At 7:10pm our complimentary selection is on the Milwaukee Brewers over the Cincinnati Reds. Don''t look now but the Brew Crew is on a roll. They''ve won eight of 10, and they''re finally starting to put up some runs in the process. In those eight wins, the Brewers have scored 55 runs, including 15 last night.

And today, perhaps their most consistent starter of the season, Braden Looper, will get the call. (Both Looper and Yovani Gallardo are running neck-and-neck for that honor.) Looper has been incredibly steady in his five starts to date, and he already owns a win against the Reds this season, as he was the pitcher of record in Milwaukee''s 9-3 pasting of Cincy back on April 15. Tonight''s game is in Cincinnati, a place where Looper should feel comfortable as he went 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA there in two starts at Great America Ballpark last season. The Reds will send former D-Back Micah Owings to the mound tonight, and he has been anything BUT their most consistent starter. Unless of course you define consistent as consistently bad. If there is anything positive to say about Owings, it may be, oddly enough, that he has a great bat for a pitcher.

Owings is hitting .286 this year, and in 2007 he actually had four HRs in just 60 at bats. But it will take more than Owings at the plate to help the Reds tonight. He will have to step up and throw a quality start, something that has eluded him in all but one of his appearances so far. Owings was the starter in that earlier 9-3 loss to Milwaukee, and he''ll get hit hard again tonight. Take the Brewers. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.