MILWAUKEE -- For the second straight game, the Milwaukee Brewers will be without All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy. Theyll have to get used to his absence.After months of speculation, Milwaukee reportedly reached agreement on a deal that would send Lucroy, 30, to the Cleveland Indians for a package of prospects including highly touted catcher Francisco Mejia.Milwaukee held Lucroy out of their 5-3 victory Saturday as talks progressed, according to manager Craig Counsell, and news of the agreement broke approximately an hour after the game.Lucroy or not, the Brewers look to finish their season-long 10-game homestead on a high note. Theyve won six of the first nine games and two consecutive series, and a victory Sunday would mark their third series sweep of the season.I dont think its anything different than how weve played all year, Counsell said. Every day is a new day. With all the stuff swirling around, weve talked about distractions and where to put them. Guys have gotten opportunities and made the most of them.Matt Garza (1-4, 5.74 ERA) takes the mound for Milwaukee, making his ninth start of the season and his second of the year against the Pirates, who scored five runs on eight hits over five innings against him on July 21.Garza took no decision his last time out against Arizona but left the game with a 4-3 lead after going six innings and allowing five hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts but hes 0-4 with a 7.52 ERA over his last five outings.Ive been looking for my stuff throughout this season, Garza said. The last start, I felt I was on the verge of finding it. Im real happy I found it. A lot of the hits were off-speed hits and I learned after that and went back to what Im accustomed to doing, going right after guys.Pittsburgh counters with lefty Francisco Liriano (6-10, 5.38), who is two strikeouts shy of 1,500 for his career.Hes 7-6 with a 4.40 ERA all-time against Milwaukee (17 games, 16 starts) and 1-0 this year after striking out 13 in a 5-3 victory over the Brewers on July 21.Its just one of those nights where youre like, Man, thank God Im not facing him. He was on, said Pirates outfielder Matt Joyce.Milwaukee has been a miserable destination for the Pirates, who are 17-63 at Miller Park since the start of 2007. During that same stretch, the Brewers are 102-56 over Pittsburgh overall, good for the second-best winning percentage of any team against a divisional opponent in all of baseball.But while the Pirates as a team have struggled, Andrew McCutchen has done well, collecting 120 hits against the Brewers since the start of the 2008 season while Josh Harrison has gone 15-for-41 with two triples and five RBI in his last 11 games against Milwaukee.Ben Heller Yankees Jersey . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon. Ben Heller Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. https://www.cheapyankees.com/1051g-gio-urshela-jersey-yankees.html . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. Ron Guidry Jersey . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. Joe Pepitone Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began.JACKSON, Miss. -- DeAngelo Ballard passed for 143 yards, including a touchdown, and piled up 155 more yards rushing to lead Alabama A&M to a 27-20 win over Jackson State on Saturday.After falling behind 17-0 in the first half, Alabama A&M (4-6, 4-5 Southwestern Athletic Conference) tied the game when Devonte Simon returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown with 1:08 left in the second quarter. Nick Carden kicked a 34-yard field goal and Ballard connected with Kalias Robertson on an 11-yard TD pass earliier.ddddddddddddA 5-yard touchdown run by Harvey Harris put Alabama A&M on top in the third quarter and Carden padded the advantage with a 29-yard field goal with 1:59 to play. Jordan Bentley had 106 yards rushing.Jackson State (3-7, 3-5) got a 63-yard touchdown run from Joshua Bates and a 1-yard TD throw from Jarin Morikawa to Javancy Jones. Christian Jacquemin had two field goals. ' ' '