The Brewers and Braves are set for a three-game weekend series that starts Friday afternoon in Milwaukee and ends Sunday night in Williamsport, Pa., with the Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field.
The opener has the kind of pitching matchup that looks more like October than August: Jacob Misiorowski against Chris Sale. The 24-year-old Misiorowski and the 37-year-old Sale have combined for 360 strikeouts this season, and they own the top two earned run averages in baseball.
Misiorowski has allowed just 3.17 hits per game over 23 starts and is striking out 13.9 batters per nine innings. Sale has given up 4.68 hits per game over 22 starts and is striking out 11.6 batters per nine innings.
Milwaukee will also turn to Logan Henderson on Saturday. He’s 4-1 with a 2.70 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 30 innings over the last month.
The finale shifts to Williamsport for a nationally televised game on ESPN and ESPN2.
Here’s the full viewing guide for the series:
The Aug. 21 and Aug. 22 games will air on Brewers.TV, while the Aug. 23 game will be on ESPN. Brewers.TV is available on channels 1263 on XFinity, 670 on DirecTV and 1743 on U-Verse. Spectrum customers should check local listings, with possible channel numbers including 308, 1308, 319, 317 and 469.
The games are also available to stream on Brewers.TV and through the MLB app. A full-season plan costs $99.99, and monthly plans are $19.99.
That package includes games not shown on national broadcasts such as ESPN, AppleTV or Peacock. Fubo also offers a free trial for new subscribers.
On Brewers.TV, Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder, Vinny Rottino or Tim Dillard will be on the analyst side, with Sophia Minnaert reporting from the field. For ESPN’s broadcast, Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Buster Olney will be on the call.
Game times for the series are 3:10 p.m. on Aug. 21, 1:10 p.m. on Aug. 22 and 6:10 p.m. on Aug. 23.
Fans can also listen on the Brewers Radio Network, including flagship station AM-620 WTMJ. Jeff Levering, when not on Brewers.TV, along with Lane Grindle and Josh Maurer, will handle the radio broadcasts.
The Brewers’ broadcast will also air on Sirius XM Channel 175 on Aug. 21, Channel 176 on Aug. 22 and Channel 175 on Aug.
- The Braves broadcast will be available on the Sirius XM app.
The probable pitchers for the series are Sale against Misiorowski on Friday, Martín Pérez against Henderson on Saturday, and Tyler Mahle against Shane Drohan on Sunday in Williamsport. Sale enters at 12-8 with a 2.16 ERA, while Misiorowski is 12-5 with a 1.75 ERA. Pérez is 8-7 with a 3.15 ERA, Henderson is 7-2 with a 2.70 ERA, Mahle is 4-10 with a 4.53 ERA, and Drohan is 6-4 with a 3.86 ERA.
The Braves are currently the No. 3 seed in the National League at 75-53, and this is the second straight weekend the Brewers will face another first-place team in the league.
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