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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s vs. Brewers…The “Oh No” World Series for FOX Sports

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By: Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

There are two weeks left in the 2018 regular season. There are so many scenarios going into the postseason. For the networks, there are two dream World Series: 1) The Yankees and Dodgers, two of the most famous franchises with all the money in the world. They represent a very attractive scenario. Also, it would be a coast-to-coast affair. 2) The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs is another dandy.

Of course, the Houston Astros trying to win back-to-back World Series would make for another great story. It doesn’t matter who they will play. They are a team with a great rotation and some of the greatest players in baseball: José Altuve, Carlos Correa, George Springer, this year’s Astros Most Valuable Player, and Alex Bregman. Not to mention, a rotation like no other with Verlander-Cole-Keuchek-Morton along with a good bullpen.

The Cleveland Indians could also be there and they have not won a World Series since 1948. Although the Indians’ most recent appearance in the World Series was in a seven-game loss to the Florida Marlins in 1997.

As thrilled as the A’s fans would be to see their team again in the October Classic for the first time since 1990 when they were swept by Lou Piniella’s Cincinnati Reds, or the Milwaukee Brewers fans whose team last made it to the World Series in 1982 to see their Harvey Wallbangers go down it in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals, this would be a nightmare for Fox Sports, the official network for the World Series.

The baseball Gods are unpredictable, At the end this year it could be the A’s (with a 420,000 population) against the Brewers (with a 595,000 population). Obviously, these two teams will not bring the desired audience across the country that FOX Sports expects for a World Series like the previous match-ups I’ve mentioned. But maybe the country needs to know about unfamiliar names like: Laureano, Chapman, Olson, Piscotty, Treinen, Yelich,Aguilar, Harden and Shaw. World Series audiences are not all hardcore baseball fans. A big chunk of the audience are casual fans. However, if the Brewers met the A’s, there will be great curiosity. But in today’s television with 200 different channels, who knows who would tune in?

Yes, an A’s vs. Brewers World Series would be something. The Brewers look like a good bet for a wild card spot and the A’s can even still win the AL West, although it is unlikely, but they have one of the two wild card spots. I am not saying an A’s vs. Brewers October Classic is going to happen, but it could happen. For starters, who ever thought the A’s were going to win 90 or more games this season and finish second to the Astros? If you know of anybody, please let me know.

Notes: The Yankees have achieved one streak each of three, four, and five championships in a row, and the A’s have achieved a streak of three in a row. Back-to-back championships have been achieved an additional 10 times.

The Yanks were the last team to win back-to-back World Series from 1998-2000 when they won it in three consecutive years. If the Astros win this 2018 World Series, it will be the first time anybody has won it back-to-back in 18 years.

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Schoop’s grand slam send Giants to their eighth straight loss 6-3

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By Jeremy Kahn

Jonathan Schoop came up with the biggest hit of the day when the Milwaukee Brewers needed it the most.

Schoop hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning that gave the Brewers the lead for good on their way to a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Miller Park on Sunday afternoon.

The win by the Brewers helped them sweep the Giants, who went 0-6 on the road trip and have lost eight games in a row overall.

Madison Bumgarner allowed the grand slam to Schoop just after Bumgarner hit Ryan Braun in the back that forced the Brewers players to come out of the dugout and led to the ejection of manager Craig Counsell by home plate umpire Tom Hallion.

It was a bit of sweet redemption for Schoop, who struck out in his first at-bats against Bumgarner and then in the bottom of the sixth, he launched a Bumgarner pitch over the wall to give the Brewers a 5-2. This was the fourth home run for Schoop as a member of the Brewers since July 31 from the Baltimore Orioles.

Bumgarner was looking for the Giants, as he was cruising into the sixth inning and the Giants led 2-1. Braun doubled off Bumgarner in the first inning that scored a run, but he then retired the next 15 batters before he gave up a walk to Christian Yelich with two outs in that fateful sixth inning.

