Overview
- Jacob Misiorowski and Chris Sale are scheduled to start Friday, Aug. 21, at 4:10 p.m. ET at American Family Field with the game available on Brewers.TV and the MLB app.
- Misiorowski enters leading MLB with a 1.75 ERA while also topping the majors in strikeouts (210), WHIP (0.75) and opponent batting average, making him the Cy Young frontrunner.
- Sale, 37, owns a 2.16 ERA and has produced a rare late-career season that places him among a handful of pitchers age 37+ with a sub‑2.20 ERA through his first 22 starts.
- Atlanta made lineup changes for the opener, naming Drake Baldwin the starting catcher and batting second while Ha‑Seong Kim is absent from the lineup.
- The series pairs two first-place clubs and closes in Williamsport for MLB's Little League Classic, so teams are watching pitch counts and bullpen use for both short-term seeding and longer-term postseason planning.