The I-94 Collection. The Craig Counsell Collection. The Colin Rea Collection. The “Hey, We Don’t Like You Guys However We Will Promote You Our Season Tickets For Method Extra Than They’re Value” Collection. For the primary time this season, the Brewers and Cubs meet as the 2 golf equipment vie for supremacy within the Nationwide League Central.
As we lined earlier at present, this 12 months’s Cubs will not be final 12 months’s Cubs. By OPS, they’ve been the second-best group in baseball this season, behind solely the New York Aaron Judges. Chicago’s offense is led by new addition Kyle Tucker, sure, however they’ve gotten better-than-projected offensive performances from Seiya Suzuki, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, and the league’s chief in OPS if he certified, backup catcher Carson Kelly. Sure, actually.
It’s unlikely that the Cubs’ offense continues at this tempo for the remainder of the season, however we’re not at the moment speaking about the remainder of the season; we’re speaking concerning the subsequent three days. The Brewers are available in off an typically ugly highway journey on which they went 4-6 — they might have salvaged a .500 journey with a sweep of the White Sox, however they type of obtained embarrassed yesterday within the final sport of that sequence. The Cubs, in the meantime, simply confronted a sub-.500 group for the primary time all season, and took two of three in Pittsburgh.
We are going to save the marquee pitching matchups for a unique night time, because the Cubs will ship Ben Brown to the mound to face off towards the Brewers’ latest addition, Quinn Priester Tyler Alexander. Brown, a former Thirty third-round decide, pitched properly in 55 1⁄3 innings as a rookie in 2024, however issues haven’t gone so properly this season. His walks are up (5.0 per 9 innings), and whereas he strikes out a variety of batters, he’s giving up an entire bunch of hits. Brown is available in with a 6.04 ERA and 12.1 hits allowed per 9 innings, although his 11.0 strikeouts per 9 does have his FIP at a good 4.17.
For Milwaukee, Quinn Priester was listed because the starter till late this afternoon, but it surely appears to be like prefer it’ll be Tyler Alexander to start out this one as an opener earlier than he turns it over to Priester. Alexander final pitched Wednesday, when he appeared nice for two 2⁄3 innings earlier than permitting a few late baserunners (one on catcher’s interference) and getting a run charged to his title when considered one of them scored as considered one of Grant Anderson’s inherited runners. Priester had his first actual tough outing of the season his final outing on Saturday versus the Cardinals. He allowed 5 runs, all earned, on eight hits and three walks in 5 innings in that sport, however he’ll look to get again to the extra promising type that had his ERA at simply 1.93 by means of his first three outings earlier than final weekend’s dud.
The Brewers will go together with Isaac Collins in left subject tonight, with Christian Yelich because the designated hitter. The lineup is in any other case as anticipated.
With common apologies to these of you who discover this annoying, tonight’s sport is being broadcast solely on Apple TV+, however in fact, you’ll be able to at all times take heed to it on the Brewers Radio Community. First pitch is at 7:10 p.m.
