The Milwaukee Brewers will ask right-hander Colin Rea to keep up their home-field sizzling streak once they face the Chicago Cubs on Friday within the opener of the three-game sequence.
Rea (6-2, 3.62 ERA) shall be opposed by right-hander Jameson Taillon (4-3, 2.90), who will make his third begin this season towards the Brewers.
Chicago beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Thursday because of Ian Happ’s two-run homer within the tenth inning. Nico Hoerner had an earlier two-run shot for the visiting Cubs. The bullpen saved the Giants off the board after starter Shota Imanaga was tagged for 3 runs within the sixth.
Milwaukee, which was idle Thursday, is coming off a three-game house sweep of the Texas Rangers. The Brewers received the sequence finale 6-5 in 10 innings on Wednesday on a walk-off single by Andruw Monasterio. Jake Bauers hit a grand slam, and rookie Jackson Chourio had an inside-the-park homer.
The extremely touted Chourio, who spent most of 2023 with Double-A Biloxi and had solely 21 at-bats at Triple-A Nashville, is hitting .302 (19-for-63) in June. He has three doubles, three homers and 13 RBIs this month whereas elevating his common from .210 to .236.
“I am feeling higher each single day. Hopefully, we are able to preserve this,” Chourio stated after the Wednesday recreation. “In truth, there hasn’t been rather a lot totally different. I feel extra issues are going my method and a few of these hits are falling now.”
Milwaukee has received 5 straight at house and is 20-5 over its previous 25 video games at American Household Discipline after a 5-7 begin there. The Brewers are 9-2-1 in house sequence.
Milwaukee is 4-3 this season towards the Cubs. Chicago took two of three at house vs. the Brewers in early Might, whereas the Brewers received three of 4 later that month at house within the rematch. In the newest sequence, Brewers shortstop Willy Adames went 7-for-14 with two homers and 7 RBIs.
Rea, bumped again from his scheduled begin Wednesday in favor of newly acquired Dallas Keuchel, allowed 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings on June 21 at San Diego however didn’t get the choice in a 9-5 loss.
Rea is 2-0 with a 3.22 ERA in 4 appearances in June, together with three begins.
In three profession begins towards Chicago, Rea is 0-0 with a 2.93 ERA. He has confronted the Cubs as soon as this season, permitting one run in 5 1/3 innings throughout a no-decision within the Brewers’ 6-4 victory on Might 30.
Taillon is coming off one in every of his greatest begins, when he permitted one run in seven innings on Saturday, hanging out a season-high 10, in an 8-1 win over the Mets. It was his first victory since Might 4 vs. Milwaukee.
“He pitched rather well,” Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell stated, based on MLB.com, after Taillon’s most up-to-date outing. “Undoubtedly acquired extra swing-and-miss than we have seen within the final couple of begins. However I assumed he was simply locked in. I assumed (catcher Tomas Nido) did a very nice job with him and he simply managed counts actually, rather well.”
Taillon is 4-7 with a 3.20 ERA in 16 profession video games, together with 15 begins, towards the Brewers. He has allowed three runs in 12 innings throughout his two begins towards them this season.
The Cubs put right-hander Javier Assad on the 15-day injured checklist Thursday, retroactive to Monday, on account of a proper forearm pressure. Assad was 4-3 with a 3.04 ERA in 16 begins. Proper-hander Hayden Wesneski, who began for Chicago on Wednesday, is predicted to stay within the rotation.
–Discipline Degree Media
