(WNFL/BREWERS) – The Milwaukee Brewers open a 3-game series in Pittsburgh tonight against the Pirates.
The Brewers will open the series by sending Jacob Misiorowski to the mound. Misiorowski is 14-5 with a 1.95 ERA and has 236 strikeouts.
The Pirates who are 75-75 will send Lake Bachar who is 1-3 with a 3.52 ERA to the mound.
The Brewers are 93-57 and comfortably in first place in the National League Central Division with a 9 1/2 game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs.
The Brewers also have the best record in the National League. The LA Dodgers are next at 91-59 while Atlanta is third with a record of 88-63. The teams with the top 2 records get first-round byes in the playoffs.
The Pirates are 38-34 at home and have a record of 34-38 with teams that have record of .500 or better. The Pirates are 7-3 in their last 10 games.
The Brewers are 41-31 on the road and are winnings in 6 of their last 10 games.
Offensively, the Brewers have outscored their opponent by a Major League Baseball-best 195 runs.
Pittsburgh has outscored its opponents by 26 runs.
The game can be heard beginning with the pre-game show at 5:05 tonight on 97.5 and 1360 WTAQ.
Yelich nominated for Roberto Clemente Award: Major League Baseball today announced that Christian Yelich has been named the Brewers 2026 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One, one of baseball’s most prestigious individual honors acknowledging community and philanthropic commitment. This is Yelich’s second time receiving the honor with his first nomination in 2023.
The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a player from each MLB Club who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. As part of the annual program, each MLB Club nominates one player to be considered for the league-wide award in tribute to Clemente’s achievements and character.
Tonight celebrates the 25th annual Roberto Clemente Day, which was established by Major League Baseball to honor Clemente’s legacy and to formally acknowledge Club nominees of the Roberto Clemente Award. As part of the league-wide celebration, the Roberto Clemente Day logo will appear on the bases and official dugout lineup cards and a customized tribute video to Roberto will be shown in all MLB ballparks as well as on MLB Network, MLB.com, Club sites and MLB Social Media Platforms.
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