Fresh off a 6-4 series opening win on Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres are back at it with both teams’ respective aces on the mound.
The Brewers will have Jacob Misiorowski starting tonight. He’s coming off an electric start against the Yankees where he struck out 11 and threw the most pitches 103+ mph in a game of any pitcher in MLB history. Misiorowski maintained his velocity deep into that start, where he went six shutout innings against one of the best lineups in baseball. He’ll look to shut down the Padres lineup that’s also filled with stars tonight.
The Padres will have Michael King on the bump. King has a 2.76 ERA on the season and is coming off a great outing against the Cardinals where he threw six innings of one-run ball, allowing just one hit and striking out six. He’s allowed the highest walk rate of his career this season at 11.1%, though it’s still early. Opponents are hitting just .179 against him.
The Brewers lineup will once again be without Christian Yelich. He returned from the IL for Tuesday night’s game but is not starting tonight. According to Pat Murphy, Yelich is dealing with a little back soreness. Yelich was pushing to be able to play, but Murphy decided to play it cautious and try to let the sore back calm down before it becomes a larger problem.
That means the top of the Brewers lineup will have Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, and William Contreras in the first three spots. Jake Bauers will bat cleanup and DH while Andrew Vaughn bats fifth and is at first base. Garrett Mitchell, Luis Rengifo, Sal Frelick, and Joey Ortiz round out the rest of the lineup in support of Misiorowski.
The Padres have their big bats all at the top of the order, with Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr, Manny Machado, and Miguel Andujar making up the first four spots. Xander Bogaerts is no slouch either batting fifth.
It should be quite the pitching matchup tonight. Can Miz repeat the types of performances he’s had lately? First pitch is at 6:40 p.m.
