Why the over 8 runs looks like the play

One of my favorite things about sports betting is that we can do it every day.

The NBA and NHL offer us another six games per day normally, and football dominates our weekends.

With baseball, we get around 15 games to choose from in over 150 days of the year.

There is always something to look forward to on the sports calendar.

I picked out the game tonight between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers for us to enjoy.

The Diamondbacks are off to a decent start at 15-12 for the season.

On the road, they have been exactly average, going 6-6 in the early stretch of the year.

For the most part, Arizona has been carried by a strong offensive output.

I don't know that I would've expected that, considering they traded away Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez last season.

Merrill Kelly is starting for the Diamondbacks.

He was another player who was traded away from Arizona last season, but he re-signed in the offseason.

It has not been a very positive return to the team.

In two starts, he is 1-1 with a 9.31 ERA and a 2.28 WHIP.

He did record a win in his first outing, going 5.1 innings against the Orioles, but he still allowed five hits, two earned runs and four walks.

He has been solid against the Brewers, holding them to just nine hits in 51 at-bats.

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Maybe this is just a bad stretch; they are 1-4 over their past five games, and 6-11 over the past 17 games.

Tonight, they send out Chad Patrick to the mound.

He has had a pretty strong start to the year, but is coming off of his worst outing.

He also hasn't gone overly deep into many games.

He has completed five innings just twice in his five starts.

Overall, he has allowed six earned runs in 23 innings, good for a 2.35 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP.

There haven't been a lot of at-bats against him from Diamondbacks' hitters, but they've gone 4-for-11 against him.

I will say both starters are capable of putting up zeroes, but given their current form, I don't love it.

I think the Brewers win this game as well.

Officially, I'll just play the over.

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