10* UNDER Reds/Brewers (NL CENTRAL TOW)

These teams have been involved in several higher-scoring games of late, including in the Brewers 8-3 win on Friday night, but for a couple of different reasons, we're expecting much more of a "duel" here on Saturday between these division rivals. The Brewers won their fourth straight after yesterday's win, and all three games went "over" the number. Despite Friday's victory eclipsing the posted number, Milwaukee has STILL seen the total go "under" the number in eight of its last 12 after playing to three or more straight "overs" in a row. The Reds are last in the division at 56-60. They had won three of four previous to yesterday's setback. They've now seen the total go "over" in seven straight. But we really like both these staters and everything points to them "stealing the show" so to speak in what we predict will be a classic "duel," with Nick Martinez (6-4, 3.43 ERA) going for the Reds and Tobias Myers (6-5, 3.02) countering for the home side. With each of these starters working deep into the latter frames like we suspect, the savvy call as far as the total is concerned in this one is definitely on the "under!"

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