According to the folks at Accuscore, the Brewers have a 57% chance of winning tonight. The struggling Jeff Suppan faces AAA call-up, LHP Chuck James who has struggled this season with an 8.22 ERA.
Although the matchup looks good on paper, the Brewers have struggled in recent years with little known pitchers. A shining examle of this quirk was last year when Atlanta started former Brewer Jeff Bennett in a rare start for him at that juncture. The Brewers went on to lose that game despite Bennett's lack of credentials. Here's hoping the Brewers figure out a way to give Suppan run support early and Suppan figures out a way to hold the Atlanta offense down for six innings.
Suppan has a lot going for him in this start. In addition to the Braves starting Chuck James, Suppan will face an Atlanta lineup which lacks the traded Mark Teixera and the injured Chipper Jones.
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