After the Yelich walk, Bumgarner gave up a single to Jesus Aguilar, which allowed Braun to come to the plate. The first pitch to Braun was inside, and then Bumgarner threw another pitch inside that ended with a stare down between the two. Bumgarner then hit Braun to load the bases, and brought the Brewers players out of the dugout, and eventually led to the ejection of Counsell, who was upset that there was no warning given to Bumgarner.

With the victory, the Brewers were able to maintain their 2.5 game for the top wild card spot over the St. Louis Cardinals, who defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 at Comerica Park.

The eight straight losses for the Giants is a season-high, as they cut the Brewers lead down to two in the top of the eighth inning, as Austin Slater hit an RBI triple; however, Schoop put the finishing touches on the game, as he drove in a run with a Fielders’ Choice in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Bumgarner ended up going six innings, allowing five runs on six hits, walking just one and striking out four.

Gregor Blanco gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly off of Brewers starter Zach Davies, who was not involved in the decision. Corbin Burnes picked up his fourth win of the season, as he struck out two of the four batters that he faced and Corey Knuble went 1.1 innings of perfect ball to nail down his 15th save in 18 opportunities.

Blanco gave the Giants an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as he hit a Davies pitch over the right field wall for his second home run of the season.

NOTES: Ryder Jones started at first base for Brandon Belt, who was scratched from the game with a sore right knee on Saturday night came on in the top of the fifth inning, to replace Jones, who was forced to leave the game with a dislocated knee after he fouled off a pitch.

UP NEXT: The Giants will return home to host the Atlanta Braves for a three-game series starting Monday night at 7:15 pm PDT.

Dereck Rodriguez will take to the AT&T Park mound on Monday, as he looks to stop to the bleeding of this eight-game losing streak against the National League East leading Atlanta Braves, who will send Sean Newcomb to the mound.

After 4-3 loss in Milwaukee, Giants’ losing streak now stands at seven

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By Jeremy Kahn

It seems that this nightmare of a road trip will never come to a close for the San Francisco Giants.

Gio Gonzalez made his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers a memorable one, as he received a standing ovation, as he allowed an unearned run on just three hits in 5.2 innings of work and the Brewers defeated the Giants 4-3 at Miller Park on Saturday.

Gonzalez, who was making his Brewers debut after being acquired from the Washington Nationals on August 31, also retired 16 of the 21 batters he faced.

The Brewers now lead the National League Wild Card by 2.5 games over the St. Louis Cardinals, who lost 4-3 to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Christian Yelich hit his 28th home run of the season, his first season with the Brewers after beginning his career with the Miami Marlins.

Travis Shaw also hit his 28th home run of the season, as he got the Brewers on the board in the bottom of the first off of eventual losing pitcher Chris Stratton.

The Brewers also got RBIs from Mike Moustakas, who drove in a run with a double and Orlando Arcia drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Austin Slater drove in the Giants first run of the game in the top of the fifth inning, as he hit a line out to Yelich, to score Chase d’Arnaud, who was originally called out by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi; however, after a review, d’Arnaud was called safe for the Giants first run of the evening.

Ryder Jones got the Giants within one run in the top of the eighth inning, as he hit a two-run pinch hit home run.

Stratton went just five innings, allowing four runs on four hits, walking three and striking out six, as his record fell to 9-9 on the season and the Giants have now lost seven games in a row.

NOTES: Brandon Crawford was not in the lineup again, but did make a pinch-hit appearance in the top of the eighth inning, where he walked. Brandon Belt was a late scratch at first base, as d’Arnaud started at first in his place.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers conclude their series with a Sunday finale at 11:10 am PDT.

Madison Bumgarner looks to stop the losing streak on Sunday, as he takes the mound for the Giants. Zach Davies looks for his third win of the season, as the Brewers goes for the series sweep.

Jesus Aguilar sends the Giants to their sixth straight loss 4-2

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By Jeremy Kahn

Jesus Aguilar usually hits the ball very far, but the Milwaukee Brewers power hitter kept the ball in the ballpark and it helped his team in a huge way.

Aguilar hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Tony Watson, as the Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-2 at Miller Park on Friday night.

