(WNFL) – Get out your “K” counters.
Jacob Misiorowski pitches today for the Milwaukee Brewers as they wrap up their series in Houston with the Astros.
Misiorowski is 5-2 with a glittering 1.83 ERA and an amazing 100 strikeouts.
Houston will counter with Tatsuya Imai who is 2-2 2 with a 6.17 ERA.
Houston is 27-33 and is 10-18 against teams with a .500 or better record.
The Brewers are 34-21 and are 11-9 against teams with a .500 or worse record.
The Brewers have a 4-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs.
Houston is in fourth place in the American League West and trail first-place Seattle by 3.5 games.
The game can be heard beginning at 12:35 with the pre-game show on 97.5 and 1360 WTAQ.
Saturday’s game
Houston 9, Brewers 2
Brewers starter Brandon Sproat started and struggled for Milwaukee.
Sproat gave up 5 runs on 6 hits in 4 1/3 innings. He spent much of his time on the mound pitching from behind while throwing 95 pitches and only 55 for strikes.
Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, Sproat and Carlos Rodriguez allowed 3 runs. One came home on a single by Taylor Trammel and 2 on a double by Isaac Paredes.
Christian Walker hit his 16th home run of the season with 2 runners on in the 8th inning to put Houston up 9-2.
Andrew Vaughn had 2 hits for Milwaukee.
Friday’s game
Brewers 5, Houston 4
Milwaukee’s Bryce Turang drove home Christian Yelich with a sacrfice fly in the 10th inning to provide the winning run for the Brewers.
The Brewers won despite getting a meager 4 hits off of 5 Houston pitchers.
Jackson Chourio and David Hamilton both homered for Milwaukee.
Cameron Crowe started for Milwaukee and went 4 innings. He allowed 4 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits and 2 walks.
DL Hall, Grant Anderson, Aaron Ashby, Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill combined to pitch 6 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
Uribe got the win to improve to 3-2. Megill picked up his 7th save.
Alimber Santa took the loss for Houston.
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