The Reds head into another three-game road set with the Brewers trying to keep the momentum from last weekend’s series win alive. Cincinnati took two of three from Milwaukee in the teams’ previous meeting, and now the club gets one more shot at its National League Central rival before the regular season winds down.
Game 1 features Andrew Abbott against Brewers left-hander Shane Drohan. Abbott is 6-10 with a 4.43 ERA, and his most recent outing came in that earlier series against Milwaukee, when he worked four innings and gave up just one run in a Reds victory. Drohan enters at 7-5 with a 4.09 ERA.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. ET, and the game will be shown exclusively on Apple TV.
The Brewers have not announced their starters for the final two games, while Cincinnati has already lined up its pitching plan. Brady Singer is set to start game two after earning a win in his last outing against Milwaukee. That game turned into a slugfest, with the Reds coming away with a 12-8 win even though Singer allowed six runs over five innings.
For game three, the Reds currently have Chase Burns penciled in for his 28th start of the season. Burns is operating under a pitch count, a move that was made official in his start against the Dodgers on Monday night. He threw three scoreless innings in that game, striking out five.
Cincinnati is also expected to lean on Brandon Williamson to cover most of the innings again, just as he did in Burns’ last start. Williamson went 4.1 innings against the Dodgers, allowing three runs and striking out four.
The Reds are down to five series left in the regular season, and even with the season not going the way anyone hoped, they’re still pressing forward.
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