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Milwaukee Brewers turns to Cy Young Award-winning Corbin Burnes as he hosts the Chicago Cubs in a three-game series of rubber games Wednesday afternoon.
The Cubs evened the series on Tuesday night by defeating Seiya Suzuki's home run 8-3. This is the second time in two games since I was off the injured list. Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks entered after three innings due to pain in his right shoulder.
Burns (7-4, 2.36 ERA) is opposed by right-handed Adrian Sampson (0-0, 3.38).
Rowdy Tellez, who gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead on Tuesday's 17th home run, said it was good to see a turnaround shortly after losing.
"Whenever Burnsie is on the mound, it will be a good day for us," Teres said. "We are confident in him on the mound. He is clearly Cy Young's current pitcher. He turns off the lights. When he enters the tied series and enters the rubber match, he is on the mound. It's always good to put an ace. "
Burns has won each of the last four starts and recorded 2.03 ERA in that range. In his recent outing, a right-handed player abandoned one run with one hit in six innings on Friday in the Pittsburgh Pirates Brewers' 19-2 rout, but wasn't in his sharpest position. The opponent is just hitting .185 against him.
"We gave Corbyn a great cushion and he did him," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said after the last start of Burns. I did. "Something like a cutter was pulled, but I don't see much, and at his off-speed, he didn't have some finish pitch, but he said it all, so he I gave up on one hit. I don't know if there's a lot of criticism there. "
Burns recorded 3.60 ERA in 13 career appearances with the Cubs, 2-2. And includes 7 starts. In his two starts against Chicago this season, he is 0-1 and ERA is 3.75.
After losing on Tuesday, the Brewers advanced to 12-15 in June and then 3-2 in July, but are still number one in the National League Central.
Sampson will make his third start at the Cubs after spending most of the season in Triple A. He allowed the Boston Red Sox 5 runs and 4 wins in 5 1/3 innings without deciding on his latest start to win 6-5 Chicago on Friday.
In this year's 16 innings, Sampson took only three steps to beat 14 and provide only one home run. He played against Brewers three times in his career and was relieved at Milwaukee. In Milwaukee, he had no decision and the ERA was 3.18.
The Cubs want Sampson to receive offensive support from Suzuki, who has two home runs and four RBIs in the first two games.
"It looks very comfortable. The timing is back to me," said Chicago manager David Ross. "I think Seiya looked the same as when she started hitting the ball in the center right."
Hendrix said he was well during the pre-match warm-up and headed for an MRI scan.
"Then look at what they are seeing and plan from there," Hendrix said. "There's not much you need to know right now before you see it."
– Field-level media