The Pirates are half a game up on the Brewers in the NL Central, and they take on Milwaukee for the first time this year in a three game series this weekend.
Rich Hill takes the mound for the Pirates. The lefty has pitched into the sixth inning in each of his last five starts, and has gone into the seventh in both of his previous two starts.
I wrote yesterday about how the battle between the Cubs and the Pirates might have been the battle of the best in the NL Central. The Pirates are currently 5-2 on the season against both the Reds and the Cardinals.