The Milwaukee Brewers are back at American Family Field on Tuesday night, and the matchup they’re bringing with them looks plenty worth watching. After a Monday off day, Milwaukee opens a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. CDT.
The Brewers come in riding the high of taking three of four from the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend. Seattle, meanwhile, has spent much of the 2026 season fighting uphill. The Mariners reached the playoffs last year, but this season has been a grind: they’re 59-66 and trying to hang on.
Milwaukee’s pitching plan for the series brings a different look each night, starting with Harrison on Tuesday. The left-hander is set to make his 20th start of the season, and he’s been one of the season’s biggest success stories.
He enters with a 2.99 ERA and a 114-to-24 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 93 1/3 innings. He’ll be opposed by Bryce Miller.
Wednesday gives the Brewers another strong arm in May, their trade deadline addition who has wasted no time making an impact. In two starts since joining Milwaukee, May has posted a 2.08 ERA with an 11-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 13 innings.
He’s allowed just three earned runs in a Brewers uniform after arriving from the St. Louis Cardinals along with JoJo Romero.
The Mariners are set to counter with Logan Gilbert.
Milwaukee is also sticking with a six-man rotation for this turn through, according to MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy. As McCalvy wrote: "Yes, the Brewers are flipping Gasser and Drohan and staying with a six-man for this turn, then possibly shifting Drohan into a hybrid role as an innings control. That last part is still under discussion, Pat Murphy said,"
That means Gasser will take the ball Thursday to finish the series. He owns a 4.54 ERA in 14 starts this season, and he’ll go up against George Kirby.
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