Former Giant Kyle Harrison matches career high with 12 strikeouts in first meeting against old team
MILWAUKEE - There they stood, 60 feet and six inches away from one another. Kyle Harrison on the mound. Rafael Devers in the box.
Harrison, a Bay Area native who grew up a Giants fan, was part of the package that San Francisco sent to the Boston Red Sox for Devers last Father's Day. The Giants understood Harrison's potential, but including him in the deal was the cost of doing business. And on Tuesday at American Family Park, Harrison actualized all that potential in his three meetings with Devers.
Strikeout. Strikeout. Strikeout.
Devers was far from the only Giant on the wrong side of a battle with Harrison, who matched his career-high of 12 strikeouts across 5 2/3 dominant innings of one-run ball. Harrison's brilliant night set the tone for San Francisco's 8-3 loss to Milwaukee, the club's seventh loss in its last eight games.
The only run that Harrison allowed to San Francisco (23-38) was a solo home run to former Brewer Willy Adames with two outs in the top of the sixth inning, which snapped Harrison's streak of 23 consecutive scoreless innings. Harrison followed the homer by walking Matt Chapman and was pulled at 106 pitches, receiving a roaring ovation from the home crowd
Harrison, traded from Boston to Milwaukee in February after making just three appearances for the Red Sox, set the tone for the night early by beginning his outing with back-to-back strikeouts of Casey Schmitt. From there, Harrison proceeded to strike out multiple batters in each of his first four innings.
The De La Salle product punched out a pair apiece in the first and second, then struck out three in both the third and fourth. In the top of the third, specifically, Harrison struck out the side by sitting down Schmitt, Devers and Luis Arraez, whose 3.6% strikeout rate entering play was the lowest in the majors.
Harrison started and ended his day with a sterling 1.57 ERA, which would be the second-lowest in the majors if he pitched enough innings to qualify. Devers, meanwhile, went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts.
Despite Harrison's early dominance, San Francisco only trailed by one run going into the bottom of the eighth. Bryce Eldridge had a hand in trimming the Brewers' deficit, delivering a pinch-hit RBI single in the top of the eighth, then scoring on a pinch-hit single by Jung Hoo Lee.
While the Giants had a chance to spoil Harrison's predictable revenge game, the Brewers effectively put the game to rest by scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth to create a commanding five-run lead.
Right-hander Trevor McDonald allowed a three-run homer in the bottom of the first but kept the Brewers scoreless for the next four frames, ending his night having allowed three runs over five innings.
Up next
Two-time All-Star Logan Webb, who has a career 2.08 ERA in seven career starts against the Brewers, will make his second start since coming off the injured list last Friday.
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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM.