Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) The Brewers will work to get a 10th straight victory at home when they match up against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight. There home record is the best in the league at 41-15. They carry a four game lead in the NL Central. Zack Greinke will lead the mound tonight. Left hander Paul Maholm will start for Pittsburgh.
The Pirates were one of the big stories of the National League for most of the season. They entered the second half of the year in contention for a division title, before a ten-game losing streak dropped them out of the race. Pittsburgh comes into the weekend ten games behind the Brewers in the standings.
Left fielder Ryan Braun is expected to be back in the line up after he sat out the series finale in St.Louis Thursday due to a calf muscle injury. Braun comes home with a road trip record of 6 for 23 with one RBI. He says he wants to stay as close to 100-percent as possible and taking last night off will help him do th


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