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The Milwaukee Brewers will ace right-hander Corbyn Barnes as they try to regain a four-game series split against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday afternoon.
Current National League Cy Young Award winner Barnes (8-5, 2.39 ERA) will face Dodgers lefty Andrew Heaney (1-0, 1.16). Become. Their final 7-match.The Brewers go all the way back to last season.
The rising Dodgers allowed just two hits in seven scoreless innings Wednesday night to mark his NL-best 15th win. Tony won his 2–1 victory over Gonsolin. Austin Barnes and Max Muncy gave the offense solo his home runs as the Dodgers bounced back from his 5–4 loss in his 11th inning the night before.
Los Angeles has been 36-7 since June 29, and he hasn't lost two in a row since July 25 until the 26th.
The Brewers, who lost 4-0 in the series opener, were held to one or zero runs on Wednesday for the 19th time this season. They went 2-17 in those contests.
"It's a tough team to win," said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. "You have to play well to beat them. They've got a great record and they've obviously been the underdog team in the National League for a while. And it's good to beat them. We have to play.”
Heaney has missed most of the season with left shoulder inflammation, but has been off the injured list for the second time in late July. , making his eighth start and fifth start.
Heaney, who has never played against Milwaukee, has never pitched more than 4 2/3 innings in his last four starts, but allowed only 3 earned runs in that time. only times. Against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Heaney allowed two runs on three hits in his third inning, but left his left arm to line his drive. was beaten and sent off.
"I'm fine. I just threw the ball down the middle and couldn't get out of it," Heaney said afterwards. "I wanted to stay, but I couldn't. I think it was more of a precaution."
Barnes has a 2.47 ERA and has thrown 57 in 43 2/3 innings in his last seven starts. He struck out and had 13 walks, but went just 1-1 in that period. In his most recent start, he allowed one run in seven innings, but Saturday in St. Louis he failed to make a call against the Cardinals.
"I thought Corbin had a really (very) high level of execution tonight," Counsell said after Saturday's game. "I know there are no secrets when it comes to pitches and sequences, and I know what my stuff does, so it's just a run. And Corbin ran a ton of pitches tonight. Probably Barnes is 1-1 with a 10.38 ERA and has appeared in four games (two starts) against the Dodgers. .
"It's a playoff atmosphere to play against the team with the best record in the league and play every game," Milwaukee's Keston Hiura said. From Gonsoline. "I think it will all end on (Thursday). You will start from there."
– Field Level Media