The San Francisco Giants (72-74) will look to Mike Yastrzemski, with homers in two straight games, to pull off an upset win over the Milwaukee Brewers (83-62) Thursday at Oracle Park. The Brewers are -132 moneyline favorites for the game, which starts at 9:45 p.m. ET live on NBCS-BA.
Frankie Montas starts for Milwaukee while Hayden Birdsong is San Francisco’s starter for the contest.
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The Brewers have a 49-36 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.6% of those games).
Milwaukee has a record of 27-19 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -132 or shorter (58.7% winning percentage).
This season, the Giants have won 27 out of the 68 games, or 39.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
San Francisco is 12-24 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +112 or more on the moneyline.
The Brewers have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 75 times this season for a 75-61-9 record against the over/under.
The Giants’ games have gone over the total in 74 of their 146 chances.
Brewers Stats & Insights
The Brewers are the seventh-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging 4.8 runs per game (696 total).
Milwaukee ranks 17th in baseball with 161 total home runs.
The Brewers rank 11th in the majors with a .249 batting average.
Milwaukee strikes out 8.9 times per game to rank 20th in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Brewers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 20th in MLB.
Milwaukee has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.64).
Giants Stats & Insights
The Giants have scored the 16th-most runs in the league this season with 630 (4.3 per game).
San Francisco’s 157 home runs rank 19th in Major League Baseball.
The Giants’ .240 batting average ranks 18th in the league this season.
San Francisco ranks 21st in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.8 Ks per contest.
The Giants average nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-most in the majors.
San Francisco pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.17 ERA this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
Brewers Key Players to Watch
Montas (6-10 with a 4.69 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 132 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Brewers, his 27th of the season.
William Contreras leads Milwaukee in batting average (.281) this season while adding 21 home runs and 84 RBI.
Willy Adames leads Milwaukee in home runs (30) and runs batted in (102) this season while batting .252.
Jackson Chourio is slashing .272/.326/.461 this season for the Brewers.
Brice Turang has 126 hits and an OBP of .314 to go with a slugging percentage of .355 this season.
Giants Key Players to Watch
The Giants will hand the ball to Birdsong (3-5) for his 13th start of the season.
Matt Chapman paces the Giants with 24 home runs and 73 runs batted in.
Heliot Ramos is batting .270 to lead his team.
Michael Conforto is batting .229 with 25 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 41 walks.
Yastrzemski has 14 doubles, nine triples, 15 home runs and 34 walks while hitting .240.
Brewers and Giants Injuries
Brewers: Nick Mears: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Bryse Wilson: 15 Day IL (Oblique), Robert Gasser: 60 Day IL (Flexor), Brandon Woodruff: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Rob Zastryzny: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Wade Miley: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Dunn: 60 Day IL (Back), J.B. Bukauskas: 60 Day IL (Lat), Christian Yelich: 60 Day IL (Back)
Giants: Robbie Ray: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Randy Rodriguez: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Jordan Hicks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Kyle Harrison: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Tom Murphy: 60 Day IL (Head), Jung Hoo Lee: 60 Day IL (Labrum), Keaton Winn: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Wilmer Flores: 60 Day IL (Knee)
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