Milwaukee Brewers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Starting Lineup — Sunday, Jul 12, 2026

Milwaukee has several hitters with at least some history against Paul Skenes, led by Christian Yelich, who is batting .444 with a .944 OPS in 9 at-bats. Jackson Chourio is at .250 with a .650 OPS in 4 at-bats, while Joey Ortiz is also batting .250 with a .750 OPS in 4 at-bats. Brice Turang has the largest sample among the group at 13 at-bats, though he is at .154 with a .539 OPS, and Sal Frelick is at .167 with a .703 OPS in 12 at-bats. Jake Bauers is batting .167 with a .453 OPS in 6 at-bats, Garrett Mitchell is hitless in 3 at-bats with a .250 OPS, and Gary Sánchez and Braden Shewmake have no MLB history versus Skenes.

Pittsburgh has far less familiarity with Robert Gasser. Nick Gonzales has the best line in the limited sample, batting .500 with a 1.000 OPS in 2 at-bats, while Bryan Reynolds is batting .333 with a .666 OPS in 3 at-bats. Jared Triolo is hitless in 1 at-bat with a .500 OPS. Jake Mangum, Brandon Lowe, Esmerlyn Valdez, Ryan O'Hearn, Marcell Ozuna, and Henry Davis have no MLB history versus Gasser.

The edge in familiarity clearly belongs to Milwaukee, which brings multiple regulars with several prior at-bats against Skenes. Pittsburgh has only three hitters with any MLB history against Gasser, and all of those samples are very small.