{"id":316659,"date":"2026-05-31T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316659\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:05:09","slug":"game-thread-56-milwaukee-brewers-34-21-houston-astros-27-33-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/316659\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread #56: Milwaukee Brewers (34-21) @ Houston Astros (27-33)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brewers lost a dud of a game on Saturday afternoon<\/a>, making Sunday\u2019s game a rubber match between Milwaukee and the Houston Astros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To get that series win, the Brewers will send out ace Jacob Misiorowski, who is looking to put a bow on one of the best months we\u2019ve ever seen for a Brewer pitcher. Across five starts this month, Miz is a perfect 4-0 with a 0.29 ERA (one run) across 31 1\/3 innings, allowing just 11 hits and six walks with a whopping 49 strikeouts, pushing him to 100 for the season over just 64 innings.<\/p>\n

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Opposite Miz will be Tatsuya Imai<\/a>, who is coming off his best start in the majors. After starting his career with an 8.31 ERA over his first 17 1\/3 innings (16 earned runs), he went six no-hit innings on Memorial Day against the Rangers, allowing four walks and striking out two as Steven Okert<\/a> and Alimber Santa<\/a> closed things out for Houston\u2019s fifth no-hitter in the last five years (including one in the 2022 World Series).<\/p>\n

In roster news, the Brewers have reinstated left-handed reliever Rob Zastryzny<\/a> from the 60-day injured list. To open up the 40-man spot, left-hander Angel Zerpa<\/a> was moved to the 60-day IL, as he\u2019s out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Right-hander Carlos Rodriguez was optioned to Triple-A Nashville to make room on the active roster.<\/p>\n

Zastryzny, 34, has been a solid option for the Brewers the last two seasons, pitching to a 2.12 ERA with 25 strikeouts across 29 2\/3 innings (though his 4.09 FIP indicates some regression is expected). While he\u2019s missed the entire season with a left shoulder strain, he\u2019s appeared in seven games while rehabbing with Nashville, allowing no runs on two hits and a walk over 6 1\/3 innings with seven strikeouts. He\u2019ll add another left-handed option to Milwaukee\u2019s bullpen to go with DL Hall<\/a>, Aaron Ashby<\/a>, and Shane Drohan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Christian Yelich<\/a> leads things off as the DH today, with Garrett Mitchell<\/a>, Brice Turang<\/a>, and Andrew Vaughn<\/a> following. Jake Bauers<\/a> bats fifth and starts in left, with Gary S\u00e1nchez<\/a> batting sixth as the catcher to give William Contreras<\/a> a day off. Sal Frelick<\/a>, David Hamilton<\/a>, and Joey Ortiz<\/a> round things out.<\/p>\n

First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. on Brewers TV and the Brewers Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brewers lost a dud of a game on Saturday afternoon, making Sunday\u2019s game a rubber match between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[113713,111535,113533,113712,113714,32457,113718,14685,113716,77666,113715,56,5513,58,57,113708,113531,113532,77664,113710,113709,113534,113717,111533,48568,113711],"class_list":["post-316659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-aaron-ashby","tag-alimber-santa","tag-andrew-vaughn","tag-angel-zerpa","tag-brice-turang","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-christian-yelich","tag-david-hamilton","tag-dl-hall","tag-garrett-mitchell","tag-gary-sanchez","tag-houston","tag-houston-astros","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-jacob-misiorowski","tag-jake-bauers","tag-joey-ortiz","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-rob-zastryzny","tag-rubber-match","tag-sal-frelick","tag-shane-drohan","tag-steven-okert","tag-tatsuya-imai","tag-william-contreras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}