Inside Another Ugly Loss for the Giants

The San Francisco Giants' struggles continued against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night with an 8-3 loss at American Family Field in Milwaukee.

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The Giants have now lost the first two games in the four-game set against the Brewers by a combined score of 24-5. What led to the latest one?

Burned by the Past

In the 2020 MLB Draft, the Giants selected left-hander Kyle Harrison with the 85th pick in the third round, and he made his MLB debut with San Francisco in 2023 and appeared in 39 career games from 2023-2025 with the organization before he was traded to the Boston Red Sox in June 2025 as part of the package for Rafael Devers.

On Feb. 9, Harrison was traded to the Brewers, and on Tuesday, the Giants were probably wishing they had him back.

Harrison was a dominant force against his old team, and beyond a triple by Luis Arraez in the top of the first inning and a Willy Adames home run in the sixth, the Giants’ batting order was mostly flummoxed by Harrison as he totaled 12 strikeouts over 5.2 innings of work to match his career high. 

In that span, San Francisco only mustered four hits and two walks off their former lefty, and he improved to 7-1 on the year.

A Missed Opportunity

After Adames’ home run and a walk by Matt Chapman finally got Harrison off the mound in the top of the sixth, the Giants' offense still could not find immediate answers against the Brewers' bullpen, and San Francisco found itself down 4-1 heading into the eighth inning.

Then, the Giants began to mount a response.

Arraez led the inning off with a double, and after a ground out and a pop out by Adames and Chapman could only advance Arraez to third base, Bryce Eldridge did not let the chance to get a run on the board pass him by. With a 2-1 count, Eldridge singled to right field to make it a 4-2 game.

Daniel Susac and Jung Hoo Lee subsequently contributed with singles of their own to score Eldridge. Suddenly, the Giants were gaining momentum with their deficit cut to just one run.

However, they let the home team deliver a returning blow they could not recover from. 

In the bottom of the eighth, right-hander Tristan Beck replaced Caleb Kilian, and the Brewers’ offense took advantage. Beck began the frame with a walk before allowing a single to put two men on base.

Beck was able to get two outs on his side after the Giants' defense kept Luis Rengifo from reaching first base on a bunt attempt and Beck notched a strikeout. But even with two outs, he now had runners on second and third base. 

Beck then allowed three-straight hits, all of which resulted in RBIs to provide Milwaukee with a four-run inning and put the game out of reach. His final line included four hits, four earned runs, a walk and one strikeout in one inning, and the Giants are now 1-7 in their last eight games and 23-38 on the season.

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