A pair of National League teams close out a quick one-day series as they meet on the diamond in Cream City. The San Francisco Giants are on the road as they travel to face the Milwaukee Brewers in the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader Thursday night. San Francisco played the rubber game of their three-game set with the Dodgers on the road Wednesday afternoon. The Giants were beaten 6-3 Tuesday night in the middle game of the series. Milwaukee played the rubber game of their three-game set with the Rockies on the road Wednesday. The Brewers were beaten 10-7 in 10 innings Tuesday night. This article was published prior to the conclusion of both teams’ series finales Wednesday, not to mention the first game of the doubleheader Thursday afternoon.
San Francisco saw their four-game win streak snapped as they were dropped in the middle game of their three-game set with the Dodgers Tuesday night. The Giants entered Wednesday third in the NL West, 27.5 games behind the Dodgers for the top spot. In the NL wild card picture, the team was 8.5 games behind the Padres for the final wild card spot with less than a month to go in the regular season. On Tuesday night, San Francisco finished with eight hits as David Villar was the lone player to record two in the contest. Brandon Crawford (his eighth) and Lewis Brinson (his third) each homered in the loss. John Brebbia got the start as the opener and didn’t factor in the decision as he threw a scoreless inning, allowing one hit with no walks or strikeouts. Jarlin Garcia (1-4) took the loss as he allowed five runs on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 1.2 innings of work.
The Giants hav e yet to announce a starter for the nightcap with Jakob Junis going in the opener but reports say it could be Wei-Chieh Huang, who would make his season debut. He has made 23 appearances, 12 starts, in the minors this season between the Giants Orange of the Arizona Complex League and Triple-A Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League. He is 2-2 with a 3.76 ERA, a 1.237 WHIP, 27 walks and 84 strikeouts over 64.2 innings on the season. In his fifth career major league appearance and his first start, Huang pitches against the Brewers for the first time. As a result, this marks his first career outing at American Family Field. In his minor league career, Huang is 23-14 with two saves, a 3.44 ERA, a 3.90 ERA, a 1.179 WHIP, 145 walks and 465 strikeouts over 387.2 innings in 148 career appearances, 43 starts.