2:10 pm
August 8

Giants @ Brewers

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (70-41)

@ Milwaukee Brewers (66-45)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Cueto (SF): 7-6; 3.83 ERA

Anderson (MIL) 4-5; 3.67 ERA

 

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (+101)

Milwaukee Brewers: (-111)

 

• San Francisco took the middle game of the three-game series 9-6 on Saturday night, scoring four runs in the 11th inning after each team scored three in the 10th. Milwaukee won the series opener 2-1 in 10 innings on Friday. Brandon Belt, who came off the injured list Thursday, had two homers for the Giants, including a two-run shot in the 11th inning. San Francisco leads the majors with 167 home runs.

• Cueto has been successful against the Brewers throughout his career, including his seven-plus seasons with Cincinnati in the same division. He is 11-4 with a 2.92 ERA in 22 starts vs. Milwaukee.

• Anderson is 2-0 with a 1.31 ERA in his past four starts, allowing just three earned runs in 20 2/3 innings. He is 2-5 with a 4.57 ERA in 12 career starts against the Giants.

• The Giants rallied to win Saturday after tying the game 2-2 with a run in the top of the ninth off Brent Suter when right fielder Avisail Garcia misplayed Tommy La Stella’s fly ball to the warning track for an RBI triple. After starter Aaron Sanchez went just two-plus innings in his first start since coming off the injured list, the Giants used eight relievers Saturday.

5/10
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San Francisco Giants
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