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Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
Milwaukee Brewers
83-61, 41-32 Away
Final
3 - 2
San Francisco Giants
71-74, 40-33 Home

Contreras has 3 hits, Mitchell homers and Brewers beat Giants 3-2

Aaron Civale (6-8) allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, pitching well against the Giants after throwing seven shutout innings against them two weeks ago at home and improving to 4-2 since being traded to the Brewers from the Rays in July.

“They came out a little aggressive on some pitches in the zone, (and I) just came back at them with some aggressive pitches of my own,” Civale said. “Just tried keep the ball in the zone in spots that felt they couldn’t handle super well, and I did that for the most part.”

The NL Central-leading Brewers, who entered the game having lost four of five, are now 8 1/2 games ahead of the Cubs in the division. The Giants fell eight games back of the third NL wild card.

Milwaukee improved to an NL-best 66-3 when leading after seven innings.

“I can criticize a couple things here and there, but I thought the guys competed again,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “Another close game. It’s about our 90th this year within one or two runs.”

Four of the Brewers' first five batters got hits to start the game off Giants starter Landon Roupp (0-1). Contreras singled home Jackson Chourio, and Willy Adames knocked in Contreras to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead.

Matt Chapman hit an RBI double in the bottom of the first for the Giants. Mitchell and Mike Yastrzemski traded solo homers in the sixth inning.

Mitchell, who was looking for a fastball but wound up driving out an offspeed pitch from Tristan Beck on the first pitch, delivered a key insurance run. The Brewers' focus is not on the magic number to clinch the NL Central, which slipped to nine with Tuesday's win, he said.

“I think today was just about coming out, playing our brand of baseball and bringing it to them,” Mitchell said. “Obviously, it gets exciting as you get closer to the end, knowing that’s coming. But I don’t think that’s the prime focus.”

DL Hall, Trevor Megill and Devin Williams combined to shut out the Giants over the final 3 2/3 innings. Williams earned his 10th save, striking out Tyler Fitzgerald with the tying run on second to end the game.

Roupp settled down after the first, allowing two runs in five innings with no walks. The 26-year-old made his first career start for the Giants on his birthday, getting the late call to replace scheduled starter and fellow rookie Hayden Birdsong.

“Couldn’t have had a better birthday present,” Roupp said.

Giants manager Bob Melvin said that Birdsong was feeling fine, but wanted Roupp — who had made 19 appearances out of the bullpen but had not pitched since last Thursday — to not go too long without pitching.

“I felt really good," Roupp said. “I felt like I pounded the strike zone. In the first inning inning, I let a couple of pitches leak over the zone and gave up some early hits. But after that, I felt like I locked in and settled in."

Roupp is an option to both start and come out of the bullpen, Melvin said.

“He has the repertoire," he said. “He’s been a starter before. We like him both ways, but good to see him stretched out some and give us five innings and certainly keep us in a game.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: RHP Jordan Hicks (right shoulder inflammation) was scheduled to pitch in a rehab assignment with Single-A San Jose on Tuesday … LHP Robbie Ray (left hamstring strain) is set to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday.

UP NEXT

LHP Blake Snell (2-3, 3.62 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the Giants on Wednesday, opposite RHP Colin Rea (12-4, 3.72 ERA) for the Brewers.

This story has been corrected to show that the Brewers are 8 1/2 games, not 4 1/2 games, ahead of the Cubs in the NL Central.

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Matchup Prediction

Giants: 43.8%
Brewers: 56.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Fitzgerald struck out swinging.
9th Inning Canha walked, Ramos to second.
9th Inning Chapman popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Conforto struck out swinging.
9th Inning Ramos reached on infield single to shortstop.
9th Inning Williams relieved Megill

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 7
6 Strikeouts 6
3 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 4
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 2
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
34 At Bats 30
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
8 Runners Left On Base 10
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
13 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 0
126 Pitches 114
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
14 Total Bases 8
36 Plate Appearances 33
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 2
4.4 Runs Created 1.2
.265 Batting Average .133
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.412 Slugging Percentage .267
.206 Secondary Average .233
.306 On Base Percentage .212
.717 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .479
1.2 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
4.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.2
28.0 Batter Rating 17.0
34.0 At Bats Per Home Run 30.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.50 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.45
.147 Isolated Power .133
0.33 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.056 Walks Per Plate Appearance .091
-.059 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .100
6.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
80.8 MLB Rating 67.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 25,096 | Capacity:

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
Full Standings