Tonight at 10:15 p.m. ET, the Milwaukee Brewers (73-60) and San Francisco Giants (71-62) take the field at AT&T Park to kick off a three-game set live from San Francisco. The game can be live streamed here. Milwaukee fans can hear all of the action on WTMJ 620 while San Francisco fans can do the same on KNBR 680.
Milwaukee continues a nine-game road trip after dropping two of three to the San Diego Padres to start it off while San Francisco continues a seven-game homestand after taking three of four from the Colorado Rockies.
The Brewers enter play in first place in the National League Central with a 1.5 game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals while the Giants come into Friday in second place in the NL West, 4.5 games behind the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Giants currently hold the second and final wild-card spot in the NL with a 1.5 game lead over the Atlanta Braves.
Wily Peralta (15-8, 3.56 ERA) mans the mound for Milwaukee searching for his 16th win while San Francisco counters with Ryan Vogelsong, who is 7-9 with a 3.18 ERA.
The Brewers took two of three from the Giants earlier this month and will hope to have the same success this weekend.
"It always helps when you're able to beat any team and then play them again," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said per MLB.com. "If a team sweeps you and then you have to play them again, you're thinking, 'OK, what's going to happen this time?' So it always helps."
The Giants are coming off of a historic afternoon that saw Yusmeiro Petit retire his 46th straight batter against the Colorado Rockies to set an MLB record.
"I'm very happy to be able to establish this new record," Petit told the team's official website. "At the beginning, I didn't know about it, but in Washington I learned I had a streak going, and I tried to focus and do everything possible."
San Francisco comes into play with a lineup that is flanked by outfielder Hunter Pence, who ranks second in the National League with 89 runs scored, 156 hits, 254 total bases and is also tied for second with nine triples.
Pence is tied for the team with 18 homers along with catcher Buster Posey, who leads the Giants with a .289 batting average and 68 RBI thus far this season.
Milwaukee responds with a lineup that is paced by catcher Jonathan Lucroy, third baseman Aramis Ramirez and outfielder Carlos Gomez.
Lucroy leads the MLB in doubles (34), Ramirez is tied for fourth in the NL in batting average (.304) and Gomez ranks fourth in the NL in stolen bases (28-tied) and runs (84) while being tied for the team lead in homers (21).
Two playoff contenders go head-to-head when the NL Central-leading Brewers and wild-card qualifying Giants kick off a three-game set tonight live from AT&T Park in San Francisco.
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