The Milwaukee Brewers aim to knock off the top team in the National League in Tuesday’s clash with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It has been an endless struggle for the Brewers when playing on the road, and they’ll once again be walking into the imposing nightmare that is Dodger Stadium. Right-handed pitcher Tony Gonsolin has dominated on the mound for the Dodgers, and he hopes that’ll continue to be the case when he throws opposite of Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes.
Corbin Burnes (2.48 ERA) was pitching the Brewers to victory the last time he stared down the mighty Dodgers from the mound. He yielded six hits and three runs in 5.2 innings of work en route to a victory last Thursday. So the 27-year-old righty should be riding a wave of confidence heading into Tuesday’s matchup.
But there’s one key difference in this meeting from the last: Burnes will be pitching at Dodger Stadium.
It’s a bottomless pit that has swallowed opposing pitchers that have visited. Opponents are averaging a 5.19 ERA when pitching at Dodger Stadium this season. Of course, Burnes is talented enough to beat the odds, but it’s hard to know if his offense will be able to do the same.
The Dodgers currently have the No. 1-ranked pitching rotation in the league, and they’re making it incredibly hard for teams to kee p pace with them on the scoreboard. But then again, Milwaukee does have the ninth-best run-scoring offense, and they averaged 5.67 runs per game in their previous road series.