Milwaukee Brewers (95-58, first in the NL Central) vs. Baltimore Orioles (75-78, fifth in the AL East)

Baltimore; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Dustin May (7-9, 4.49 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 133 strikeouts); Orioles: Cade Povich (0-0)

LINE: Brewers -143, Orioles +118; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles host the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday to start a three-game series.

Baltimore is 75-78 overall and 36-39 at home. The Orioles have a 33-14 record in games when they did not allow a home run.

Milwaukee has a 95-58 record overall and a 43-32 record in road games. The Brewers have the top team ERA in the NL at 3.58.

Friday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has 24 doubles and 37 home runs for the Orioles. Christian Encarnacion-Strand is 11 for 35 with four doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

Brice Turang has 34 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs for the Brewers. Joey Ortiz is 14 for 36 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 6-4, .236 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

Brewers: 7-3, .297 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

INJURIES: Orioles: Christian Franklin: 10-Day IL (hand), Luis Robert: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jackson Holliday: 10-Day IL (wrist), Shane Baz: day-to-day (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 15-Day IL (lower abdominal), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (back), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tyler O'Neill: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)

Brewers: Bryse Wilson: 15-Day IL (back), Brandon Woodruff: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Grant Anderson: 15-Day IL (biceps), Brian Fitzpatrick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Quinn Priester: 60-Day IL (wrist), Angel Zerpa: 60-Day IL (forearm)

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