Losing pitcher Hunter Strickland started the seventh inning, but after walking back-to-back pinch hitters in, Curtis Granderson and Eric Thames, Strickland was replaced by Watson, who gave up the eventual game-winning double to Aguilar.

With the victory, the Brewers increased their lead in the wild card race to a 1.5 games over the charging St. Louis Cardinals, who lost to the Detroit Tigers on a walk-off home run by Jose Castellanos in the bottom of the ninth inning at Comerica Park, by the final score of 5-3.

On the other side of things, it could not have gotten any worse for the Giants, who have lost six games in a row and are now a season-high six games under .500.

Josh Hader pitched two strong innings to pick-up his fifth win of the season, Joakim Soria got through the Giants in the top of the eighth and then Jeremy Jeffress closed it out to notch his ninth save of the season.

Bruce Bochy was not around to see the end of the game, as the Giants manager was ejected in the top of the ninth inning after arguing the strike zone with home plate umpire Adam Hamari. Bochy was ejected from the game after Nick Hundley was called out on a low strike call, and then Bochy came out to add his two cents before he got the heave-ho from Hamari.

Derek Holland once again pitched a great game, as he went six innings, allowing two runs on just two hits, walking five and striking out a season-high tying eight. It was the fourth time this season that Holland notched eight strikeouts in a game.

The Brewers got on the board in the bottom of the first inning when they got their only hits off of Holland, as Lorenzo Cain singled and then after then two outs later, Ryan Braun hit his 15th home run of the season.

Chris Shaw got the Giants on the board in the top of the fourth inning, as his groundout scored Evan Longoria, who hit back-to-back singles with Brandon Belt and the two advanced an additional 90 feet on a Chase Anderson wild pitch and then Longoria scored the first run of the night on the Shaw groundout.

Alen Hanson tied up the game, as he led off the top of the fifth inning with his eighth home run of the season off of Anderson, who gave up his National League leading 29th home run of the season. Anderson, who like Holland, did not fare in the decision, went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out five.

NOTES: Once again, Brandon Crawford was out of the starting lineup for the Giants, but he was available to pinch-hit for the Giants. Crawford last started for the Giants on Monday after missing the previous three games with a sore left knee. Crawford last played on Tuesday, but sat out Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field and with the off-day on Thursday, Bochy said that he is listed as day-to-day.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers play in game two of the series on Saturday at 4:10 pm PDT.

Chris Stratton will go for his 10th win for the Giants, while the Brewers will send Gio Gonzalez to the mound. This will be the first start as a member of the Brewers for Gonzalez, who was acquired from the Washington Nationals on August 31.

Giants starting to play out the string in upcoming series against the Brewers

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By Jeremy Harness

It’s quite evident that the Giants are not going to make the playoffs – Buster Posey having season-ending surgery and the team trading Andrew McCutchen after a little more than half a season more than showed they have waved the right flag – so they might as well mess things up for teams that are still contending.

They can start with this weekend’s three-game series in Milwaukee against the Brewers, which starts Friday night at Miller Park. The Giants just got finished getting their heads handed to them by the Rockies in Colorado (what else is new?) in getting swept in a three-game series at Coors Field.

So if they are going to play spoiler–or if they think they actually have a chance in grabbing a wild-card spot in the National League–they will need to get things back on track very quickly.

The Giants’ Derek Holland (7-8, 3.56 ERA) will take the ball Friday night against the Brewers’ Chase Anderson (9-7, 3.96 ERA).

Anderson has won each of his last three decisions, and in his last outing, he went five innings and gave up only a run on four hits in a loss to Washington, although he got a no-decision. Holland, meanwhile, has won each of his last two decisions, while he has spent some time in the bullpen this season.

The left-hander went six innings in a loss to the Mets at home–he got a no-decision–and he also gave up only a run and surrendered only four hits in the process.

Chris Stratton (9-8, 4.90 ERA), who has spent some time in Triple-A Sacramento this year, will go Saturday afternoon, and he will face Milwaukee lefty–and former Nationals and A’s standout–Gio Gonzalez.

Stratton has been stellar in his past two starts, although he lost his last outing in a 4-1 loss to the Mets four days ago, when he gave up only a pair of runs on three hits over six innings. The outing before, he shut out the Diamondbacks over eight innings, giving up only five hits and striking out six in a 2-0 win.

