Although it’s August, the divisional races are starting to heat up; with these last couple of wins for San Diego, they find themselves in the mix for a Wild Card. For the Brewers, the heat has intensified with these last two losses; the Chicago Cubs now find themselves 4.0 games behind for first place.
With arguably one of the biggest series of the year looming with the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend, the Brewers look to salvage the final game of the series with the Padres with Dustin May on the mound.
May will be making his second start in a Brewers uniform after having a stellar first outing a week ago. He’ll try to build upon his six innings of two-run ball, with five strikeouts, in what feels like a must-need similar outing today.
Thankfully, the Brewers caught a break this afternoon as it came out that Pat Murphy misspoke when talking about injuries last night, stating that it was Jackson Chourio who hurt his thumb and not Brice Turang. With already a roughed-up infield, a blow to Turang on the right side would not have been ideal. However, Chourio is back in the lineup today, batting leadoff, and playing in left field. Also returning from injury is shortstop Joey Ortiz, who will look to fill a much-needed hole in the infield as Turang can slide back to second base.
Other notable moves in the lineup is Jake Bauers will be in left field today, as Andrew Vaughn takes over at first base, and Luis Lara and Christian Yelich will be riding the pine in today’s series finale.
First pitch is 3:10 p.m., and you can find the game on Brewers.TV and WTMJ 620.
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