The Milwaukee Brewers have dropped six of their last seven games and got swept by the Chicago Cubs over the weekend to fall four games behind them in the division. The Brewers are in desperate need of putting some Ws together, and I like them to at least get one on the board here against a Pirates team that has lost 18 of 22 games since the All-Star break.

The Brewers hand the ball to right-hander Jordan Lyles (6-7, 5.15 ERA) for his second start since joining from Pittsburgh. Lyles should be pumped up to take on his former team, and he impressed with five innings of one-run ball at Oakland in his Brew Crew debut. "A breath of fresh air," Lyles said. "A new start. A division race. New life, I guess you can say."

The Pirates turn to righty Dario Agrazal (2-2, 3.65 ERA) who has been tagged with a total of eight runs on 10 hits (five homers!) through nine innings of work over his last two starts.

Brewers are 8-3 in the last 11 meetings.

8* play on Milwaukee Brewers.