The Brewers are back at American Family Field this weekend for a three-game set against the Rangers, and Milwaukee comes in looking every bit like one of the American League’s toughest crossover tests. The Brewers are 27-15 against AL teams this season, have taken 11 of 14 series against those clubs, and already handled the Angels, Twins and Mariners in August.
That success has helped push Milwaukee to a major league-best plus-173 run differential. The Dodgers are next at plus-148.
Texas arrives with some work to do on the road. The Rangers sit one game back in the AL West and two games out in the wild-card chase, but they have not won a road series since July 1 and are 30-39 away from home.
Milwaukee also brings a hot lineup into the weekend. After outscoring the Mets 18-6 in their previous series, Jackson Chourio is batting .357 with two homers and nine runs over his last 10 games following his big night against New York on Aug. 27.
One familiar arm won’t be on the mound for Brewers fans this time. Jacob Misiorowski will not pitch against Texas, but Logan Henderson has been rolling, going 4-1 with a 2.03 ERA and 32 strikeouts in his last five starts.
Here’s the viewing and listening guide for the series:
Friday, Aug. 28 and Sunday, Aug. 30 will air on Brewers.TV, while Saturday, Aug. 29 is on Fox, Channel 6 in Milwaukee. Brewers.TV can be found on 1263 on XFinity, 670 on DirecTV and 1743 on U-Verse. Spectrum customers should check local listings, with possible channels including 308, 1308, 319, 317 and 469.
The games can also be streamed on Brewers.TV and through the MLB app. A full-season plan is $99.99, and monthly plans are $19.99.
That package includes all games not shown on a national broadcast such as ESPN or AppleTV. Fubo also offers a free trial for new subscribers.
On Brewers.TV, the booth will feature Brian Anderson or Jeff Levering on play-by-play, with Bill Schroeder, Vinny Rottino or Tim Dillard as analysts and Sophia Minnaert reporting from the field.
The series is also on the radio through the Brewers Radio Network, with AM-620 WTMJ serving as the flagship station. Jeff Levering, if he is not on TV, along with Lane Grindle or Josh Maurer, will handle the radio call.
On SiriusXM, the Brewers broadcast is on Channel 182 on Aug. 28, Channel 187 on Aug. 29 and Channel 183 on Aug.
- The Rangers broadcast is available on the SiriusXM app.
The probable starters line up like this: Aug. 28 at 6:40 p.m., Milwaukee right-hander Logan Henderson (8-2, 2.60 ERA) against Texas left-hander Cody Bradford (0-2, 3.05); Aug. 29 at 6:15 p.m., Milwaukee left-hander Shane Drohan (6-5, 3.84) against Texas right-hander Cal Quantrill (6-4, 2.90); and Aug. 30 at 1:10 p.m., Milwaukee TBA against Texas right-hander Kumar Rocker (5-10, 4.41).
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