The Cincinnati Reds have lost three games in a row. They are just 19-34 over their last 53 games played, which is abysmal. They are the owners of an impossibly bad 4-19 record within the National League Central, and they have lost all five games in which they have played the Milwaukee Brewers so far this year.
On Wednesday night, they once again will be tasked with tackling the beast that is Milwaukee, and they’ll send out lefty Andrew Abbott to try to do it. Abbott has settled in rather nicely after a rough first few weeks of the season, and the Reds will need his unique blend of precision and deception to help keep this smack-hitting Brewers lineup on its heels.
Shane Drohan will get the start for Milwaukee. He just faced the Reds last week and held them scoreless over 4.1 IP. He has pitched in both the rotation and bullpen for the Beers so far in 2026, so odds are he won’t be in there much longer than that even if he’s being as effective as he was last time out, so Cincinnati will inevitably be required to take on a Milwaukee bullpen that’s been mostly a Top 5 unit in the game all season for an extended period.
First pitch is set for 8:00 PM ET as ESPN will carry it nationally.
Lineups for both clubs are listed below, with the Reds once again stacking righties against a left-handed starter. That includes the switch-hitting Ivan Johnson, who’ll start in LF for the first big league appearance of his career.
Today’s Lineups
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