After winning five of seven games on the road, the Milwaukee Brewers will turn to right-hander Colin Rea in an effort to keep their surge going when they return home to open a three-game series Friday night against the New York Yankees.
The Milwaukee Brewers host the New York Yankees on Friday to open a three-game series. Milwaukee is 4-4 in home games and 16-8 overall. Brewers hitters have a collect
Aaron Boone’s rationale for limiting Yankees closer Clay Holmes to one inning in Friday night’s 7-6 loss to the Brewers makes sense. Holmes has pitched a ton for the Yankees early on this season and the last thing this club needs is for their closer to burn out or get hurt.
The Yankees picked up Michael Tonkin off waivers Thursday and threw him right into the fire Friday. Both parties got burned. After the Yankees took a one-run lead in the top of the 10th, Tonkin allowed the tying run to score in the bottom of the inning before the Brewers walked it off on him in the 11th for a 7-6 win at American Family Field.
The Yankees make the trip to Pittsburgh to face the Pirates. These two teams have been playing well with the Brewers being one of the best teams in the NL and then the Pirates have been solid as well,
When spring training broke in late March, the Yankees and Brewers probably couldn’t haven’t imagined that their starters in Friday’s inter-league series opener would be two of their better pitchers. But a month into the season,