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Lockridge also suffered a severe laceration when his right leg slid into an unpadded corner of the wall at Miller Park last week. Blake Perkins and Tyler Black are in line for extra at-bats while Lockridge is out, though Black might soon be sent down to make room for Christian Yelich on the roster.

Perkins returns to the majors to fill a spot on Milwaukee’s bench after Brandon Lockridge suffered a serious knee injury during Friday’s series opener against the Yankees. The 29-year-old was shipped to the minors when Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn came back from the injured list earlier this week.

Perkins gets caught up in a roster crunch with both Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn returning from the injured list. The 29-year-old reserve outfielder winds up losing his roster spot with Brandon Lockridge occupying a bench spot behind Chourio, Garrett Mitchell and Sal Frelick.

He pulled a Tarik Skubal fastball down into the left-field corner, taking the left-hander out of line for the win. Perkins hasn’t played much of late as the Brewers have been on a run of right-handed starters, and fantasy managers won’t be clamoring for the .135/.256/.216 batting line. He’s mainly a platoon thorn for Milwaukee’s better outfielders for fantasy purposes.

Lockridge has been playing through a minor hip issue. He’ll get a break in this one with red-hot Garrett Mitchell patrolling center field and Blake Perkins in left.

The 24-year-old Matos, who is out of options and was DFA’d last week, has slashed .231/.281/.369 in 593 MLB plate appearances. The Brewers figure to have him replace Blace Perkins, who opened up in the minors before being recalled as Andrew Vaughn’s replacement, and can give him some starts in left field against left-handers.

With the news that Jackson Chourio is going to be out for the next two to four weeks with a fractured hand, the Brewers quickly recalled Perkins from AAA. He will battle Jake Bauers for a chance to start with cheerio out. We would guess that Perkins will see most of his starts against left-handed pitching

Henderson is the headliner among this group. Given the injuries in the Brewers’ rotation, he had a shot to earn an opportunity with the big league club to start the season but he has been fighting elbow soreness of his own throughout the spring which held him back. He’ll start the year biding his time in the rotation at Triple-A Nashville.

Chourio remains in Milwaukee’s lineup for Thursday night’s potential series-clinching contest at Wrigley Field despite battling a lingering right hamstring issue that hasn’t adversely impacted his availability throughout the best-of-five series. Blake Perkins is back in center field over Brandon Lockridge with Andrew Vaughn at first base over Jake Bauers to face Cubs veteran lefty Matthew Boyd: Here’s the full lineup: Christian Yelich (DH), Chourio (LF), William Contreras (C), Brice Turang (2B), Vaughn (1B), Caleb Durbin (3B), Sal Frelick (RF), Perkins (CF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Oddly enough, the Cubs outhomered the Brewers 3-0, but after Michael Busch’s leadoff bomb in the first, it was all Milwaukee. Perkins had the hit of the contest, winning an 11-pitch battle with Matthew Boyd in the bottom of the first to give the Brewers a 4-1 lead and knock Boyd out of the game. The Brewers wound up with six runs that inning and three more in the second. Game 2 will be played Monday in Milwaukee. Neither team has announced its starter, but it’ll probably by Shota Imanaga for the Cubs and either Jose Quintana or Quinn Priester for the Brewers.