On Sunday, Madison Bumgarner (5-5, 3.07 ERA) will take the hill for the Giants and opposite the Brewers’ Zach Davies (2-5, 4.88 ERA).

Giants avoid Brewers’ sweep with 8-5 victory

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — With a chance to complete their first ever four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, things were looking bright for the Milwaukee Brewers, that is until the bottom of the third inning.

After taking a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Brewers starter Junior Guerra simply fell apart in the bottom of the third inning, as he gave up four runs in the frame that included a bases clearing double off the bat of Buster Posey and the Giants salvaged the finale of the four-game series with an 8-5 victory over the Brewers before a sellout crowd of 41,312 at AT&T Park Sunday afternoon.

 

The double by Posey was the first of four hits on the afternoon for Posey, and it was the first four-hit game for Posey since September 15, 2016 versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Posey also ended the game with three runs batted in, his first since September 29, 2017 versus the San Diego Padres.

The comeback victory for the Giants made a winner out of Andrew Suarez, who went six strong innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, walking just one and striking out four.

Ryan Braun gave the Brewers a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as he took a Suarez offering to the opposite field for his 11th home run of the season.

Christian Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 13 games, as he singled just two batters prior to the Braun home run.

Following Posey’s bases clearing double that gave the Giants the lead in the bottom of the third inning, Evan Longoria hit a sacrifice fly that scored Posey.

Guerra got the third inning started by getting Alen Hanson to ground out, but Guerra walked the next three batters, including Suarez to load the bases for Posey, who smoked a double to left-center field. Crawford then singled to send Posey to third, and then Longoria hit a sacrifice fly to give the Giants their fourth run of the inning.

Gorkys Hernandez got in on the act in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he took a Guerra pitch and planted it over the center field fence for his 12th home run of the season.

That fourth inning would be it for Guerra, as he allowed five runs on five hits, walking three and striking out and his record on the season fell to 6-7.

Lorenzo Cain got the Brewers within two runs in the top of the fifth inning, as grounded out to second base to score Orlando Arcia, who walked to lead off the inning, but then the Giants would break the game open in the bottom of the fifth.

Posey and Longoria each walked against Matt Albers, and then Pablo Sandoval tripled down the right field line and that was the end of the line for Albers. Dan Jennings came on and Steven Duggar greeted him by lofting a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Sandoval from third base.

Hernan Perez cut the lead in half in the top of the sixth inning, as he hit eighth home run of the season off of Suarez.

The Brewers kept grinding, as Travis Shaw hit a pinch-hit home run to lead off the top of the seventh inning off of Sam Dyson. Shaw was the first batter that Dyson, and it was the 20th home run of the season for Shaw and his first career pinch-hit home run for Shaw.

The defensive play of the game came in the inning, when Austin Slater, who came on to replace Sandoval leaned into the Brewers dugout to snare a foul ball, then threw to first to Dyson. Originally, first base umpire D.J. Reyburn called Yelich safe; however, after a 1:35 review, the call was reversed and Yelich was called out to end the threat and the inning.

“First, I thought it was in the stands, I knew it was going to be bang-bang, surprised he was over there, dragged the foot and made the play,” said Slater.

Sandoval was forced to leave the game with a strained right hamstring, and will have it looked at by the doctors. Andrew McCutchen was also forced to leave the game with a left foot contusion.

With a chance to get even more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Giants loaded the bases against Brewers reliever Taylor Williams, as Longoria and Slater each singled and Duggar walked to load the bases with nobody out; however, Williams was able to regroup to get Hanson to strikeout, then Hernandez grounded into a force out and then pinch hitter Chase d’Arnaud grounded out to end the inning.

NOTES: Despite the fact that bench coach Hensley Meulens was managing today, the win will add to Bruce Bochy’s grand total and it was win number 1,906 and Bochy passed Hall of Famer Casey Stengel for sole possession of 11th place on the all-time wins’ list.

