The surging Milwaukee Brewers will flip to sudden rookie right-hander Tobias Myers to stay their successful streak alive once they host the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon within the heart sport of the groups’ three-game sequence.
Myers (5-2, 3.12 ERA) will likely be adversarial through left-hander Justin Steele (0-3, 3.08).
Rookie Jackson Chourio’s first profession grand slam, within the fourth inning off Jameson Taillon, accounted for all the Brewers’ scoring in a 4-2 victory Friday night time within the sequence opener.
Milwaukee, which has 4 grand slams previously six video games, prolonged its successful streak to 5 to transport to a season-high 16 video games above .500.
Starter Colin Rea allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, and the bullpen blanked the Cubs the remainder of the best way. Trevor Megill notched his seventeenth save in 18 alternatives with an ideal 9th.
Seiya Suzuki had a solo homer for the Cubs, who additionally left the bases loaded within the 7th inning.
Chicago is 2-6 over its previous 8 video games, scoring a complete of 13 runs within the six losses. The Cubs even have misplaced 15 in their previous 20 street video games.
“We have now were given to attain extra runs, no query about it,” Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned. “That is part of this, needless to say. And it takes roughly all spaces to win a 3-hitter. We aren’t doing that sufficient presently.”
The 20-year-old Chourio is batting .328 (21-for-64) over his previous 21 video games with 4 homers, 3 doubles and 15 RBIs.
“The child is finding out,” Brewers supervisor Pat Murphy mentioned. “He is made essentially the most of his alternatives in recent years. This month … and each month were given higher.”
Myers is 4-0 with an 0.71 ERA in 4 begins in June, permitting simply two earned runs in 25 1/3 innings. He has now not misplaced in 8 begins and one aid look since a 6-5 loss to the Cubs on Might 4 — his most effective profession look in opposition to Chicago.
In his most up-to-date day out, Myers allowed one run in 5 innings, putting out 3 without a walks in a 6-2 win at San Diego on Sunday.
“He continues to paintings and remains to be interested by his sudden arrival within the large leagues,” Murphy mentioned after Myers’ closing get started. “He himself will let you know he did not know he was once going to be right here. He was once hoping and no matter. However since he is been right here, he is made up our minds that, ‘I will pay attention to those guys.'”
Myers spent maximum of closing season at Double-A Biloxi, posting a 5.03 ERA. In 2022, he was once 1-15 with a 7.82 with 3 other groups at Triple-A.
Steele, making his twelfth get started of the season, has but to win this season regardless of 4 consecutive outings of six or extra innings. He has a 1.69 ERA in 5 begins in June.
Every of Steele’s previous two begins have come in opposition to the Giants and not using a resolution, even supposing he struck out 17 with simply 3 walks in 14 innings. He allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings his closing day trip, a 5-4 loss at San Francisco on Monday.
Steele is 2-2 with a 2.00 ERA in 14 profession appearances, together with 12 begins, vs. Milwaukee.
He has confronted the Brewers as soon as this season, tossing seven scoreless innings, however didn’t get a call in a 5-1 loss on Might 27.
–Box Degree Media
