Giants @ Brewers

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (65-70)

@ Milwaukee Brewers (71-65)

Starting Pitchers:

Alexander (SF): 0-0; 1.69 ERA

Burnes (MIL) 9-6; 3.02 ERA

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (+171)

Milwaukee Brewers: (-200)

• The starting line-up for the Giants is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Brewers is as follows:

• The struggling Milwaukee Brewers will turn to right-handers Corbin Burnes and Freddy Peralta when they return home to host the San Francisco Giants in a doubleheader on Thursday with the hopes of remaining in the playoff hunt.

• Burnes (9-6, 3.02 ERA) starts the first game, while left-hander Scott Alexander (0-0, 1.69) makes his first start this season for the Giants after five relief appearances. Peralta (4-3, 3.56) gets the ball for Milwaukee in the nightcap, while right-hander Jakob Junis (4-4, 4.05) is likely to get the nod for the Giants.

• Milwaukee, which seemed a playoff lock heading into August, ended a 2-5 road trip against sub-.500 teams with an 8-4 loss to Colorado on Wednesday in Denver. The Brewers went 1-3 in Arizona and then dropped two of three against the Rockies.

• San Francisco lost 7-3 to the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, giving up four runs in the eighth inning. David Villar accounted for all the Giants’ runs with a pair of homers.

• Milwaukee, which held a four-game lead over St. Louis in the NL Central in late July, is now 9 1/2 games behind the Cardinals. The Brewers also are four games out of the final wild-card spot behind the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Compounding the Brewers’ loss Wednesday was the early exit of left-hander Eric Lauer, who left with an elbow strain after allowing seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. Lauer leads the team with 10 victories.

• Burnes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner and two-time All-Star, has struggled recently. In his past seven starts, Burnes is 1-2 with a 5.26 ERA. In his latest three outings, Burnes has allowed 17 runs, 14 earned, on 20 hits in 15 1/3 innings. Burnes has faced the Giants 11 times in his career, with the last four being starts over the past two seasons. In those four outings, he has allowed three earned runs in 27 innings. Overall vs. San Francisco, he is 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA.

• Alexander has made just one other start, back in 2018, in 216 appearances over his eight-year career. He has no decisions and a 1.80 ERA in nine career outings against the Brewers.