Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Francisco Giants MLB Betting Preview | September 8

The Milwaukee Brewers (71-65) have lost two straight games as they prepare to square off against the San Francisco Giants (65-70), who have also fallen in two straight. The Brewers are favored (-212) to stop their streak in Thursday’s outing, which starts at 4:10 PM ET at American Family Field. Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes starts against San Francisco’s Scott Alexander.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Brewers vs. Giants

• Game Day: Thursday, September 8, 2022
• Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
• Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Stadium: American Family Field

Brewers Stats & Trends

Brewers Batting

• The Brewers are third in MLB play with 190 home runs. They average 1.4 per game.
• The Brewers rank 22nd in MLB with a .235 batting average.
• The Brewers rank 13th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .316.
• The Brewers’ 9.0 strikeouts per game are the fourth-most in the league.
• The Brewers average 1.5 homers per game when playing at home this season (89 total in home outings).
• The Brewers are slugging .420 with 3.0 extra-base hits per game in home contests.
• The club is batting .239 with 479 hits (7.9 per game) at home this season.

Brewers Key Batters

• Rowdy Tellez is hitting .226 with 22 doubles, 28 home runs and 53 walks.
• Among qualifying batters in MLB, Tellez’s batting average ranks 126th, his on-base percentage ranks 97th, and he is 34th in slugging.
• Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with an OPS of .753. He has a slash line of .260/.360/.393 this season.
• Yelich ranks 67th in batting average, 22nd in on-base percentage and 103rd in slugging among qualifying hitters.
• Yelich takes a three-game streak with at least one hit into this contest. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with a double, a home run, four walks and three RBI.
• Willy Adames is batting .230 with a .451 slugging percentage and 79 RBI this year.
• Andrew McCutchen is batting .247 with a .315 OBP and 60 RBI for Milwaukee this season.
• McCutchen takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with a home run, a walk and four RBI.

Giants Stats & Trends

Giants Batting

• The Giants’ 155 home runs rank 13th in Major League Baseball.
• The Giants rank 23rd in MLB with a .234 team batting average.
• The Giants have an on-base percentage of .317 this season, which ranks 11th in the league.
• The Giants rank 23rd in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.8 whiffs per contest.
• They have averaged 1.2 home runs per game in their 66 road contests this season.
• In 66 road games this season, they’re slugging .386 with 190 hits going for extra bases.
• In 66 road games this season, they have a batting average of .227 while averaging 7.7 base hits per contest.

Giants Key Batters

• Wilmer Flores has an on-base percentage of .327 and has 107 hits, both team-high numbers for the Giants.
• Flores is 97th in batting average, 74th in on-base percentage and 68th in slugging percentage among all qualified batters in the big leagues.
• Thairo Estrada is slugging .407 to pace his team.
• Including all qualified hitters, Estrada ranks 59th in batting average, 84th in on-base percentage and 84th in slugging percentage.
• Joc Pederson is hitting .267 with 17 doubles, 21 home runs and 33 walks.
• Mike Yastrzemski has 25 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 55 walks while hitting .209.

Brewers vs. Giants Probable Pitchers