Milwaukee Brewers set to do battle with the Pirates on Saturday
Posted September 15, 2018 4:26 am.
Last Updated September 15, 2018 5:00 am.
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Pittsburgh Pirates (72-74, fourth in NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (85-63, second in NL Central)
Milwaukee; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. Eastern
PROBABLE PITCHERS: Pirates: Ivan Nova (8-9, 4.17 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 105 strikeouts) Brewers: Zach Davies (2-5, 4.76 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Brewers are 8-2 in their last 10 games. Milwaukee’s lineup has 192 home runs this year, Jesus Aguilar paces them with 31 homers. The Pirates have gone 14-12 in Nova’s starts this season. The Pittsburgh offence has compiled a .254 batting average as a team this year, Corey Dickerson leads the team with a mark of .291. The Brewers won 7-4 in Friday’s meeting, Corbin Burnes earned his fifth win of the year.
TOP PERFORMERS: Starling Marte is batting .272 for the Pirates this season, and his .450 slugging percentage is 35th in the National League. Adam Frazier has 12 hits and is batting .316 over his past 10 games for Pittsburgh. Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with 164 hits on the season. He’s batting .314 on the year. Lorenzo Cain has 15 hits and is batting .385 over his past 10 games for Milwaukee.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 6-4, .272 batting average, 4.08 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs. Brewers: 8-2, .238 batting average, 2.43 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.
