The NL Central has four teams separated by four or fewer games, but the Milwaukee Brewers (50-31) sit atop the throne as we inch closer to the All-Star break. Milwaukee will host Cincinnati (39-43) as both teams look to get back in the win column after losses on Sunday.

Cincinnati is coming off a 9-4 loss to Pittsburgh and has dropped four of the last six games. The Reds turn to Nick Lodolo to open the series, which hasn't been great news lately. In June, the Reds are 0-4 in Lodolo's starts and he has a 6.16 ERA with 13 earned runs on 28 hits allowed over 19.0 innings. However, in his last start, Lodolo went 4.0 innings with zero earned runs against Milwaukee, a significant improvement seven earned runs and 11 hits versus the Mets in his prior start.

Milwaukee has lost two straight games to break up their five-game winning streak. Despite the recent losses, Milwaukee is still up 6.5 games on the NL Central. Over the past week, the Brewers are hitting .220 (22nd) and rank sixth in ERA (2.89) as a pitching staff with the best OBA (.162). Robert Gasser gets the nod to start the series. Milwaukee lost his first four starts this year, but the Brewers have won the past two with Gasser on the mound as he's posted a 1.54 ERA and .154 OBA.

Let’s dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

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Game details & how to watch Reds at Brewers

• Date: Monday, June 29, 2026
• Time: 7:40 PM EST
• Site: American Family Field 
• City: Milwaukee, WI
• Network/Streaming: MLB TV

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Odds for the Reds at the Brewers

The latest odds as of Monday:

• Moneyline: Cincinatti Reds (+129), Milwaukee Brewers (-156)
• Spread: Brewers -1.5 (+138), Reds +1.5 (-167)
• Total: 9.0

Probable starting pitchers for Reds at Brewers

• Monday's pitching matchup (June 29): Nick Lodolo vs. Robert Gasser  
  
• Reds: Nick Lodolo

2026 stats: 79.1 IP, 5-5, 4.99 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 59 Ks, 28 BB

• Brewers: Robert Gasser 

2026 Stats: 93.0 IP, 8-3, 1.45 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 138 Ks, 23 BB

Who’s Hot? Who’s Not

• The Reds’ Sal Stewart is hitting .254 with 79 hits, 15 home runs and 57 RBI over 311 at-bats
• The Reds’ Matt McLain is hitting .198 with 50 hits and 76 strikeouts over 253 at-bats
• The Brewers’ William Contreras is hitting .301 with 89 hits, 9 home runs, and 50 RBI over 296 at-bats
• The Brewers’ Joey Ortiz is hitting .200 with 33 hits and 35 strikeouts over 200 at-bats

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Reds at Brewers

• The Reds are 45-37 ATS, tied for sixth-best
• The Brewers are 45-36 ATS, ranking fifth-best
• The Reds are 49-32 to the Over, ranking third-best
• The Brewers are 42-37-2 to the Under, ranking 10th-best
• The Reds are 25-16 ATS on the road, ranking second-best 
• The Brewers are 24-19 ATS at home, ranking eighth-best

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BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran singled home the winning run to cap a three-run rally in the 10th inning after Boston blew a two-run lead in the ninth, and the Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of the rival New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory Sunday night.

Boston starter Sonny Gray took a no-hitter into the eighth against his former team before Amed Rosario singled with one out. That ended a brilliant outing for Gray, who had nine strikeouts to reach 2,000 for his career.

But the Yankees scored twice in the ninth off All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman to tie it 2-all, aided enormously by a brutal throwing error from two-time Gold Glove right fielder Wilyer Abreu.

New York scratched across two more runs in the 10th, taking advantage of another throwing error by Abreu after Rosario’s sinking liner squirted out of his glove for an RBI single. But right-hander Fernando Cruz (4-3) was unable to hold the lead after closer David Bednar had pitched the previous two innings.

Boston’s first four-game sweep of the Yankees at home since 2018 marked the first four-game winning streak this season for the last-place Red Sox.

New York arrived at Fenway Park with the best record in the American League but left a game behind Tampa Bay atop the AL East.

Anthony Seigler led off the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single that trimmed Boston’s deficit to 4-3. Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida followed with a double before a sacrifice fly by Tsung-Che Chung tied it at 4 and advanced Yoshida to third.

New York brought in Rosario from left field to form a five-man infield, and Duran hit a line drive to right where nobody was standing.

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected for arguing after he was called out on a check-swing for strike three to end the sixth.

Up next

Yankees LHP Ryan Weathers (3-5, 3.95 ERA) faces Detroit RHP Casey Mize on Monday as New York returns home and opens a three-game series against the Tigers.

Boston is scheduled to start LHP Ranger Suarez (3-3, 2.83) against Washington LHP Andrew Alvarez on Monday to open a three-game set at Fenway Park.