Bochy was in Cooperstown, N.Y., to show support for Trevor Hoffman, who Bochy managed for 12 years while with the Padres. Another member of the Class of 2018 and Bochy are linked, as former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell was on Bochy’s staff in San Diego from 2000-2002.

UP NEXT: Derek Holland will start the road trip on Monday night, as the Giants head out on the road for a two-city, six-game road trip that begins in San Diego against the Padres, who will send Eric Lauer to the mound against the Giants on Monday night at 7:10 pm PDT.

Chacin dominates Giants in Brewers’ 7-1 win

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Cueto does not look right on the mound, and his latest outing proved that theory.

Cueto lasted just four innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, not walking a batter or striking out a batter and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-1 before a crowd of 40,735 at AT&T Park Saturday night.

“It is hard to get to get loose,” said Cueto. “I am going to meet with the doctors tomorrow,” Cueto added.

On the night, Cueto threw 61 pitches, his fewest in a game since June 28, 2013, while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds against the Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington.

It was just the fourth time in Cueto’s career that he failed to strikeout a batter, the last time was on July 4, 2011 for the Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

This was the fourth straight loss for the Giants, who have also lost eight out of their last 10 and are 2-6 since the All-Star Break.

Jhoulys Chacin was absolutely fantastic for the Brewers, as he went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits, walking one and striking out six on his way to improving his record up to 10-3 on the season.

After allowing a single to Lorenzo Cain in the top of the first inning, Cueto was able to get of the jam, but the second inning was a totally different story.

Cueto allowed a one-out double to Eric Thames, and then he scored with the next batter, as Eric Kratz singled for what would be the only run that the Brewers would need on the evening.

Christian Yelich drove in two runs on a single that scored Kratz and Orlando Arcia, who entered the game with a .193 average, but 2-for-2 in his two at-bats versus Cueto.

Arcia picked up his second hit of the night in the top of the fourth inning, as he drove in Thames, who singled with one out in the inning,

The Brewers broke the game wide open in the top of the fifth inning, as reliever Ty Blach gave up four straight hits, including a solo home run by Yelich, and then Jesus Aguilar got in on the act, as he drove in newly-acquired Mike Moustakas, who picked up the third of four hits in the inning.

In his Brewers debut, Moustakas went 1-for-5 with a single in the top of the fifth inning off of Blach.

Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 12 games, as he went 2-for-5 on the night, including his 15th home run of the season in the top of the fifth inning.

Nick Hundley broke up Chacin’s no-hit bid and shutout with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, as he hit his ninth home run of the season.

Ray Black replaced Blach with one out in the top of the eighth inning, after Blach allowed a base hit to Kratz that came after Thames reached on a fielding error by Pablo Sandoval at first base.

Black uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Thames to score from third base after he stole third base.

Not only was Chacin great on the mound, but Cain was fantastic at the plate, as he went 4-for-5 on the evening. This was the second four-hit game for Cain this week, as he also picked up four hits in a game on Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals and it is the 14th four-hit game of Cain’s career.

NOTES: The Brewers last swept the Giants from April 16-18, 2013 in a three-game series at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

This is the Brewers first series win against the Giants at AT&T Park since September 17-19, 2010, when they took out two out of three from the Giants.

Giants Manager Bruce Bochy will miss Sunday’s game, as he will be in Cooperstown, New York, as he shows support for his former closer with the San Diego Padres, Trevor Hoffman.

Bochy also is connected to another inductee, as former Detroit Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell coached on Bochy’s staff with the Padres from 2000-2002.

Bench Coach Hensley Meulens will manage the team in Bochy’s absence. Bochy is expected to rejoin the team when they begin their brief two-game series against the Padres on Monday night at Petco Park.

UP NEXT: The Giants hope to avoid a sweep by the Brewers Sunday afternoon at 1:05 pm PDT.

Andrew Suarez will take the mound in the series and homestand finale on Sunday, while the Brewers will send Junior Guerra to the hill, as they look for their first ever four-game series sweep over the Giants.

