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By Jeremy Harness

The Giants are riding a rare wave of momentum as they head into a key weekend series against a top-flight opponent.

After dispatching of the San Diego Padres in a two-game sweep at Oracle Park, the Giants will face the Milwaukee Brewers, who made it all the way to the National League Championship Series a year ago.

The Brewers are at the top of the NL Central with a 39-29 mark and have a reigning league MVP in Christian Yelich, and he appears to be on track to win the award again.

Yelich is on a torrid pace once again this season, as he currently has 25 home runs and has driven in 54 runs, to go along with a gaudy .345 batting average. Mike Moustakas isn’t too far behind Yelich in the stats category, as he has 21 homers as well as 45 RBI.

Milwaukee will send a hot hand to the mound Friday night, as Zach Davies (7-0, 2.41 ERA) will take the ball against Giants lefty Drew Pomeranz (1-6, 7.16 ERA), who is not so hot.

On Saturday, Madison Bumgarner (3-6, 3.83 ERA), who suffered a hard-luck 1-0 loss to the Dodgers Sunday afternoon and did not fish the ball out of McCovey Cove like Max Muncy instructed him to after he took hilarious exception to Muncy’s low-key celebration of the solo homer he hit off Bumgarner, will take the ball against Milwaukee’s Jimmy Nelson (0-1, 12.00 ERA).

Jeff Samardzija (3-5, 3.72 ERA) will be on the mound for Sunday’s series finale against Brewers righty Chase Anderson (3-1, 3.80 ERA).