Well, things didn’t go very well for the Brewers yesterday against Paul Skenes. The reigning NL Cy Young struck out seven Brewers, didn’t walk any, and allowed just one single in seven dominant innings of work. Milwaukee couldn’t muster a hit against either of Skenes’ relievers, either, and they were shut out, 6-0, and managed just two batters over the minimum.
Today, they’ll look to turn their fortunes around with what should be a game with a lower degree of difficulty. But Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller
isn’t a slouch, either; in five starts this season that span 29 innings, he holds a 2.79 ERA and 3.30 FIP. That FIP, though, is buoyed by the fact that he’s allowed just one homer in those 29 innings; his walks are up slightly from the past few seasons (2.8 per nine innings) and his strikeouts are down significantly (5.9, down from a peak of 9.7 when he was an all-star in 2023). For what it’s worth, Keller didn’t have a whole lot of success against Milwaukee in 2025: in three starts, he had a 4.96 ERA and 1.347 WHIP and went 0-2.
Milwaukee’s counter to Keller is Jacob Misiorowski, one of the more exciting Brewers stories of the young season. Miz hasn’t quite put it all together yet but you can feel him getting close: in five starts, Misiorowski is just 1-2 but holds a 3.04 ERA and he leads the majors with 14.2 strikeouts per nine innings. With three strikeouts tonight, Miz will move back into the major-league lead.
Tyler Black, just up from a short stint with Triple-A Nashville after coming off the injured list, will bat cleanup again today after going 0-for-3 against Skenes yesterday (like everyone else, pretty much). Greg Jones gets the start in left field in place of Brandon Lockridge, and the rest of the lineup is packed with lefties against the right-handed Keller. Only William Contreras and Joey Ortiz are in there from the right side of the plate, everyone else is left-handed.
First pitch tonight is at 6:10 p.m. on Brewers TV and the Brewers Radio Network.
