Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers

After traveling to the West coast for a short 3 game series the 11-7 Buc's, winners in 5 of their last 6 head to Milwaukee to face the 8-10 Brewers, winners of 4 out of their last 5 games. The only major changes from '08 on the Brewers roster was the departures of Ben Sheets and C.C. Sabathia, and the return of Yovani Gallardo from the D.L. who only pitched 24 innings all of last season. The Brewers are as hot as the Pirates, so if we could take 2 of 3 to finish off this mini road trip it would be a promising sign. The Pirates come into this week as ESPN's #7 team in the power rankings

Players to Watch

• Ryan Braun
• Prince Fielder
• Mike Cameron
  
• Bill Hall
• Former Pirate Jason Kendall is somehow still picking up a paycheck as the best 2 out nobody on singles hitter in the league

Probable Pitchers

4/27/09: Jeff Karstens (1-0) vs. Braden Looper (2-0)
4/28/09: Paul Maholm (3-0) vs. Dave Bush (1-0)
4/29/09: Ian Snell (1-2) vs. Yovani Gallardo (2-1)