MILWAUKEE (21-19) AT PITTSBURGH (18-20) PREVIEW
The Milwaukee Brewers, who took two of three from the San Juan/Montreal Expos look to exercise their demons in beautiful PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The Brewers have struggled since PNC opened a few years back, with a 9-20 record there. My hope for this series is at least a win of the series, and maybe the Crew can get a sweep.

Probable Lineup
C- Jason Kendall
1B-Daryle Ward
2B-Jose Castillo
SS-Jack Wilson (Brewer Killer)
3B-Chris Stynes
LF-Rob Mackowiak
CF-Tike Redman
RF-Craig Wilson

Pitching Matchups
Friday, 6:05 CDT
MIL- Ben Sheets (4-2, 2.90 ERA)
PIT- Josh Fogg (1-4, 7.75 ERA)

Saturday, 6:05 CDT
MIL- Wes Obermueller (2-1, 7.64 ERA)
PIT- Kip Wells (3-4, 4.26 ERA)

Sunday, 12:05 CDT
MIL- Doug Davis (3-3, 4.04 ERA)
PIT- Kris Benson (3-3, 4.62 ERA)

INJURIES
Milwaukee- Chris Capuano (15-day DL, left quadriceps), Ben Ford (15-day DL, right shoulder), Wes Helms (15-day DL, knee)
Pittsburgh-Freddy Sanchez (15-day DL, right ankle surgery), Randall Simon (15-day DL, left hamstring), J.J. Davis (15-day DL, finger)

How the teams stack up...MLB Rank in parenthasis
OFFENSE
Runs Scored
MIL-204 (9th)
PIT-178 (22nd)

Team OBP
MIL-.335 (17th)
PIT-.335 (17th)

Team SLG
MIL-.417 (19th)
PIT-.434 (10th)

Team OPS
MIL-.751 (17th)
PIT-.769 (12th)

PITCHING
Runs Allowed
MIL-205 (23rd)
PIT-182 (14th)

ERA
MIL-4.46 (19th)
PIT-4.23 (14th)

Strikeouts
MIL-278 (6th)
PIT-280 (5th)

Walks
MIL-139 (18th)
PIT-144 (22nd)

Homeruns Allowed
MIL-43 (16th)
PIT-39 (8th)