Game Thread #57: Milwaukee Brewers (35-21) vs San Francisco Giants (23-36)

The Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants are getting set to kick off a four game series at American Family Field. It’ll be a reunion with several former Brewers players who are on the Giants, including Willy Adames , Eric Haase , and Adrian Houser .

Prior to the game, manager Pat Murphy provided some updates on injured Brewers and the plans for this series. Currently, the Brewers have Wednesday and Thursday marked with TBA as the starters. When going over possibilities, Murphy said Chad Patrick , Brandon Sproat , and Coleman Crow are all possibilities, but that Brandon Woodruff was not. Woodruff played catch today and is scheduled for a “3 up” live BP session on Wednesday and then there’s another step after that before he could return to the rotation.

Also Logan Henderson ’s back is progressing “very well” and he should be playing catch on track to return soon. In other good news, Jacob Misiorowski is taking home the NL Player of the Week award for last week following his most recent dominant outings.

For the game today, Shane Drohan is getting the start for the Brewers. It’s just his second start of the season with the other being his MLB debut. Since then Drohan has pitched in a bulk role out of the bullpen and has done incredibly well with it with a 2.63 ERA on the year, helping him earn this start tonight.

On the other side, the Giants will be countering with right-hander Landon Roupp, who has a 3.30 ERA on the season. The 27 year old has been a regular in the Giants rotation and is having a breakout season in his third year in the bigs.

The Giants will keep four lefties in their lineup against the left-handed Drohan. Rafael Devers , Luis Arraez , and Jung-Hoo Lee will surround the right-handed hitting Willy Adames in the heart of their order. The Giants will also have their top prospect, the giant Bryce Eldridge batting seventh. Eldridge stands 6-foot-7 with plenty of pop in a dangerous bat.

The Brewers lineup has Christian Yelich leading off again, followed by Jackson Chourio , Brice Turang , and William Contreras . Luis Rengifo will man third base and David Hamilton will have shortstop to round out the bottom of the order.