Monday: Brew Crew in Town; Jamo v Brent Suter, Lineup, Notes

Tonight: The Brewers visit PNC Park tonight with first pitch at 7:05. AT&T SportsNet and 93.7 The Fan will carry the game. The Pirates Puppy Pound is off the leash against Milwaukee as Jamo, Trevo and Steven Brault (with Tyler Glasnow to piggyback) toeing the slab this series. The clock is not a friend of the Brew Crew. Milwaukee is four games behind the Cubs and 2-1/2 games in arrears for the second wildcard spot with 13 games remaining.

Lineup: Jordy Mercer SS, Jordan Luplow LF, Cutch CF, David Freese 3B, Jose Osuna 1B, Gregory Polanco RF, Sean Rodriguez 2B, Elias Diaz C & Jameson Taillon P. No, we don't know...the lineups this entire year have baffled us and being w/o Starling, Amore & J-Hay while J-Bell (.225 v LHP and in a slump; understandable) & Fraze (.327 v LHP; not so understandable) get scratched by auto correct against lefties doesn't leave much of a menu selection.

Jamo on the rubber (photo Pittsburgh Pirates)

Pitchers: Jameson Taillon takes on Brent Suter (2-2, 3.66). Jamo hasn't pitched since giving up six runs and 11 hits in 4-2/3 IP to the Cubs on the 7th. JT's line in his last 11 outings is 2-4/7.17, and he's 1-2/3.76 in five career starts against the Brew Crew. He's 1-0 this season, winning a 4-2 decision over Jimmy Nelson on July 20th at PNC Park. We know the Bucs are trying to get him a good start to end the season, but with all he's been through this year, we would have shut him down and start working on getting on track for 2018. In three starts since coming off the DL, Suter hasn't gone longer than three innings/50 pitches. His last outing was against the Pirates on Tuesday, and he worked three frames at Miller Park, giving up two runs on three hits w/three K and a walk.

Notes:

• The Pirates have posted a 6-1 record and a 2.08 ERA in the seven games played against Milwaukee at PNC Park this season, winning the last four games. Pittsburgh is up 9-7 so far in the series this year.
• Tyler Glasnow's next appearance will be Wednesday out of the bullpen. He'll get a clean inning after Steven Brault's start. And yes, if you believe the Pirates are operating without any direction at all this month, you would be right.
• Cervy will be shut down for the year per Clint; that's the right move.
• Cole Train has not only set a career high by giving up 30 homers this season, but he's close to the franchise mark of 32, set by Murry Dickson in 1951. Murry had 45 outings (35 starts) and 288-2/3 IP under his belt that year while Gerrit has made 31 starts and tossed 192 frames this campaign.