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<\/a>San Francisco has now dropped four of five games after falling 3-2 Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee due to a perfectly executed squeeze play with the bases loaded by the home team.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s not much you can do,\u201d said Giants manager Bruce Bochy.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you go ball one, you can\u2019t start pitching out.\u00a0 Then you\u2019re looking at a walk.\u201d\u00a0 The Giants have been in first place in the National League West for the last 11 days, but enter today\u2019s game just a half a game ahead of the Diamondbacks.\u00a0 The team has still posted the fourth-best winning percentage in the Majors this month, going 15-10 (.600).\u00a0 Bettors should be accustomed to watching tight games when this squad is involved, as its played 21 one-run contests, posting a 15-6 mark in those games.\u00a0 San Francisco is 9-12 in day games this season.<\/p>\n
Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain is an even 3-3 with a 3.53 ERA in 10 starts this season, including a 2-2 mark and 3.50 ERA in six outings on the road.\u00a0 The right-hander took a loss in his most recent outing versus the Marlins at AT&T Park last Tuesday, surrendering four runs on six hits and issuing a season-tying three walks.\u00a0 If San Francisco\u2019s offense can manage plating three runs, Cain has a great chance of leading the club to a victory, entering with a 14-0 mark and 2.29 ERA when receiving at least three runs of support dating back to the 2010 campaign.\u00a0 He will be making his sixth career starts versus the Brewers, but his first since 2009, registering a 2-3 mark and 4.24 ERA.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee improved to 20-7 at home and 7-1 on its current homestand after yesterday\u2019s walk-off win.\u00a0 \u201cWe just do anything we can to win,\u201d said Jonathan Lucroy.\u00a0 \u201cWe can hit home runs to beat you.\u00a0 Today, I got the squeeze that way.\u201d\u00a0 The Brewers are still just 2-8 in their last 10 home games against the Giants and snapped a five-game losing streak in the series at Miller Park.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s series finale is important for the club, traveling to Cincinnati to face its NL Central rival, bringing a dismal 8-17 road record.\u00a0 Milwaukee is 9-10 in day games this season and 22-19 when facing right-handed starters.<\/p>\n
Brewers starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo is 6-2 with a 4.35 ERA in 11 starts this season and enters on a season-high four-game win streak.\u00a0 The right-hander tallied an impressive 11-3 home win last time out, surrendering just a single run and scattering five hits over seven innings, while tallying a season-high tying nine strikeouts.\u00a0 Gallardo has a perfect 4-0 mark and 4.03 ERA in six home games and opponents have taken him deep just three times in 38 innings at Miller Park.\u00a0 In six career starts versus the Giants, he is 4-2 with a 3.68 ERA.<\/p>\n
Bettors will likely back the Brewers due to their 7-1 record in Gallardo\u2019s last eight home starts, while the Giants are 8-24 in Cain\u2019s last 32 road starts versus a team with a winning record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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