The underdog Marlins are playing well, winners of eight of their last 10 games. They catch the Brewers at what should be a good time.

This is Milwaukee's first game back home following a six-game road trip that concluded Sunday with an unbelievable loss to the Yankees. Corbin Burnes threw a no-hitter for eight innings. All together, Milwaukee pitchers didn't allow a hit for 10 1/3 innings. Yet Milwaukee lost the game in 13 innings.

That bizarre defeat has to be on the Brewers' minds as they return home, not to mention getting acclimated to seeing their families returning from a road trip. So their concentration may not be at peak efficiency.

The Brewers do have Brandon Woodruff starting. He's 4-1 with a 2.30 ERA. Very solid. But the Marlins also have a hot pitcher, lefty Jesus Luzardo. He's given up only two earned runs in his last three starts spanning 18 innings with a 1.00 ERA and 0.61 WHIP during this span. Luzardo hasn't faced weak competition either during this time frame pitching against the Dodgers, Rays and Padres.

Milwaukee has never faced Luzardo before giving him the element of surprise. The Brewers fare much worse against southpaws, too. They are 62-41 versus righty starters, but 17-22 against lefties. The Brewers average only 3.2 runs against lefties, ranking in the bottom-seven in batting average and slugging percentage against them.