It's no secret the San Francisco Giants have been struggling all season long to score runs, and that issue has already continued to crop up in the first officia

BOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Atlanta has a 26-25 record at home and a 44-56 record overall. The Braves have the 10th-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .389.

Justin Verlander will continue to search for his first elusive win with the Giants when San Francisco wraps up its six-game road trip with a series finale against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.

Additionally, right-handed reliever Tristan Beck was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after throwing 6 2/3 innings of relief in a four-day span. Right-handers Carson Seymour and Sean Hjelle were recalled from Sacramento in a corresponding move.

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Could the Atlanta Braves give up on center fielder Michael Harris II and ship him to the San Francisco Giants?

Verlander got rocked in his latest outing against the Toronto Blue Jays, which has been a recurring theme of the 2025 campaign. He couldn't even get through three frames, allowing nine hits, four earned runs and two walks across 2.2 innings of work. Frankly, his regression has been an eyesore, which comes back on Posey.