Giants obliterated by Brewers in 14-run loss

Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News on Jun 1, 2026

Published in Baseball

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MILWAUKEE — The Giants’ defensive configuration in the bottom of the eighth inning was the equivalent of a white flag.

The bench was emptied. Matt Chapman and Willy Adames had long been pulled. Buddy Kennedy, a position player, was pitching.

And Daniel Susac, who essentially had no experience in the field aside from catching, was playing third base.

The Giants were obliterated by the Milwaukee Brewers, 16-2, on Monday night at American Family Field, the 14-run margin of defeat being their worst loss of the season.

Landen Roupp endured the worst start of his young career, allowing a career-high eight earned runs over four innings. Roupp entered the day with a 3.30 ERA, but by game's end, his ERA was 4.22.

With the Giants trailing by 10 runs entering the bottom of the eighth, manager Tony Vitello not only had Kennedy pitch but also inserted Susac at third base. Before Monday, Susac’s only other experience in the field aside from catching was one game at first base in 2024.

One of the few positives from Monday’s blowout loss was that Chapman hit his first home run since March 31, a two-run shot that the Brewers’ Jackson Chourio almost robbed.

Chapman’s second home run of the season ended a 53-game homerless streak, the longest drought of his career. The previous longest drought of his career was 32 games in 2021, a season in which he still managed to hit 27 homers.

Roupp’s disastrous second inning began by issuing a leadoff walk to Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers on a payoff pitch that was originally called a strike. The right-hander froze Bauer with a curveball just below the zone that home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called strike three, but Bauer successfully challenged to draw a leadoff walk.

From there, Roupp’s start went downhill in a hurry. Roupp induced a fly out following the walk, but proceeded to allow a double, a single, another single, another double, a triple and a sacrifice fly. By inning’s end, the Giants trailed 7-2.