Remember when the Brewers were swept by the San Diego Padres, and it felt like everyone on the team was injured and the season was falling apart? Well, it’s been over two weeks since that moment, and the Brewers enter today’s three-game series with the Rangers having won four straight series with the offense humming.
The Rangers enter tonight coming off a disaster of a series against the Chicago White Sox. After an 11-2 opening series victory with Kumar Rocker striking out eight batters in 5.2 innings, their pitching staff followed up by allowing 21 runs over the final two games. With a day off yesterday, they’ll turn to left-hander Cody Bradford to try and stifle this hot Brewers offense.
Bradford is in his third season with the Rangers, and in his first since 2024. So far this season, he has made four starts, pitching solid enough to provide stability for a pitching rotation that has been riddled with injuries. Tonight, he takes the mound with a 3.05 ERA in 20.2 innings, having allowed just two runs over his last two starts. The lone downside of his pitching is the number of hits he has given up, as in his previous start he’s allowed at least seven hits. Successfully hitting with runners in scoring position will be the key to success for the Brewers tonight.
Making his second straight start at home and looking to continue his streak of three runs or less in a start is Logan Henderson. Last week, in a game that gave them the series victory against the Atlanta Braves, Henderson threw six beautiful innings of one-run ball, allowing just five hits and two walks, while striking out four batters.
The Crew looks to continue their offensive surge at the plate, as they plated eight runs each in the final two games of the series. Pat Murphy will continue to stack his top four power hitters at the top of the lineup tonight, as Brice Turang leads things off. Jackson Chourio will try to add on to his two-home-run night, as over the last month he has six of them, enough to make him second on the team in long balls. Of course, Jake Bauers and William Contereas will follow, with Christian Yelich batting fifth. Yelich, quietly, has been heating up over his last seven games, as he has driven in six, belted one home run, and has walked three times, enough to give him a .348 batting average. Can the former MVP keep this stretch up into October?
All in all, the Brewers will be looking to extend their division lead to the largest of the season at eight games tonight, as with a Cubs loss against the Reds earlier today, that brings their lead to 7.5 games. First pitch is slated for 6:40 p.m., and you’ll be able to find the game on Brewers.TV and WTMJ 620.
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