On April 6th, 2016, Jeff Samardzija toed the rubber at Miller Park to face the Milwaukee Brewers in his San Francisco Giants’ debut. Over 5.1 innings that day, Samardzija allowed three runs and was not a factor in final decisions. He returned to the site on Monday to open a four-game series with Milwaukee, and he put together one of his best outings as a Giant.
Miller Park had never been very kind to Samardzija, who owned an 0-3 record with a 6.15 ERA, 1.478 WHIP, and eight home runs allowed in 45.1 innings over 14 games (seven starts).