With left-hander Paul Maholm starting for Pittsburgh tonight, Brewers interim manager Dale Sveum has stocked his lineup with right-handed batters. Getting starts tonight are Bill Hall at third and Rickie Weeks at second. Neither has seen much playing time since Sveum replaced Ned Yost as manager last week.
Hall has a .609 career average against Maholm (14-for-23 with two homers) and is hitting .309 against lefties this season with seven home runs and 24 RBI. That's quite a difference from his overall numbers of .226, 15, 54.
Here's how the Brewers will stack up against Maholm (9-8, 3.68 ERA):
Cameron, cf
Hall, 3b
Braun, lf
Fielder, 1b
Hardy, ss
Hart, rf
Weeks, 2b
Kendall, c
Sabathia, p
The Brewers send CC Sabathia to the mound tonight -- his second consecutive start on short rest. He's been pretty much the only starter the Brewers can count on this month and is among the National League leaders in just about every pitching category.