enters this game with a better record and has been the better team in the series, winning seven of the last ten and two of the last three games while winning by an average margin of 1.1 runs per game over the last ten and 1.67 runs per game over the last three matchups. As a result, I am taking the money line for the Milwaukee Brewers at +125 on BookMaker for this matchup on Saturday afternoon.