The Milwaukee Brewers are looking to keep their winning streak alive and extend it to five games as well as secure a series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
The Crew took care of business on Friday with Logan Henderson on the mound and now they’ll try to do it again with another young starter in Robert Gasser. Gasser is making his second start of the season with the big league club. He last pitched against the Twins and allowed two earned runs over four innings.
On the mound for
the Dodgers is right hander Roki Sasaki. Sasaki has a 5.09 ERA on the season. He’s a talented pitcher, but very young and still has a lot of development ahead of him. He’s likely a starter long-term but has spent time in the Dodgers bullpen in the past. Sasaki has been exclusively starting this season. He’s coming off his best start yet, going seven innings and allowing just one run against the Angels.
William Contreras is getting a scheduled day off today according to Pat Murphy. He homered in Friday night’s win and has been on a hot streak at the plate. Andrew Vaughn jumps into the 3 hole in the order with Gary Sanchez batting fifth and catching. Garrett Mitchell is out of the lineup once again as well as Murphy is giving him an extra day to make sure he’s recovered from the sore back that he’s been dealing with. Mitchell is available to pinch-hit later in the game if needed.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers will continue to roll out their trio of future Hall of Famers atop their lineup with Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman. Kyle Tucker dropped to 6th in the lineup.
This is going to be a big test for Robert Gasser as he tries to prove he should stay in this rotation.
