The Cincinnati Reds will continue their road trip, making the long trip from Miami to Milwaukee as they open up a weekend series against the 1st place Brewers. Cincinnati will hand the ball to Robert Dugger tonight, who will be making his first big league start since June 27th of 2021 when he was with the Seattle Mariners. The Brewers will send Ohio native Eric Lauer to the mound as the lefty looks to keep Milwaukee at the top of the division. Tonight’s game is only available on the Apple TV+ streaming service when it comes to television viewing options. It’s free, but you will need to sign in with a free Apple account. More info can be found here.
Starting Lineups
Here are the lineups for tonight’s contest:
Starting Pitchers
Robert Dugger
This will only be the 4th appearance in the big leagues for Robert Dugger this season, and his 3rd with the Reds. He’s thrown 6.2 innings with the Reds and allowed three runs, walked three batters, and he’s struck out 10. This season in Triple-A between Louisville and Durham (Tampa Bay’s affiliate) he’s posted a 4.30 ERA in 58.2 innings with 24 walks and 45 strikeouts.
His splits don’t feature much time in the big leagues, so they aren’t going to be entirely valuable by comparison to someone who has pitched a lot more in the majors this year, but you can get somewhat of a general idea of how each side of the play may perform against him in comparison to the other. For Dugger, the splits are pretty even.
Splits (Combined between MLB and AAA in 2022)
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 142 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 33 | .270 | .338 | .452 |
| LHH | 156 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 29 | .250 | .321 | .450 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Slider | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 90.2 | 90.0 | 77.7 | 81.6 | 72.7 |
| Usage | 18.5% | 25.6% | 19.0% | 19.4% | 17.5% |
Eric Lauer
Teams don’t send many left-handed hitters to the plate against Lauer – they’ve racked up just 66 plate appearances against him all season long. The ones who do get their chance haven’t done all that much as they’ve posted a .648 OPS against him. Right-handed hitters aren’t hitting for much average and they aren’t getting on base, either, but they are hitting for some power.
Not shown below are his home and road splits, and they are very slanted towards success at home. While pitching in Milwaukee he is holding hitters to a .671 OPS (.786 on the road) and has an ERA of 2.85 (4.47 on the road).
Splits
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 374 | 79 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 88 | .234 | .296 | .454 |
| LHH | 66 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | .207 | .303 | .345 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-Seam | Cutter | Slider | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 93.4 | 90.8 | 88.0 | 87.1 | 78.4 |
| Usage | 43.2% | 12.3% | 23.4% | 3.1% | 18.1% |
When and Where
- Game time: 8:10pm ET
- Where: American Family Field
- Watch: Apple TV+
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: They play in a dome.
News and Notes
Old Friend Alert
Wow. MLB says it has suspended Derek Dietrich w/o pay for 50 games for testing positive for 1,4-dimethylpentylamine, or DMPA, which it says is a banned stimulant. Dietrich was at Triple-A w/ the Yankees.
— Brendan Kuty (@BrendanKutyNJ) August 5, 2022
