First-place Milwaukee visits last-place Pittsburgh.
The Pirates, 28 ¹/₂ games back of the Brewers, have lost eight straight. Mitch Keller (3-9, 5.39 ERA) throws for the home team. His record speaks for itself. The Brewers’ Brett Anderson (4-5, 3.54 ERA) got off to a slow start but has turned his season around. He’s allowed only two runs over his last 16 ²/₃ innings.
The Brews are cruising to a division title and should pad their lead this weekend, but we will “Buc” the trend in the first game — the letdown game — of the series and take the home-dog Pirates for 10 units.
Holy Cornbread! Went with the GuarIndians, and they got their A’s kicked by Oakland. The Athletics used a balanced attack to score 17 runs. Chris Bassitt held the Tribe to three hits, pushing his record to 12-3, and the A’s won, 17-0. Winning streak died hard. Down -615 cornhuskers.