Auditions for 2025 outfield positions for San Francisco will proceed Thursday evening when the host Giants search to take a collection win off the Nationwide League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers.
Outfielders Jerar Encarnacion and Mike Yastrzemski mixed for 4 hits — together with two homers — and 7 RBIs when the Giants placed on an influence show in a 13-2 shellacking of the Brewers on Wednesday evening.
Milwaukee recorded a 3-2 win within the opener of the three-game collection on Tuesday. Yastrzemski and fellow outfielder Heliot Ramos mixed for each of the Giants’ runs in addition to two of their 4 hits and one in every of their two RBIs.
In a season that started with Michael Conforto, Jung Hoo Lee and Yastrzemski manning the outfield from left to proper, the Giants (72-74) have used 10 totally different left fielders, eight heart fielders and eight proper fielders this season. Three gamers have gotten time in any respect three positions, together with high prospects Ramos and Luis Matos.
Lee, a high-priced participant from South Korea, is anticipated to return because the beginning heart fielder subsequent 12 months after struggling a season-ending shoulder damage in Could. He was hitting .262 on the time, having batted leadoff nearly solely.
Ramos (20) and Conforto (16) lead Giants outfielders in dwelling runs, whereas Yastrzemski (15) has come on sturdy with homers in his final two video games.
Grant McCray, who had a two-homer recreation final week however is taken into account extra of a defensive specialist, was requested what he anticipated the outfield to appear like in 2025.
“Me and Jung Hoo,” he replied. “I do not care who the opposite man is.”
Giants outfielders will take their cracks within the collection finale towards right-hander Frankie Montas (6-10, 4.69 ERA), an in-season acquisition who’s attempting to pitch his method into the postseason plans of the Brewers (83-62).
A former member of the Oakland Athletics, Montas has confronted the Giants 3 times in his profession with out recording a choice. He has pitched to a 3.24 ERA over 16 2/3 innings in these video games.
Montas started the season with the Cincinnati Reds, for whom he went 4-8 with a 5.01 ERA in 19 begins. However he has turned issues round with Milwaukee, going 2-2 with a 3.92 ERA in seven begins.
“(Pitching coach Chris) Hook has been doing a extremely good job on correcting mechanical stuff,” Montas stated of his latest success. “I undoubtedly really feel like each time I step on the mound, I really feel higher and higher. Simply bought to proceed grinding and proceed working.”
The Giants are anticipated to begin rookie right-hander Hayden Birdsong (3-5, 5.19 ERA) seeking the collection win. The 23-year-old initially was scheduled to pitch the collection opener, however he was pushed again two days within the wake of latest struggles.
Birdsong has allowed seven runs in 6 2/3 innings in a pair of losses his final two instances out. That sequence started with a 6-0 loss at Milwaukee final month wherein he gave up 5 runs and 4 hits in 3 2/3 innings in his solely lifetime look towards the Brewers.
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