When you are the Giants, hoping to create momentum from a mud pit, the rollicking Brewers might be the last team you want to face.

Willy Adames crushes a solo home run to left field in his return to Milwaukee to give the Giants a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st

In Miller’s absence, Joey Lucchesi and Matt Gage have served as the Giants’ left-handed presences in the bullpen. Lucchesi, a Newark native, owns a 3.13 ERA over 23 innings, while Gage is posting a 0.45 ERA over 20 innings.

Willy Adames lines an opposite field home run for his second solo homer of the game to bring the Giants to within a run in the top of the 8th

Dominic Smith hit a three-run single and Drew Gilbert and Tyler Fitzgerald added solo homers as the San Francisco Giants beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1.

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Dominic Smith muscled a broken-bat single to left field. Heliot Ramos, celebrating his bobblehead day, scored easily. Rafael Devers followed behind Ramos and crossed home plate. It would’ve been fair to assume that Adames would stop at third. Then, he spotted his window.

Fans cheered Willy Adames loudly as he came to bat for the first time in Milwaukee with the Giants. Those quickly turned to boos.