After taking a game one loss to the Braves on Monday night, the Brewers look to rebound in game two of the series. With the offense slumping again (one run scored in three of their last four games), they’ll hope to get back on track against Grant Holmes. Meanwhile, Quinn Priester will start for the Brewers.
While Priester has come out of the bullpen in three of his last four appearances, he’s still been a starter in all but name. He’s provided stability in his appearances, pitching at least five innings and not allowing more than three runs in his last seven games. The Brewers have been conservative with his pitch count, holding him under 90 pitches in each of those games. Despite that limitation, he can be efficient with his pitches and get six innings out of it. He will not have DL Hall to piggyback with tonight, as Hall pitched three innings in last night’s game. Overall this season, Priester has a 3.88 ERA and 4.58 FIP.
For the Braves, Holmes will get the start tonight. He has seen some similar consistency for the Braves, though he’s coming off a rough performance. In his last start against the Diamondbacks, he allowed three runs in just 3 1⁄3 innings. Before that, he regularly pitched five-plus innings. He also has allowed three or fewer runs in six of his last seven starts. This will be the second time the Brewers are facing him. He made one start against the Brewers last July, allowing one run in five innings. He has a 3.99 ERA and 4.55 FIP this season.
While the big news of the day is the pending debut of Jacob Misiorowski on Thursday, the team made another roster move today. They recalled Easton McGee from Triple-A Nashville and optioned Grant Anderson there. McGee pitched on Sunday and should be rested for today, and the bullpen mostly got a day off on Monday after Hall and Anderson took the last 4 1⁄3 innings of the game.
The Brewers will send out most of their usual lineup against right-handed pitchers. Christian Yelich gets the day off, with William Contreras moving up to bat third. Jake Bauers is taking the designated hitter spot and batting fourth. Isaac Collins is also back in the lineup, playing left field and batting seventh.
Here are the full lineups for tonight. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. CT, and it will be on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin and the Brewers Radio Network.