{"id":288043,"date":"2026-09-17T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288043\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:02:15","slug":"game-discussion-milwaukee-brewers-94-57-pittsburgh-pirates-75-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288043\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Discussion: Milwaukee Brewers (94-57) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (75-76)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been less than 24 hours since the Brewers clinched their fourth straight NL Central title<\/a>, and their visiting locker room at PNC Park probably still smells like champagne. The Brewers are still playing for postseason positioning, though; they remain just two games up on the Dodgers for the top record (and home-field advantage) in the National League, and while they\u2019ve built some cushion (5.5 games as of today) between themselves and the Braves, the Brewers still need to see things out to ensure that they can skip the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n

While we might expect to see a little bit of a letup on the throttle (have you seen those gas prices?), tonight still offers a fun matchup between two excellent young pitchers. On the mound for the Brewers is Logan Henderson, the clear No. 2 on the Brewers\u2019 roster heading into the postseason. Henderson is making his 17th start and looks to build on some of the best rate stats in the league this season. Henderson\u2019s remarkable run continues: he hasn\u2019t allowed more than three runs in any start all season, and he\u2019s allowed three just twice.<\/p>\n

For the Pirates, it\u2019ll be Jared Jones making his 18th start this year. It\u2019s been a mixed bag for Jones in his age-24 season, but he\u2019s on a roll in September: in 13 innings across two starts, he\u2019s allowed just four hits and hasn\u2019t allowed a run while striking out 17. Jones has an electric arm, and he seems to be rounding back into form after missing all of 2025, so the Brewers will have their work cut out for them.<\/p>\n

In the first version of Milwaukee\u2019s lineup tonight, Garrett Mitchell was included, but he was a late scratch with \u201cneck tightness.\u201d Given the celebration last night, I\u2019m not going to worry about it unless it lingers past tomorrow. Luis Lara will start in his place in center field, with Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers flanking him. Andrew Vaughn is at first base, while Joey Ortiz is at third and Brice Turang is at second. After missing last night\u2019s game with illness, Cooper Pratt is back in the lineup. William Contreras is catching.<\/p>\n

First pitch is at 5:40 pm on Brewers TV and the Brewers Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been less than 24 hours since the Brewers clinched their fourth straight NL Central title, and their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[95461,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-288043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-milwaukee-brewers-discussions","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}