Chris Narveson attempts to give Milwaukee the sweep on the road as he goes up against Barry Zito.
Current Series
Brewers lead the series 2-0
| Fri 09/17 | WP: Randy Wolf (12 - 11) LP: Madison Bumgarner (5 - 6) | 3 - 0 win |
| Sat 09/18 | WP: Yovani Gallardo (13 - 7) SV: John Axford LP: Tim Lincecum (14 - 10) | 2 - 1 win |
Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, Sep 19, 2010, 3:05 PM CDT Chris Narveson vs Barry Zito Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60. | ||
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Chris Narveson (11-7, 5.05) is trying to impress management in order to gain the upper hand on winning a rotation spot in 2011. The Narv-Dog hasn't given up more than three earned runs since July 23. Since that date, he has had nine starts and has put up a 3.35 ERA and has given up an opponent batting line of .234/.295/.328. On the season, Narveson has a 4.28 FIP.
Barry Zito (8-13, 4.02) is having a near identical season to his 2009 campaign. Just look at how similar his stats are:
| Stat | 2009 | 2010 |
| ERA | 4.03 | 4.02 |
| IP | 192 | 186 |
| H/9 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| HR/9 | 1 | 0.9 |
| BB/9 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| SO | 154 | 139 |
| FIP | 4.31 | 4.27 |
| Runs | 89 | 87 |
| HBP | 8 | 7 |
| WAR | 2.2 | 2 |
Bullpen Report:
Jeremy Jeffress pitched 1 inning (10 pitches) Tuesday.
Manny Parra hasn't pitched in a week.
Trevor Hoffman hasn't pitched since he picked up his 600th save.Carlos Villanueva hasn't pitched in forever.
John Axford pitched 1 inning (21 pitches) yesterday.
Mike McClendon pitched 1 inning (14 pitches) Wednesday.
Todd Coffey pitched .2 innings (5 pitches) Monday.
Zach Braddock pitched 0.0 innings (2 pitches) Monday.
Kameron Loe pitched 1 inning (15 pitches) yesterday.
Brandon Kintzler pitched 0.2 innings (35 pitches) Monday.
Mark Rogers pitched 1 inning (8 pitches) on Wednesday.