The rubber competition in this three-game series between the Milwaukee Bewers and Philadelphia Phillies will have a top class matchup. The face-off of this afternoon between Freddy Peralta and Ranger Suárez sees two of the best pitchers in the National League determine a series of Victor.
The Bewers lost Game One in a rather discouraging way on Monday, the last of the club in a wild series of 19 games in 18 days. On Wednesday they conquered some early bad news that Shelby Miller probably needs an elbow operation and that Christian Yelich had scratched with the dreaded lower back pain that he has plagued to him in the past and to hold a 6-3 victory early.
The news about Yelich is relatively encouraging. After yesterday’s game, Murphy said that Yelich would probably also play today’s game, but that he hoped to have him for the weekend series in Pittsburgh. That is indeed what seems to be the case today, and Murphy still had a few comments before the game that said they did not believe that there is something other than general pain.
Today’s line-up against the left-handed Suárez contains Jackson Chouio in the leadoff place (and back in the left field), followed by Isaac Collins, William Contreras (as the designated Hitter), and after a day off yesterday, Andrew VaUghn. Caleb Durbin Bats Fifth, Danny Jansen Sixth, and the Line -up is completed by Andraw Monasterio (in the second base for the burning hot Brice Turang, who gets the day off), Blake Perkins and Joey Ortiz.
Regarding the pitching -matchup of today, it’s a good one. Suárez has its best season as a full -time starter and has worked on a 3.02 ERA (147 ERA+) and 3.06 FIP in 21 Starts and 131 innings. His walks are lower than they have been in his career at any time (2.1 per nine innings) and he falls out 8.5 batters per nine, which is exactly in line with what he has done in the past two seasons. However, Suárez’s greatest power avoids hard contact: this season he is in the 99th percentile in a hard percentage and in the 98th percentile in average exit speed. Suárez has five different pitches that he throws at least 14% of the time, which makes it difficult to anticipate what he is going to throw; It combines a switch and Curveball with three different fastballs, a zinc shed, a cutter and a four -fellow room. The Phillies each of the last three starts of Suárez won, and his trips on August 18 and August 24 were two of his best starts of the season, in which he allowed a combined 13 2/3 innings, only allowed two points and threw 21 batters. He was a bit of shakier the last time, however, and while he allowed only one point, he gave up ten hits and threw only two batters.
In the meantime, Peralta comes from possibly the best month of his professional career, one that he saw the National League World of the Month earlier this week. In five starts last month, Peralta was only one run or otherwise, and in the only match in which Milwaukee lost that he threw, he left with a 1-0 lead. It has been a fantastic season for Peralta, which leads the Majors with 16 wins and is second under qualifying pitchers in the National League with a 2.58 ERA. Yes, Peralta benefits from his great defense and his era surpasses his FIP with more than a run, but he has done more than enough to earn his title as ace of this team.
The first pitch today is at 3.10 pm Central Time on Fanduel Sports Network Wisconsin and the Brewers Radio Network.
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