Cincinnati faces Milwaukee following combined 3-hitter

Cincinnati Reds (65-87, fifth in NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (86-66, second in NL Central)

Milwaukee; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS: Reds: Matt Harvey (7-8, 4.67 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 120 strikeouts) Brewers: Gio Gonzalez (8-11, 4.44 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 139 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Cincinnati heads into the matchup following a strong showing by Michael Lorenzen and four relievers. They pitched a combined three-hitter Tuesday against Milwaukee in a 3-1 win. The Brewers have gone 33-36 against the rest of their division. The Milwaukee pitching staff is limiting opponents to just a .235 batting average on the year. The Reds are 11-11 in Harvey’s starts. Cincinnati has a collective on-base percentage of .332, led by Joey Votto’s mark of .424. The Reds won 3-1 in Tuesday’s meeting, Sal Romano earned his eighth win of the year.

TOP PERFORMERS: Eugenio Suarez has 76 runs and 101 RBIs for the Reds this season. Jose Peraza has three home runs and seven RBIs while slugging .619 over his past 10 games for Cincinnati. Christian Yelich is batting .317 with a .383 on-base percentage and .568 slugging percentage in 136 games this season for the Brewers. Curtis Granderson has two home runs and three RBIs while slugging .737 over his past 10 games for Milwaukee.

LAST 10 GAMES: Reds: 5-5, .252 batting average, 3.63 ERA, outscored by four runs. Brewers: 6-4, .228 batting average, 2.22 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.