The Milwaukee Brewers head on the road this week to begin a four-game series at Citi Field in Flushing, N.Y., against the reeling New York Mets. Milwaukee enters this series on the outside looking in for a playoff spot. The Brewers are just 0.5 games back of first place in the NL Central from the Cincinnati Reds.
Milwaukee Brewers Travel to New York To Take On the Mets
Entering this series, New York has yet to win a series in the month of June. They are swooning, and this is the perfect time for the Milwaukee Brewers to take a series from a very bad baseball team. The Brewers are 40-37, and the Mets are 35-42. New York is in fourth place in the NL East, and they are tied for the third-worst record in the NL with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Milwaukee Brewers will have a massive advantage in the starting pitching department in this series against the New York Mets. The probable pitching matchup for Monday will be Colin Rea (3-4 record, 4.88 ERA, 54 K) for Milwaukee and Justin Verlander (2-4 record, 4.50 ERA, 44 K) for New York.
As for the rest of this series, it will be: Julio Teheran (2-2 record, 1.53 ERA, 23K) vs. David Peterson (1-6 record, 8.08 ERA, 45K) on Tuesday, TBD for the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Kodai Senga (6-5 record, 3.52 ERA, 93K) for the New York Mets on Wednesday, and TBD for Milwaukee on Thursday vs. Max Scherzer (7-2 record, 3.95 ERA, 76K) for the Mets on Thursday.
Even though the Milwaukee Brewers don’t have some starting pitchers named yet for this series, it can’t be worse than New York’s rotation has been so far this season.
Milwaukee Brewers Stats
Outfielder Christian Yelich has played in 74 games so far this season for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has a .270 batting average with nine home runs, 34 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases.
Outfielder Joey Weimer has played in 75 games this season for Milwaukee. He has a .213 batting average with 10 home runs, 28 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases. Weimer needs to hit for a better average.
Shortstop Willy Adames has played in 67 games so far this season for the Brewers. He has a .209 batting average with 12 home runs, 34 RBIs, and four stolen bases. Adames is a very important player for the Brewers.
New York Mets Stats
First baseman Pete Alonso has played in 69 games so far this season for the New York Mets. He has a .226 batting average with 24 home runs and 55 RBIs, along with two stolen bases. Alonso is by far the best batter on his team.
Shortstop Francisco Lindor has played in 77 games so far this season for New York. He has a .221 batting average with 15 home runs, 52 RBIs, and nine stolen bases. Lindor has received a lot of heat from the Mets fanbase so far this season.
Catcher Francisco Alvarez has played in 54 games so far this season for the Mets. He has a .224 batting average with 12 home runs and 25 RBIs. Alvarez has a chance to be a stud for this franchise for a decade and is only a rookie.
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