The emotional Chicago Cubs will flip to veteran right-hander Colin Rea on Tuesday evening in a bid to even their three-game sequence with host Milwaukee and transfer again right into a tie with the Brewers atop the Nationwide League Central.
Rea (8-4, 4.06 ERA), who pitched the earlier two seasons for Milwaukee, will oppose fellow right-hander Quinn Priester (9-2, 3.28). Priester has gained his final eight selections.
Milwaukee moved a sport forward of the Cubs with an 8-4 comeback victory Monday within the sequence opener on a day the Cubs misplaced their legendary second baseman, Ryne Sandberg, to prostate most cancers on the age of 65.
Sandberg was a 10-time All-Star and a nine-time Gold Glove winner in 15 seasons for the Cubs. He was chosen because the Nationwide League’s Most Worthwhile Participant in 1984, when he hit .314 with league-high totals of 114 runs and 19 triples to go together with 19 homers and 84 RBIs. He was inducted into the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2005.
After the Cubs’ loss on Monday, supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned: “I simply addressed the group and advised them the information of Ryno’s passing. We’re saddened of the lack of an ideal man.
“We have been fortunate as a bunch this 12 months to have Ryno in spring coaching, and it was an honor to be round a person battling for his life however needed to return to the baseball park and spend his day with us. I do know it meant rather a lot to everyone in there. We’re grateful that he was prepared to spend his time with us when issues weren’t going nice for him.”
“So it is a unhappy day for the Chicago Cubs, and he was an ideal Cub.”
On Monday, the Brewers overcame a shaky begin from All-Star rookie Jacob Misiorowski, who allowed three runs within the first inning with assistance from a bases-loaded wild pitch and his personal throwing error.
Christian Yelich, Andrew Vaughn and Sal Frelick every homered for Milwaukee.
Rea is 3-1 with a 3.04 ERA in 4 begins in July, lasting a minimum of 5 innings every outing.
He took the loss in his final begin, permitting six runs (5 earned) and three homers in 5 innings in an 8-4 defeat versus Kansas Metropolis on Wednesday.
Rea has given up 19 homers, fifth most within the Nationwide League this season.
In his lone look in opposition to Milwaukee, in 2020, he yielded three runs on 4 hits in 3 1/3 innings in a no-decision.
Kyle Tucker prolonged his on-base streak to 17 video games Monday with a single and two walks.
After choosing up a win in his final look in Might, Priester was 4-0 with 1.98 ERA in 5 video games in June. He’s 3-0 in 4 appearances, together with three begins, this month.
In his final begin, Priester allowed two runs in seven innings in a 10-2 win at Seattle on Wednesday.
“Simply get our guys again within the dugout, that is my objective,” Priester mentioned following his final begin. “We have been on a sizzling streak, and it is so onerous to maintain that, proper? That is a part of why it is so onerous to be within the huge leagues and win video games right here.”
Priester is 0-0 with a 9.58 ERA in two profession reduction appearances in opposition to the Cubs, together with this season when he allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings in early Might.
Vaughn, acquired from the Chicago White Sox final month for pitcher Aaron Civale, was referred to as up from Triple-A Nashville when first baseman Rhys Hoskins went on the IL with a thumb damage. In 14 video games with Milwaukee, Vaughn is batting .341 with 4 homers, 4 doubles and 15 RBIs.
The Brewers shuffled their bullpen earlier than Monday’s sport, calling up right-hander Craig Yoho from Triple-A and sending down right-hander Tobias Myers.
Yoho relieved to start out the ninth inning Monday and issued a pair of two-out walks, requiring nearer Trevor Megill to return in and get the ultimate out.
–Area Stage Media