The San Francisco Giants placed right-handed starter Landen Roupp on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation after he was struck by a line drive and carted off the field with a large brace. Roupp was scheduled for an MRI on his ailing knee; results were not immediately known. The Giants recalled left-hander Carson Whisenhunt to start Friday's game. The team traveled to Milwaukee to play the Brewers, who are 80-48, while San Francisco sits 61-67, six games below .500 and on a three-game losing streak. Roupp is 7-7 with a 3.80 ERA over 106.2 innings in 22 starts; Whisenhunt has a 1-1 record and 5.02 ERA in three recent starts.
Roupp was scheduled to have an MRI done on his ailing knee on Thursday in San Francisco. In the third inning of what turned into an 8-1 loss to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, Roupp was struck by a line drive off the bat of Ramon Laureano and had to be carted off the field with a large brace on his left knee.
The Giants are in Milwaukee, where they will begin a three-game series at American Family Field against the Brewers, who own Major League Baseball's best record at 80-48. San Francisco (61-67) has lost three straight and is six games below .500 for the first time this season. In 22 starts this season, Roupp had a 7-7 record and a 3.80 ERA over 106.2 innings.
In a corresponding move, the Giants also officially recalled left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, who will start Friday's game. In three recent starts with the Giants this season, Whisenhunt has a 1-1 record and a 5.02 ERA over 14.1 innings. In his last start on Aug. 8 at home against Washington, Whisenhunt struck out five but also allowed three home runs in four innings in a 4-2 loss to the rebuilding Nationals.
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