Milwaukee has won four straight games and seven of the past nine games, including yesterday’s 9-8 thriller over Minnesota. The Brewers swept the Twins by scoring 35 runs over three games to the Twins’ 14. The Brewers and Pirates split the first series of the season, 2-2 in Pittsburgh.

Pitching matchups between highly touted players happen quite often. Opening Day is filled with elite pitchers going toe-to-toe as teams line up their aces right out of the gate. Rarely though, during the middle of the season,