Brewers hand Giants third straight loss in 3-1 road win

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a pitchers’ duel between Chase Anderson and Madison Bumgarner in the second game of the four-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Orlando Arcia broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the seventh inning, when he grounded out to Evan Longoria that enabled Hernan Perez to score from third base and the Brewers would go on to defeat the Giants 3-1 before a crowd of 40,414 at AT&T Park on Friday night.

Perez led off the inning with a walk-off of Madison Bumgarner, was then sacrificed to second by Manny Pina, then with Arcia at the plate, Perez stole third, and then scored on the Arcia groundball.

Since returning from the All-Star Break, the Giants have lost five of their first seven games, while the Brewers have won five out of their first eight games out of the gate after the All-Star Break.

With the loss, the Giants are under. 500 for the first time since June 22, when they lost to the San Diego Padres 6-2 and were 38-39.

This was the seventh loss in the last eight losses for the Giants, where they have been leading or tied at the end of the sixth inning or later.

“Gotta find a way to win a ballgame,” said manager Bruce Bochy. “Still believe we are going to get this thing going.”

Brandon Crawford got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the second inning, as he doubled off the right field wall to score Buster Posey, who doubled to lead off the inning against Anderson.

That would be the score all the way to the top of the sixth inning, when Bumgarner allowed an infield single to Keon Broxton, then Christian Yelich walked and then both advanced an additional 90 feet on a groundout by Jesus Aguilar. Broxton scored the tying run when Ryan Braun hit a ground ball to Alen Hanson at second base, Bumgarner was able to get out of the jam without any more damage, when he got Tyler Saladino to fly out to Gorkys Hernandez to end the inning.

The Brewers extended their lead up to 3-1 in the top of the eighth inning, as Yelich doubled with one out, then two batters, Ryan Braun drove in Yelich with a single.

“Just trying to keep runs off the board,” said Bumgarner.

Yelich extended his hitting streak up to 11 games, and now has a hit in 16 of his last 17 games.

Anderson ended up going six innings, allowing just one run, while scattering four hits, walking no one and striking out three.

Despite being on the losing end of things, Bumgarner pitched a great game, as he went eight innings, allowing three runs, allowing seven hits, while walking just one and striking out five.

“Felt good, command was good,” said Bumgarner.

Bumgarner saw his four-game winning streak against the Brewers come to an end, as he is now 7-3 all-time versus them.

Newly acquired Joakim Soria replaced Anderson in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the former Chicago White Sox reliever got Crawford to ground out to lead off the inning. However, Longoria walked with one out. Soria was then able to get Pablo Sandoval to ground into an inning-ending double play to end the mini threat.

Jeremy Jeffress struck out the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the eighth inning, but then Jeffress gave up back-to-back singles to Steven Duggar and Hanson, before walking Andrew McCutchen on four consecutive to load the bases for Posey. Jeffress was able to get out of the jam, as he got Posey to ground out Saladino at third base to end the inning.

NOTES: Prior to the game, Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong and Brian Wilson will be inducted into the Giants’ Wall of Fame on 2nd St. The ceremonies will begin at 2:00 p.m. and conclude at approximately 2:45 p.m.

Joe Panik continues his rehab assignment with the Sacramento Rivercats, as he went 1-for-3 and played seven innings.

Mike Moustakas was acquired by the Brewers from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for outfield prospect Brett Phillips and reliever Jorge Perez.

The Royals were rained out against the New York Yankees on Friday night, and Moustakas should arrive prior to the start of the game.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers will meet again for game three of the series Saturday night at 6:05 pm PDT.

Johnny Cueto looks to get the Giants back into the winning column on Saturday night, as he takes the mound against Jhoulys Chacin for the Brewers.

Giants’ bullpen gets pounded in 7-5 loss to Brewers

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By Jeremy Harness

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants’ bullpen will want to get rid of the memories of the last two days as quickly as they can.

After coughing up Wednesday’s game in Seattle, the Giants’ relievers had an even rougher outing on Thursday, completely overshadowing Dereck Rodriguez’s solid outing in a 7-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers at AT&T Park on Thursday night.

Rodriguez did his part, going six strong innings and giving up only a pair of runs and giving the Giants a solid chance to win. However, things imploded upon his exit.

