The Milwaukee Brewers will continue their homestand this weekend with a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds beginning on Friday night. The projected starting pitching matchup will be Hunter Greene (4-2 record, 3) for this matchup.61 ERA) for Cincinnati and Freddy Peralta (4-3 record, 3.95 ERA) for Milwaukee.
The Brewers have a 40-28 record so far this season. Manager Pat Murphy could be one of the favorites to win the National League Manager of the Year award. As for the Reds, they have a 33-35 record and are seven games back of Milwaukee for first place in the division.
Shortstop Willy Adames is projected to bat fourth for the Brewers on Friday. In 68 games played so far this season, he has a .246 batting average with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs, along with 10 stolen bases and two caught stealing attempts. His on-base percentage is .331.
Third baseman Joey Ortiz is projected to bat seventh for Milwaukee on Friday. In 59 games played so far this season, he has a .285 batting average with five home runs and 23 RBIs, along with four stolen bases and three caught stealing attempts. His on-base percentage is .378.
Freddy Peralta has pitched in 13 games so far this season for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has pitched in 70.2 innings and has given up 54 hits and 32 runs. Peralta has also walked 26 batters and struck out 92 batters.
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David Bell is the manager for the Cincinnati Reds and they hope they can turn the tide against the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend. Cincinnati has underachieved this season.
Shortstop Elly De La Cruz is projected to bat second for the Reds. He has played in 68 games so far this season and has a .228 batting average with 11 home runs and 29 RBIs, along with 34 stolen bases and six caught stealing attempts. De La Cruz also has a .323 on-base percentage.
Left fielder Spencer Steer is projected to bat fourth for the Cincinnati Reds. He has played in 66 games so far this season and has a .239 batting average with seven home runs and 41 RBIs, along with 12 stolen bases and one caught stealing attempt. Steer also has a .338 on-base percentage.
Hunter Greene has pitched in 13 games so far this season for Cincinnati. He has pitched in 77.1 innings and has given up 57 hits and 32 runs. Greene has walked 32 batters and has struck out 84 batters.
The Milwaukee Brewers on paper are a better team than the Cincinnati Reds. However, with it being a divisional rival in town, throw out all of the records and anything can happen this weekend between Cincinnati and Milwaukee. All three games could potentially be high-scoring.
