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Milwaukee heads into Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park trying to win the series after Wednesday’s 5-2 loss evened things up. The Brewers are 13-10 and somehow still sitting fifth in the NL Central, while Detroit is 13-12 and second in the AL Central. First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. ET, with Brandon Sproat lined up for Milwaukee and Tarik Skubal getting the ball for Detroit. The listed broadcast is BREW, and this is one of the more pitching-driven matchups on the early board. Detroit’s home split is a big part of the handicap. The Tigers are 9-2 at Comerica, and they have been the steadier team over the last 10 games at 7-3 with a .267 team average and

Philadelphia goes into Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field trying to stop the slide before this series gets away completely. The Phillies are 8-16 and have lost eight straight, while the Cubs are 15-9 and have won eight in a row after Wednesday’s 7-2 result. First pitch is set for 2:20 p.m. ET, and the listed TV coverage is NBC Sports Philadelphia and Marquee Sports Network. The probable starters are Cristopher Sánchez for Philadelphia and Edward Cabrera for Chicago. This is a strange market at first glance because the hotter team is the home underdog. The reason is pretty obvious. Sánchez has been excellent, carrying a 1.59 ERA with 39 strikeouts and just one home run allowed in 28 1/3 innings,

San Diego heads into Thursday afternoon at Coors Field trying to win the series after Wednesday’s 8-3 loss snapped some momentum. The Padres are 16-8 and tied atop the NL West, while Colorado is 10-15 and still trying to climb out of the division cellar. First pitch is set for 3:10 p.m. ET in Denver, with Padres.TV and Rockies.TV listed for the broadcast. The probable starters are Matt Waldron for San Diego and Ryan Feltner for Colorado. This is one of those Coors Field games where the total deserves just as much attention as the side. The market has San Diego favored, which makes sense given the overall team quality gap, but neither starting pitcher comes in with a clean

Chicago heads into Thursday’s series finale at Chase Field trying to win a second straight road series after taking two of its last three overall. The White Sox are 9-15 and fourth in the AL Central, while Arizona is 14-10 and third in the NL West after Wednesday’s 11-7 win evened this set. First pitch is scheduled for 3:40 p.m. ET in Phoenix, with CHSN and Dbacks.TV on the broadcast. The listed pitching matchup is Davis Martin for Chicago against Michael Soroka for Arizona. This matchup has turned into more of an offense game than I expected a couple days ago. The first two meetings produced 34 total runs, and both lineups have shown enough extra-base damage to keep pressure