The Milwaukee Brewers are very much alive to win the NL Central, sitting just 3 games back of the Division leading Chicago Cubs. Tonight they will go for their third straight win when they host the Cincinnati Reds in the second leg of a 3-game set. Tonight’s pitching matchup will have Sal Romano tapping the rubber for the Reds and Junior Guerra for the Brewers. Both pitchers have struggled of late. Guerra is 6-8, with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP. Over his last 3 turns, Guerra is 0-1 with a 5.60 ERA but the Brewers are 5-1 in his last 6 starts at Miller Park. Romano is 7-10, with a 5.31 ERA and a WHIP of 1.45. In his last 3 turns, Romano is 1-2 with a 7.62 ERA. In his last outing, Romano was lit up by Cleveland, surrendering 6 runs in just 1-2/3 innings of work. The Reds are 0-5 in Romano’s last 5 starts against the Brewers, they are 2-8 in the last 10 meetings overall, and 1-4 in their last 5 trips to Miller Park. Guerra needs to go deep into this game because Milwaukee’s bullpen has issues.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS