The Milwaukee Brewers will begin a road trip starting this weekend against the Houston Astros for a three-game set. The first pitch for Friday night will be at 7:10 p.m. CT.
In this matchup, the projected starting pitchers for Friday’s game will be Freddy Peralta (3-1, 3.63 ERA) for Milwaukee and Hunter Brown (0-4 record, 7.79 ERA) for Houston. Entering this weekend’s matchup, the Brewers have a 26-17 record and are in first place in the National League Central. As for the Astros, they are in third place in the American League West with a 19-25 record.
On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers had an off day after taking two of three from the Pittsburgh Pirates. As for the Houston Astros, they just swept a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics.
Catcher William Contreras is projected to bat third in the lineup for the Brewers against the Astros. Contreras has played in 43 games this season and has a .359 batting average with six home runs and 34 RBIs, along with three stolen bases. His on-base percentage is .434.
Left fielder Sal Frelick is projected to bat seventh for Milwaukee against Houston. He has a .257 batting average with two home runs and 10 RBIs, along with five stolen bases and two caught stealing attempts. Frelick also has a .331 on-base percentage.
Freddy Peralta has pitched in eight games so far this season for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has pitched in 44.2 innings and has given up 31 hits and 18 runs. Peralta has walked 16 batters and has struck out 58 batters.
Houston Astros Players To Watch For Against the Milwaukee Brewers
Joe Espada is the manager of the Astros after Dusty Baker retired from the MLB. Houston has not been off to the start they have hoped for, but this is what happens when they have been to seven straight ALCS. They won two World Series titles in that span. Eventually, wear and tear occurs also.
Right fielder Kyle Tucker is projected to bat second for the Houston Astros. He has played in 43 games so far this season and has a .280 batting average with 13 home runs and 29 RBIs, along with six stolen bases. Tucker’s on-base percentage is .408.
Designated hitter Yordan Alvarez is projected to bat third for Houston in this matchup against Milwaukee. He has played in 44 games this year and has a .253 batting average with eight home runs and 20 RBIs, along with zero stolen bases. His on-base percentage is .325.
Hunter Brown has pitched in eight games so far this season for the Astros. He has pitched in 32.1 innings and has given up 47 hits and 29 runs. Brown has also walked 18 batters and has struck out 36.
The Milwaukee Brewers should be scoring a lot of runs on Friday against the Houston Astros. They may score a lot of runs this weekend and Milwaukee can win this series easily against Houston.
