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MILWAUKEE, WI (AP) – The Milwaukee Brewers have won more home games than any team and have seemed to recover from a seven-game losing streak to start May. Yovani Gallardo has contributed heavily during the team’s surge and has enjoyed his own stretch of dominance at Miller Park.
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The streaking Gallardo takes the mound Sunday as Milwaukee hosts the San Francisco Giants in the deciding game of a three-game set.
The Brewers (28-24) improved to 20-7 at home and 7-1 on their current homestand after Saturday’s 3-2 victory on Jonathan Lucroy’s squeeze bunt in the ninth inning. They’ve won 10 of 11 at Miller Park and are 15-5 since May 7 following their season-worst skid.
According to MLB odds and oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL.com have made the Brewers -135 money line favorites for Sunday’s game against the Giants. Current MLB Public Betting Information shows that 54% of more than 140 bets for this game have been placed on the Giants +125.
“We just do anything we can to win,” Lucroy said. We can hit home runs to beat you. Today, I got the squeeze that way. We find different ways to beat people. With the way our team’s pitching, I think we can give anybody a run for their money.”
Gallardo (6-2, 4.35 ERA) has been just as hot, winning his last four starts while sporting a 1.67 ERA. He has allowed 16 hits in 27 innings over those starts and struck out nine in each of his previous two outings.
The right-hander is unbeaten in his last eight starts at Miller Park after allowing one run over seven innings Monday in an 11-3 win against Washington. He’s 6-0 with a 3.48 ERA during that stretch, with his last home loss coming Aug. 26 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Gallardo has made three career starts against the Giants – all at Miller Park – going 2-1 with a 3.15 ERA. The loss came in his last start against San Francisco on Sept. 5, 2009, when Matt Cain (3-3, 3.53 ERA) beat him 3-2.
Cain will oppose Gallardo again Sunday, though he’s struggled since a 2-0 start. The right-hander is 1-3 with a 4.43 ERA in his last seven outings after allowing four runs in six innings Tuesday in a 5-1 loss to Florida.
Cain has fared well against the bulk of Milwaukee’s lineup, including Corey Hart, who is just 1 for 10 lifetime against Cain.
However, Hart has hit well over his last four games, going 6 for 15 (.400) which includes a three-homer, seven-RBI game Tuesday against the Nationals.
Ryan Braun is 4 for 12 in his career against Cain and has hit safely in 16 of 17 games. He scored the winning run Saturday after he led off the ninth inning with a single.
While the Brewers have been surging, the defending World Series champion Giants (28-23) have struggled. They’ve lost three of four following a five-game winning streak and fell Saturday after rallying from two down in the eighth inning.
“They battled,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “Down two runs, and they found a way to tie and had a good opportunity.”
Right fielder Cody Ross misplayed a hit by Carlos Gomez in the first inning, resulting it what was scored as an inside-the-park home run.
“It should not be an inside-the-park home run,” Ross said. “What happened was I went down to go get it and I whiffed, and it got by me. Error. That’s it.”
San Francisco had won five straight in Milwaukee before the loss.
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