Brewers (Harrison) vs Rays (Martinez): 3/30/26, 6:40pm

[Frisbee Slider]

The Rays lost two close games in St. Louis in their opening series, salvaging the final game on Sunday. Tampa Bay sends right-hander Nick Martinez to open the series against Milwaukee. Martinez made three appearances last year against the Brewers, including two starts with a 7.71 ERA over 9.1 IP allowing 15 H and 3 BB while striking out 5 batters.

Kyle Harrison makes his debut tonight for Milwaukee. Harrison made one start against Tampa Bay last season, 6 IP allowing 4 H, 2 BB, 1 ER while striking out 5 batters. The left-handed Harrison was a top 30 prospect in all of baseball entering the 2024 season before arriving to Milwaukee in the Caleb Durbin trade. 

The Brewers broke or tied three franchise records for most stolen bases (9), walks (22 - tie) and strikeouts recorded (43) over the first three games to start a season.

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Ashby	0	0	11	0	33	0	44
Anderson, G	0	0	7	0	0	31	38
Hall	0	0	27	0	18	0	45
Woodford	0	0	16	0	0	22	38
Zerpa	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
Uribe	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
Koenig	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Megill	0	0	0	0	0	15	15

[wiguy94]

Who remembers what happened the last time the Brewers played the Rays in Milwaukee?

[Frisbee Slider]

8 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Who remembers what happened the last time the Brewers played the Rays in Milwaukee?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40061114/jose-siri-abner-uribe-center-rays-brewers-brawl

[Vgmastr]

One of Jomboy's best breakdowns.

[Tedaldtada]

Absurd, in a good way, defense and speed.

[Frisbee Slider]

Didn’t think I would be confused about excluding Joey Ortiz from the lineup

[RWeeksFan23]

Why is Rengifo hitting cleanup?

[willie key]

Now that the glorified exhibition is over.   Let’s see what we look like against some major leaguers

[liveforoctober]

17 minutes ago, willie key said:

Now that the glorified exhibition is over.   Let’s see what we look like against some major leaguers

It was a gentle intro to the season for sure. I'll take this over the Yankees series from now on please.

[liveforoctober]

37 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

Why is Rengifo hitting cleanup?

 

Check the biceps.

 

[Jim French Stepstool]

11 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40061114/jose-siri-abner-uribe-center-rays-brewers-brawl

"Siri, tell me about a Brewers-Rays brawl."

[Jim French Stepstool]

SOMEONE is going to hit higher than they usually would as long as Chourio & Vaughn are out. Hitting Rengifo 4th isn't something you'd expect, but he hits from both sides & probably won't be hit for; it pushes your need for a bench option back at least one spot.

14.2 BP innings w/one run allowed vs Chicago. Gotta love that.

[wiguy94]

12 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40061114/jose-siri-abner-uribe-center-rays-brewers-brawl

There was also that crazy sequence in the 9th inning where Bauers backswing hit the catcher on a passed ball. Ortiz (I think) scored from 3B on the play but it was ruled back because of batter's interference and the Brewers ended up losing the game.

Edit: Found the play. Guccione was the HP ump and boy he was really unpopular with Brewers fans in that series. 

https://www.mlb.com/video/jake-bauers-strikes-out-swinging-jake-bauers-out-on-batter-interference?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

[MoreTrife]

These 6:40 start times are new to me. Is that first pitch?

[Dragonbait]

Estimated.. but yeah. I believe they want the earlier times to encourage people to bring kids, until school gets out?

[HarryDoyle]

 

[HarryDoyle]

Not impressed with these pitchers we traded for so far.

[RobertCrawley]

Sat on that change up and sent it out. Harrison throws hard and straight. 

[HarryDoyle]

The White Sox just hit another grand slam.

[liveforoctober]

5 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Not impressed with these pitchers we traded for so far.

Is this the first time you are seeing them throw by chance?

[willie key]

Good lord.    

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, liveforoctober said:

Is this the first time you are seeing them throw by chance?

Yes

[liveforoctober]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

Yes

Not a big deal either way but I assumed so with the dialogue. Give them a chance!

[edfunderburk]

Nice recovery by Harrison

I like him better than Sproat as a breakout candidate for our 2026 pitching staff

[edfunderburk]

Simpson makes Hamilton look like Rowdy Tellez