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Quinn Priester and Caleb Durbin outshined the highest-payroll-in-baseball Dodgers to lead the Brewers to their latest win.
Before the Brewers kicked off the unofficial second half of the season at Dodger Stadium on Friday, manager Pat Murphy thought out loud about how he could best utilize his starter Quinn Priester.
No team in MLB is hotter than the Milwaukee Brewers as the second half gets underway, with a significant portion of the credit going to their dominant pitching staff.
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It's Friday, July 18 and the Brewers (56-40) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (58-39). Quinn Priester is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Tyler Glasnow for Los Angeles.
Manager Dave Roberts made the decision to leave Mookie Betts out of the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Brewers, giving the starting shortstop an opportunity to reset amid a season-long scuffle at the plate.
The Milwaukee Brewers are the hottest team in baseball, but not everyone is content with their situation. Milwaukee won its eighth game in a row on Friday night
Max Muncy was initially expected to miss roughly six weeks with his left knee bone bruise, but the Dodgers are striking a more optimistic tone as the Dodgers begin second-half play.