The Brewers put together a one-out rally in the eighth against Mark Melancon, when Travis Shaw singled against the shift to put runners on the corners, which brought Ryan Braun off the bench to pinch hit. Braun responded with a single into left field to bring in Christian Yelich, who had led off the inning with a single of his own, to give Milwaukee a 3-2 lead.

Erik Kratz immediately followed that with a single up the middle to bring in another run and send a great deal of Giants fans to the exits.

However, the Giants fought back almost immediately after that. They put together a rally of their own in the bottom of the eighth, scoring a run before Brandon Crawford’s single down the right-field line put runners on the corners with two out.

However, Hunter Pence struck out to end the inning, with the Giants still down a run. Milwaukee then pushed the lead back up to two in the ninth when Jesus Aguilar’s single brought in Yelich, before Travis Shaw’s two-run homer gave the Brewers a 7-3 lead and gave even more fans a solid reason to beat traffic.

The Giants found themselves down early, but their bats sprung to life in the second. The Giants loaded the bases with nobody out, and after Pence’s double-play ball brought home the tying run, Steven Duggar lined one into center to give the Giants the lead.

After giving up the first-inning run, Rodriguez settled down very nicely and was moving right along until the very first pitch of the sixth inning, when Yelich ripped one just beyond the center-field wall – just over the 399-foot sign – to tie the game right back up at 2-2.

NOTES: As to be expected, there was more than a handful of boos waiting for reliever Josh Hader when he entered the game with two out in the sixth in a 2-2 tie.

He then got the third out and then pitched a scoreless seventh before giving way to Jeremy Jeffress. Hader ended up getting the win on Thursday, running his season record to 3-0.

Hader has been quite the lightning rod for controversy lately, as racist and homophobic tweets that he had made as a 17-year-old – seven years ago – surfaced during last Tuesday’s All-Star Game, a game that saw him give up a three-run, game-losing home run.

Following Tuesday’s game, the Giants optioned both left-hander Ty Blach and infielder Kelby Tomlinson to Triple-A Sacramento, upon the return of both Evan Longoria, who returned to the starting lineup Wednesday after completing a rehab assignment, and righty Chris Stratton, who was recalled from Triple-A.

However, Brandon Belt was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a hyperextended right knee, which prompted the team to recall Blach.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers will face off again Friday night at 7:15 pm PDT.

Warriors get back on track with 108-94 win over Bucks in first game of road trip

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By: Ana Kieu

The Golden State Warriors kicked off a five-game road trip with a game against the Milwaukee Bucks at BMO Harris Bradley Center Friday night.

Prior to tonight’s game, the Warriors got blown out by the Los Angeles Clippers 125-106 at Oracle Arena Wednesday night, while the Bucks escaped with a 110-103 win over the Orlando Magic at home the same night.

The Warriors entered the Bucks’ building and were ready to shoot some Friday night hoops. Kevin Durant made back-to-back buckets early in the first quarter. Draymond Green then made the perfect lob pass to Durant, who proceeded to put his team ahead. Nick Young added a three to end the first in style.

The Warriors led the Bucks 36-27 at the end of the first.

Durant continued to do work in the second quarter. Green ended the first half in a dramatic fashion.

The Warriors carried a 63-49 lead to the locker room at halftime.

Here are the Warriors’ halftime stats:

The famous question “Money like Draymond Green?” was easily answered with a “yup” in the third quarter as Green made a plethora of shots to make it a game.

However, the Warriors trailed the Bucks 82-80 at the end of the third.

Andre Iguodala made things happen in the fourth quarter. Iguodala set up a simple two for David West, who put it in the basket to tie the game late in the fourth. Durant and Green had a mini party of three-pointers too.

The Warriors got back in the win column with a 108-94 victory over the Bucks. With the win, Golden State won their 11th straight road game.

Here are the Warriors’ final stats:

Notes 
Warriors’ starters: Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zaza Pachulia, Klay Thompson, and Patrick McCaw.

Up Next
The Warriors head to Toronto to take on the Raptors Saturday at 7:30 pm ET.