Astros play the Brewers with series tied 1-1

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Milwaukee Brewers (34-21, first in the NL Central) vs. Houston Astros (27-33, fourth in the AL West)

Houston; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Jacob Misiorowski (5-2, 1.83 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, 100 strikeouts); Astros: Tatsuya Imai (2-2, 6.17 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

LINE: Brewers -190, Astros +157; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Houston has gone 13-15 in home games and 27-33 overall. The Astros have a 16-8 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

Milwaukee is 34-21 overall and 15-10 in road games. The Brewers have gone 20-8 in games when they did not allow a home run.

Sunday's game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez has 12 doubles and 20 home runs while hitting .305 for the Astros. Christian Walker is 8 for 41 with five home runs over the last 10 games.

Brice Turang has 11 doubles, a triple and seven home runs for the Brewers. William Contreras is 14 for 41 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 7-3, .234 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 22 runs

Brewers: 7-3, .229 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Astros: Braden Shewmake: day-to-day (groin), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Yainer Diaz: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Jose Altuve: 10-Day IL (side), Hunter Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Carlos Correa: 10-Day IL (ankle), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Brewers: Rob Zastryzny: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jared Koenig: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Lockridge: 10-Day IL (knee), Brandon Woodruff: 15-Day IL (arm), Logan Henderson: 15-Day IL (back), Quinn Priester: 15-Day IL (wrist), Angel Zerpa: 15-Day IL (forearm)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.