Yankees vs Brewers live stream: Watch online free 8:10 ET Friday for the first of a three-game series, pitting the most popular team in the MLB against the National League's best.

The Milwaukee Brewers (22-13) have been struggling of late without Ryan Braun. He isn't eligible to return off the DL next week. The Brew-Crew will battle vs a Yankees team that will be tossing out the undefeated Tanaka. Watch the free live stream online to see if they can hand him his first loss in the big leagues.

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New York will see familiar faces in Brewers slugger Lyle Overbay and Mark Reynolds, who each spent time last season with the Yankees for the first time since they left.

"I got a good taste of that jealousy on the other side," Overbay told the Brewers' official website. "But if we do the things we can do, we can beat anybody."

The Yankees had lost five of six before winning the final two games of a three-game set in Anaheim this week. Derek Jeter entered the series in a 2-for-24 slump but went 5 for 11 and hit his first homer of the year in Wednesday's 9-2 victory, according to ESPN.com.

"It's good to get one," Derek Jeter told ESPN.com. "I'm not catching Babe Ruth or anything, but at least you'd like to get one. The important thing is that we got a win. It was a good game for us in a lot of different ways."

The Brewers fell for the sixth time in eight games Wednesday, 3-2 at home to Arizona. They are without the injured Ryan Braun, and Aramis Ramirez is mired in a 2-for-42 slump.

"I know the lineup's not the same, but we still have enough guys in there that I think we should be scoring some runs," manager Ron Roenicke said. "We'll get it going, we'll figure it out."