Brewers and Tigers play to decide series winner

Detroit Tigers (10-7, first in the AL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (9-9, third in the NL Central)

Milwaukee; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Keider Montero (0-0); Brewers: Jose Quintana (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP, two strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -147, Tigers +122; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Detroit Tigers are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.

Milwaukee is 9-9 overall and 6-3 in home games. The Brewers have the ninth-ranked team batting average in the NL at .233.

Detroit has a 10-7 record overall and a 5-6 record in road games. Tigers hitters are batting a collective .239, which ranks sixth in the AL.

Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: William Contreras has two doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI for the Brewers. Jackson Chourio is 12-for-44 with two doubles, a triple and four home runs over the past 10 games.

Spencer Torkelson has five doubles and five home runs while hitting .270 for the Tigers. Kerry Carpenter is 8-for-31 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 5-5, .249 batting average, 3.72 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs

Tigers: 7-3, .215 batting average, 2.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs

INJURIES: Brewers: Connor Thomas: 15-Day IL (elbow), Nestor Cortes Jr.: 15-Day IL (elbow), Aaron Civale: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Blake Perkins: 10-Day IL (shin), Tobias Myers: 15-Day IL (oblique), Brandon Woodruff: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Aaron Ashby: 15-Day IL (oblique), D.L. Hall: 60-Day IL (lat), Robert Gasser: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Tigers: Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jake Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Manuel Margot: 10-Day IL (knee), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (nerve), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.