New York Yankees vs. Milwaukee Brewers MLB Betting Preview | September 18

Both the New York Yankees (87-58) and the Milwaukee Brewers (78-67) are looking for another big outing from hitters when the teams match up on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET at American Family Field. Josh Donaldson is on a two-game home run streak for the favored Yankees (-180), and Willy Adames has also hit home runs in two games in a row for the underdog Brewers (+152). New York’s Gerrit Cole starts against Milwaukee’s Jason Alexander.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Brewers

• Game Day: Sunday, September 18, 2022
• Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
• Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Stadium: American Family Field

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The New York Yankees average 1.6 home runs per game and have hit a league-best 226 home runs in total.
• The Yankees rank 20th in the majors with a .239 batting average.
• The Yankees rank fifth in the league with an on-base percentage of .322.
• The Yankees’ 8.5 strikeouts per game rank 16th in baseball.
• The Yankees average 1.4 homers per game when playing on the road this season (103 total in road contests).
• The Yankees are averaging three extra-base hits per game while slugging .410 on the road.
• The team averages 8.3 hits per game and is batting .240 away from home this season.

Yankees Key Batters

• Aaron Judge leads New York with 162 hits and an OBP of .415, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .687.
• Among qualified hitters in the majors, Judge is sixth in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
• Judge has picked up at least one hit in eight straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .444 with two doubles, three home runs, 11 walks and six RBI.
• Gleyber Torres is hitting .245 with 25 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 32 walks.
• Among qualifying hitters, Torres’ batting average ranks him 88th, his on-base percentage 119th, and his slugging percentage 65th.
• Torres enters this matchup looking to extend his seven-game hit streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .295 with three doubles, three home runs, four walks and 11 RBI.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .270 with a .334 slugging percentage and 46 RBI this year.
• Kiner-Falefa has logged a hit or more in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .313 with four walks and two RBI.
• Giancarlo Stanton has been key for New York with 75 hits, an OBP of .298 plus a slugging percentage of .453.

Brewers Stats & Trends

Brewers Batting

• The Brewers rank third in Major League Baseball with 199 home runs.
• The Brewers’ .235 batting average ranks 21st in the league this season.
• The Brewers have an OBP of .316 this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Brewers rank just 27th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of nine whiffs per contest.
• They’ve hit 97 homers, an average of 1.4 per game, in 68 home contests this season.
• They are slugging .417 in 68 home games this season.
• In 68 home games this season, they have a batting average of .236 while averaging 7.7 base hits per contest.

Brewers Key Batters

• Adames is hitting .237 with 27 doubles, 30 home runs and 46 walks.
• Including all the qualified players in MLB, Adames ranks 106th in batting average, 116th in on-base percentage and 26th in slugging percentage.
• Adames hopes to build on an eight-game hitting streak in this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .306 with three doubles, four home runs, seven walks and 13 RBI.
• Rowdy Tellez is batting .224 with 23 doubles, 30 home runs and 56 walks.
• Including all qualifying hitters, Tellez’s batting average places him 124th, his on-base percentage is 100th, and he is 37th in slugging.
• Christian Yelich has accumulated a team-high OBP (.361) and slugging percentage (.392).
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .238 with 22 doubles, 17 home runs and 46 walks.

Yankees vs. Brewers Probable Pitchers