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Cincinnati Reds (45-41, second in NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (52-36, first in NL Central)

Milwaukee; Thursday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Tyler Mahle (7-3, 3.53 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 112 strikeouts) Brewers: Adrian Houser (5-5, 3.94 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 65 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: Nick Castellanos and the Reds face the Brewers on Thursday.

The Brewers are 26-18 in the 2020 home games. The Milwaukee line-up has 107 homers this season, with Avisail Garcia leading them with 15 homers.

The Reds are 22-21 on the road. Cincinnati has a collective .250 this season, led by Nick Castellanos with an average of .335.

The Reds won the last meeting 2-1. Tyler Mahle took his seventh win and Tyler Naquin went 1 to 3 with a double and an RBI for Cincinnati. Freddy Peralta recorded his second defeat for Milwaukee.

TOP PERFORMER: Willy Adames leads the Brewers with 35 additional base hits and is .467.

Castellanos leads the Reds with 107 hits and beats .335.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Brewers: 7-3, 0.254 batting average, 2.57 ERA, outperformed opponents by 38 runs

Reds: 7-3, .270 batting average, 3.14 ERA, outperformed opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Brewer: Justin Topa: (elbow), Dylan File: (elbow), Lorenzo Cain: (thigh), Kolten Wong: (calf), Daniel Vogelbach: (thigh), Travis Shaw: (shoulder), Mark Mathias: ( Shoulder).

Reds: Lucas Sims: (elbow), Michael Lorenzen: (shoulder), Jeff Hoffman: (shoulder), Michael Feliz: (elbow), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Tejay Antone: (forearm), Nick Senzel: (knee) , Max Schrock: (calf), Mike Moustakas: (heel), Alex Blandino: (hand).

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

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