{"id":213817,"date":"2026-04-01T00:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213817\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:11:08","slug":"game-thread-5-milwaukee-brewers-3-1-vs-tampa-bay-rays-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213817\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread #5: Milwaukee Brewers (3-1) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (2-2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following their first loss of the season last night, the Brewers have their first chance to bounce back. They will look to do that tonight in their second game against the Rays.<\/p>\n

Prior to tonight\u2019s game, the Brewers made a few roster moves and provided some injury updates. First, Luis Matos was officially added to the active roster<\/a>. In a corresponding move, Jeferson Quero was optioned back to Triple-A Nashville. Steward Berroa and Rob Zastryzny were also sent to Nashville on rehab assignments. Zastryzny is expected to pitch an inning tonight.<\/p>\n

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In other injury news (from Dave Gasper<\/a>), Andrew Vaughn underwent hand surgery today and is expected to return in mid-May. Quinn Priester is scheduled to throw a bullpen today with \u201ctwo ups\u201d \u2014 meaning he will warm up and start two simulated innings. Craig Yoho is also scheduled to throw a bullpen on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Brewers finish their first turn through the rotation as Brandon Woodruff takes the mound tonight. He\u2019s been building up through the spring and is ready to go to start the season, despite some concerns in spring training if he would be stretched out enough. According to Pat Murphy, \u201cwe could see six \u2018ups\u2019 for Woodruff tonight<\/a>\u201d. which could mean we see Woodruff pitch into the sixth inning. In his final start of the spring, he threw 62 pitches in a three-inning start against the Rangers. He allowed three runs, four hits, and one walk while striking out four. Last season, he had a 3.20 ERA in 12 starts. Over his last 24 starts at American Family Field, he\u2019s posted a 14-1 record and a 2.10 ERA, and the Brewers are 21-3 in those starts.<\/p>\n

For the Rays, Shane McClanahan will make the start. This is his first regular-season MLB start since 2023. In the last two years, he underwent Tommy John surgery, then a nerve issue in his elbow kept him out in 2025. Before that, he received votes for AL Rookie of the Year in 2021 and AL Cy Young in 2022. This spring, he made four starts and posted a 2.08 ERA in 13 innings, with 15 strikeouts and five walks. The Brewers faced him once back in 2023, and he pitched seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n

The Brewers are shuffling the lineup a little tonight. Brice Turang remains the leadoff hitter, but Luis Rengifo will move up into the second slot. This slides William Contreras back to third, and Christian Yelich \u2014 who will make the start in left field tonight \u2014 bats fourth. Gary S\u00e1nchez gets the start at DH and bats fifth, with Jake Bauers at first base batting sixth. Brandon Lockridge moves over to center field and bats seventh. Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz round out the lineup in their usual positions.<\/p>\n

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Here are the full starting lineups for tonight. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. on Brewers.TV and the Brewers Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following their first loss of the season last night, the Brewers have their first chance to bounce back.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[97612,97616,97601,97610,97609,97614,97604,97615,97611,97618,97603,97608,81664,97602,97606,23181,97605,97617,74505,97607,135,3815,137,136,97613],"class_list":["post-213817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-andrew-vaughn","tag-brandon-lockridge","tag-brandon-woodruff","tag-brice-turang","tag-christian-yelich","tag-craig-yoho","tag-dave-kallmann","tag-gary-sanchez","tag-jake-bauers","tag-joey-ortiz","tag-luis-matos","tag-luis-rengifo","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-milwaukee-journal-sentinel","tag-quinn-priester","tag-rays","tag-rob-zastryzny","tag-sal-frelick","tag-shane-mcclanahan","tag-steward-berroa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-william-contreras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}