Fresh off a 3-1 series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers will welcome another division foe to American Family Field this evening, as the Pittsburgh Pirates are in town for a three-game series. The two teams split a four-game set from April 22-25. Pittsburgh sits third in the division, but they’re 6.5 games back, as the Brewers and Cubs (0.5 GB) have opened up some space at the top.
On the hill for the Brewers for game one will be Colin Rea, who got a little beat up last Tuesday by the Royals, when he cruised through the first four innings but hit a brick wall in the fifth and ended up allowing four runs in 4 2⁄3 innings.