Brewers (Harrison) vs Royals (Bubic): 4/5/26, 1:10pm

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The Royals send left-hander Kris Bubic in the final game of the series. Bubic has not allowed an earned run against Milwaukee in 17.1 career IP. Bubic was also the starting pitcher against the Brewers during last year's home opener at American Family Field (11-1 win for KC).

Kyle Harrison makes his second start for Milwaukee. Harrison has one career appearance against Kansas City, appearing ut of the bullpen for San Francisco on May 20, 2025. He allowed 1 ER over 1.1 IP striking out 2. Harrison struck out 40% of opposing batters during his previous start with 47.5% chase rate thanks largely to his four seam fastball that he threw 55% of the time.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Ashby	0	9	0	0	41	50
Anderson, G	19	15	0	0	0	34
Hall	0	19	0	0	38	57
Woodford	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zerpa	14	0	0	0	0	14
Uribe	22	0	0	0	14	36
Koenig	16	0	0	0	17	33
Megill	0	0	0	0	22	22

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There are 119 active pitchers in MLB with 17 IP or more against the Brewers. Two have not allowed earned runs against Milwaukee: Chris Bassitt and Kris Bubic.   source

Only one inactive pitcher has 17 IP against Milwaukee without allowing an earned run, Jose Contreras. It is fair to say Bubic has been historically small sample dominant against the Brewers.

Fun to review the mix of excellent and mediocre pitchers who have mowed us down over the years. 🙂

[Tedaldtada]

 

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Statcast Expected wOBA, xBA, xSLG | baseballsavant.com

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[RobertCrawley]

Let's take this series.

[MoreTrife]

Rough Sunday lineup. I'll be surprised if we get two runs.

[AKCheesehead]

9 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

Rough Sunday lineup. I'll be surprised if we get two runs.

Surprise!

[HarryDoyle]

So much for that no earned runs thing.

[Underachiever]

10 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

Rough Sunday lineup. I'll be surprised if we get two runs.

 

Just now, AKCheesehead said:

Surprise!

Um, actually they skipped over two and went right from 1to 3. So, there you go

[Sugarrayray]

Man I love me some SANCHISE

[Bulldogboy]

I don’t know much about Harrison but that first inning was very good. First time seeing but I think he's worth Durbin.

[yourout]

Not sure how he can throw as many fastballs in the middle of the plate and get them by as he does.

[yourout]

Harrison's location is going to have to improve or He's going to start getting rocked.

[rccola42]

Fastball becomes hittable once hitters realize he can't throw anything else in the zone.

[duewizard]

Crazy throw by Matos! And Wild Bill with a nice tag!

[yourout]

3 minutes ago, rccola42 said:

Fastball becomes hittable once hitters realize he can't throw anything else in the zone.

He's got a long way to go before he's going to be a reliable starter in the big leagues.

[yourout]

Time to get someone up in the pen

[Underachiever]

Matos, the arm of fate! Burns the Royals!

[Fear The Chorizo]

Dangit Sanchez...that's a terrible challenge right there.

[Bulldogboy]

Just now, Fear The Chorizo said:

Dangit Sanchez...that's a terrible challenge right there.

Yep

[rccola42]

Those 2 days when Joey could hit were a lot of fun

[jason21nl]

Ortiz just can’t hit.