{"id":685381,"date":"2026-04-28T23:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/685381\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:39:29","slug":"chad-patrick-faces-arizona-diamondbacks-in-homestand-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/685381\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad Patrick Faces Arizona Diamondbacks in Homestand Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Milwaukee Brewers are scheduled to host the Arizona Diamondbacks at American Family Field on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 6:40 p.m. local time to conclude their current homestand. Right-hander Chad Patrick will take the mound for Milwaukee against Arizona veteran Merrill Kelly in the opening game of the three-game series.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee enters the contest with a 14-13 record after recently dropping a series to the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite a 5-0 shutout victory on Sunday according to Brew Crew Ball. The Brewers currently lead the league with 36 stolen bases but rank 26th in team OPS at .678, having failed to record a home run in the past week.<\/p>\n

Arizona holds a 15-12 record following a series split with the San Diego Padres in Mexico City as reported by Fox News. The Diamondbacks’ offense has been a primary strength, ranking sixth in the league with a .255 team batting average, though the pitching staff holds a 4.53 team ERA, which ranks 24th overall.<\/p>\n

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Patrick, a former Diamondbacks draft pick, carries a 1-1 record and a 2.35 ERA into the matchup after allowing four runs in his previous outing against Detroit. “Patrick has had a solid season thus far, even if the underlying numbers don\u2019t back that up,” reported Brew Crew Ball regarding his 11 strikeouts over 23 innings of work.<\/p>\n

Merrill Kelly returns for his third start of 2026 for Arizona following a difficult performance where he surrendered eight runs in 4 1\/3 innings against the Chicago White Sox. Kelly has historically performed well against Milwaukee hitters, limiting them to nine hits in 51 at-bats during previous encounters according to Fox News.<\/p>\n

The Brewers’ injury list remains significant as outfielder Christian Yelich continues to recover from a groin strain, while Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio are nearing rehab assignments for hand injuries. Arizona expects the return of catcher Gabriel Moreno for this series after he sidelined for two weeks with an oblique strain.<\/p>\n

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\"Kyle<\/p>\n

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Arizona’s bullpen is anchored by closer Paul Sewald, who is a perfect 7-for-7 in save opportunities despite a 4.50 ERA. Milwaukee continues to rely on relievers Aaron Ashby and Grant Anderson, who lead the team in appearances, to support a rotation that holds the fifth-best starter ERA in the league at 3.59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Brewers are scheduled to host the Arizona Diamondbacks at American Family Field on Tuesday, April 28,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,4838,38,660,59,4,71457],"class_list":["post-685381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-chad-patrick","tag-diamondbacks","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116484976136661591","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}