After a number of rounds of musical starters, Milwaukee left-hander Eric Lauer will get the ball on Friday night time because the visiting Brewers search a second straight win over the San Diego Padres.
Lauer at one level was scheduled to pitch Thursday’s sequence opener. So was Freddy Peralta. As was “to be announced.” Finally, Colin Rea was flown in from Triple-A Nashville to make the beginning — which labored out within the Brewers’ 4-3, 10-inning win.
“We decided we wanted to push everyone back a day,” Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned, explaining why it took so lengthy to decide on a Thursday starter. “I think giving everyone an extra day will pay dividends.”
So Lauer (1-1, 7.71 ERA) will go Friday night time in opposition to Padres right-hander Michael Wacha (2-0, 3.00), who has by no means misplaced a choice to the Brewers. Peralta will begin on Saturday, and Wade Miley will pitch for Milwaukee within the sequence finale on Sunday.
As for the slumping Padres, the identification of the opposing beginning pitcher would not matter a lot in the meanwhile. Against Rea, who spent two years in Japan since his final main league look, the Padres acquired two hits in 5 2/3 innings, and San Diego managed simply six hits within the sport.
Over the previous 4 video games, the Padres have solely 9 runs on 23 hits.
“We have more in this offensively,” San Diego supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned. “We have the ability to at times blow teams out. We’ve had other games where we haven’t been so good. It’s still early in the season. We have a deep lineup. We’re going to score runs.”
The Padres additionally want to April 20, when Fernando Tatis Jr. is eligible to return from his 80-game PED suspension. Tatis is warming up at Triple-A El Paso, the place Thursday night time he went 5-for-6 with three homers, a double and eight RBIs to lift his common to .478 (11-for-23) whereas his OPS climbed to 1.693.
Lauer will make his first begin at Petco Park for the reason that Padres traded him and infielder Luis Urias to the Brewers for middle fielder Trent Grisham and pitcher Zach Davies on Nov. 27, 2019. Lauer has made two begins in opposition to his former crew in Milwaukee, one in every of the previous two seasons, and he gave up 4 runs (two earned) in 12 innings with out getting a choice.
This season, he threw 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball to beat the Chicago Cubs on April 2, then was tagged for six runs in 4 innings throughout a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
Wacha, in his first two outings with the Padres, defeated the Colorado Rockies on April 1 and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. He has given up 4 runs on eight hits and 4 walks with 12 strikeouts in 12 innings.
Wacha and the Brewers aren’t strangers, as they had been division rivals when he pitched for the Cardinals. He is 6-0 lifetime in opposition to Milwaukee with a 3.38 ERA, a 1.393 WHIP and a .268 opponents’ batting common in 15 video games (14 begins).
–Field Level Media