The New York Yankees (17-9, second in the AL East) will head to Milwaukee on Friday night, April 26, to start a three-game series against the Brewers (16-8, first in the NL Central).
The first pitch at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is 8:10 p.m. EDT and will air on the MLB Network. You can also livestream it on ESPN+, fubo TV (add-on, free trial), Sling TV (add-on, discount) and DirecTV Stream (add-on, discount and free trial).
Luis Gil (1-1, 2.75 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 29 strikeouts), who earned his first win in 993 days Sunday, will start for the Yankees and Colin Rea (2-0, 2.08 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 14 strikeouts) will get the nod for the Brewers.
The Yankees are coming off a series split against the Oakland Athletics. They lose 3-1 on Thursday as Mason Miller retired Aaron Judge with a runner on for his first four-out save.
Nick Allen and Tyler Nevin homered in the third inning off Nestor Cortes (1-2), and Alex Wood escaped bases-loaded trouble in the first and fourth innings. New York was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 runners. Judge flied to right on a slider as Miller remained perfect in six save chances.
Miller pitched his eighth consecutive scoreless outing. He has retired 31 of 38 hitters in that span with 22 outs on strikeouts.
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New York is 5-5 in its last 10 games, batting a meager .217.
Juan Soto leads the Yankees with 12 extra-base hits (six doubles and six home runs) while Jose Trevino is 11-for-30 with two home runs and seven RBI over the past 10 games.
The Brewers earned a series split with the Pittsburgh Pirates as Gary Sánchez hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift them to a 7-5 win Thursday.
Sánchez drove an 0-2 sinker at 101.9 mph from Aroldis Chapman to right with two outs, putting the Brewers ahead 6-5. Two of his three home runs came in this series, including on Tuesday when he produced Milwaukee’s lone run in a 2-1 loss. The Brewers have won six of eight after taking the final two of the four-game series.
William Contreras has a .365 batting average to lead the Brewers and has five doubles and five home runs. Blake Perkins is 9-for-33 with two RBI over the last 10 games.
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