Brewers at Mariners Game Preview

Tonight at 8:10 CST on Fox Sports Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Brewers (50-66) visit Safeco Field to take on the Seattle Mariners (53-62). This is the second of three meetings between the teams this season. Milwaukee came away with a 10-5 win last night. Yuniesky Betancourt hit a grand slam in the 5th inning to run the Brewers' lead to 10-2 and blow the lead open. Kyle Lohse picked up the win after going 7 innings of 6 hit ball with 3 earned runs. Tom Gorzelanny is the starting pitcher for Milwaukee tonight. He will be starting for the first time since being hit on the forearm by a line drive last Friday. He left the game after being injured. Shortstop Jean Segura leads the team in batting average with a .313 average. Outfielder Carlos Gomez has 18 home runs to lead the team, and catcher Jonathan Lucroy has 60 RBI, tops on the club. Seattle had their one game winning streak snapped last night with the loss. First baseman Justin Smoak hit a two run home run in the 8th inning last night, the only long ball of the night for Seattle. Smoak also led the team in total bases with four.  He also is riding a 9 game hitting streak. Hisashi Iwakuma is the starter for the Mariners tonight. He has a record of 10-5 with an ERA of 2.75. Iwakuma is 5-2 on the season at home. Outfielder Carlos Peguero leads the team with a .333 batting average, but he only has 6 at bats. Catcher Humberto Quintero has a batting average of .320, but he has just 25 plate appearances. Infielder Kendrys Morales has a batting average of .297, and he has 431 at bats, second on the team. Outfielder Raul Ibanez has 24 home runs to lead the team, and Morales has 64 RBI to pace Seattle. This should be an entertaining pitching matchup, but look for the offense to provide just enough run support for Gorzelanny in a series-clinching win.

Brewers at Cubs Game Preview

Tonight at 7:10 CST on Fox Sports Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Brewers (43-61) visit Wrigley Field to take on the Chicago Cubs (48-55). Milwaukee enters the four game series in Chicago after dropping two of three in Colorado over the weekend. The Brewers were defeated 6-5 yesterday. They led 5-4 heading into the bottom of the 8th, but gave up two in the frame and were unable to come back. Donovan Hand was the starting pitcher for the Crew. He pitched 6 innings and gave up 8 hits and 3 runs, all earned. John Axford took the loss to drop his record to 4-4. Norichika Aoki belted his 100 career home run (Japan and MLB), and Yuniesky homered as well. Kyle Lohse will be the starter for the Brewers tonight. He has a record of 7-7 with an ERA of 3.37. Lohse picked up the win Wednesday in his last start at home against the Padres. Shortstop Jean Segura leads the team in batting average at .315. He will be back in the lineup tonight after missing yesterday's game. He swung at a pitch that hit his right forearm on Saturday night, causing him tightness and to miss the series finale. Outfielder Carlos Gomez is the club leader in home runs with 17. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy has 56 RBI to lead the team. Chicago comes into this series on a four game winning streak. They swept the Giants in San Francisco over the weekend. Starting pitcher Kerry Wood hit his third home run of the year, and Wellington Castillo belted one as well to lead them to victory. Jeff Smardzija will take the mound for the Cubs tonight. The former star wide receiver at Notre Dame has a record of 6-9 with an ERA of 3.94. Outfielder Junior Lake leads the team in batting average at .349. First baseman Anthony Rizzo is the club leader in home runs with 14. He also leads the RBI column with 58. Outfielder Alfonso Soriano led the team with 17 home runs, but this past week he was traded to the New York Yankees. This should be an exciting game, but look for the offense of Gomez, Segura, and Lucroy as well as the pitching of Lohse to carry the Brewers to a win tonight.

Brewers at Rockies Game Preview

Tonight at 7:40 CST on Fox Sports Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Brewers (42-59) visit Coors Field to take on the Colorado Rockies (49-54). Milwaukee enters this three game series after losing three out of four games at home against the San Diego Padres. The Brewers lost 10-8 yesterday. They scored five runs in the 7th inning to make it 10-8, but they were unable to finish the comeback attempt. Yovani Gallardo took the loss after allowing six runs over 3 2/3 innings. Wily Peralta will make the start for the Brewers tonight. He has a record of 7-9 with an ERA of 4.30. Milwaukee is trying to cope with the season-ending suspension of Ryan Braun. According to MLB.com, he came clean about "violating Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program." Shortstop Jean Segura leads the team in batting average at .313. Centerfielder Carlos Gomez leads the team with 16 home runs, Jonathan Lucroy is the team leader in RBI with 55. Colorado enters the final series of their 10 game homestand on a one game losing streak. The Rockies dropped a 5-3 decision to the Miami Marlins yesterday. The Rox scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th but they couldn't finish complete the rally to earn a four game split in the series. Tyler Chatwood will be on the hill for the Rox tonight. He enters this game with a record of 6-3 and an ERA of 2.48.  This is the first and only time the Rockies will host the Brewers this season. Milwaukee hosted Colorado for the first series of the season. Milwaukee won Opening Day on a walkoff sacrifice fly by Jonathan Lucroy, but Colorado won the final two games to earn a series win. Michael Cuddyer, a participant in the MLB Home Run Derby last week, leads the team with a .331 batting average. Carlos Gonzalez is the team leader with 26 home runs, and he also leads the team with 67 RBI. This should be a great game, but look for the pitching of Chatwood and the home field of Colorado to get the job done tonight.