Archie v Jhoulys Chacin, Lineup & Notes

Game: The series opens at Miller Park at 8:10 and will be on AT&T SportsNet & 93.7 The Fan. Milwaukee has owned the Bucs so far this year with a 6-1 record, scoring in double figures three times.

Lineup: Kevin Newman SS, Bryan Reynolds RF, Starling Marte CF, Josh Bell 1B, Colin Moran 3B, Corey Dickerson LF, Adam Frazier 2B, Jake Stallings C, Chris Archer P. Jake and Archie remain a thing as the lineup readjusts to NL ways.

Jake's first back-to-back starts of the year - photo Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers: RHP Chris Archer (3-6/5.56) opens against RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-8/5.88). Still waiting to see which Archie shows up, though his last start was promising. He has one notch against the Brew Crew this year, giving up four runs in seven innings in a 9-4 win at the end of May, the only Pittsburgh victory in the series so far. Chacin is 1-4/8.59 in his last five outings and was the loser of the 9-4 game when he last matched up with Archie; he's a guy who has the Brewer brass scratchin' their heads.

Notes:

• It never gets old; Kevin Newman has a 17-game hitting streak in progress.
• Per reports, the Brewers recalled 2B Keston Hiura and sent Travis Shaw down. Hiura looks like the real deal; he was 6-for-18 with two homers in the last Buc-Brew Crew meet up. Utility man Tyler Saladino was also brought up by Milwaukee to replace DFA'ed Hernan Perez.
• Josh Bell lost his AS vote-off to Bravo Freddie Freeman by 17,000 votes in the closest Midsummer Classic race of the year. Disappointing, but their stats were fairly similar while Freddie comes from a bigger market, has an established brand and is deserving at a spot that was loaded in the NL this year.
• SS Erik Gonzalez (broken collarbone) will start his rehab assignment today at Indy. Also some bad news: RHP JT Brubaker (elbow) suffered a rehab setback and is back at square one while the docs recalculate. 
• Indy 1B Will Craig, 24, will rep the Pirates at this year's All-Star Futures Game in Cleveland. He's slashing .258/.338/.476 with 16 homers and 45 RBIs.
• He's back... Gift Ngoepe was released by the Phillies and was signed by the Pirates. He was assigned to Altoona.
• The Bucs released Nick Franklin. The 28-year-old utility guy was batting .193 at Indy after signing in February as a depth FA.