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On the SF Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

The San Francisco Giants will be glad when July is over. They dropped two series with the Oakland A’s, and to close out the month, they opened up a series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday–only to lose 7-5. With the loss to the Brewers, the Giants drop their season record to .500. The Giants’ starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (3-3) tonight at AT&T Park for game two of the series. The Brewers are having a very good season just 2 1/2 games back in the NL Central behind the first-place Chicago Cubs.

Brewers pitcher Josh Hader, who made racist, homophobic, and misogynistic tweets, received boos Thursday night when he was announced to the crowd. Was Hader’s treatment by the San Francisco crowd deserving or should the fans just move on? Michael talks about the Hader question on this segment.

It’s been a rough month for San Francisco now at .500 and the Giants are concerned for pitchers Johnny Cueto (3-1), who has thrown well, but is he fully healthy? Jeff Samardjiza is trying to get back–how far off is he? And Brandon Belt is expected to miss about a week with a bruised bone.

Michael Duca does the Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com