Brewers-Giants - Series Recap

The Brewers were swept by the Giants in a three-game series in San Francisco. After the sweep, the Brewers fall to .500 for the first time since April 10th.

Friday - Giants win 11-6: The Brewers started fast with three runs in the top of the third inning against Giants starter Noah Lowry. Ryan Braun, Kevin Mench and Joe Dillion each had RBI singles in that inning. Brewers starter Claudio Vargas would give the lead right back to the Giants. Ray Durham, Barry Bonds, and Lowry each had RBI singles. Omar Vizquel had a bases clearing three-run double. The Giants led 6-3 after just one inning. Vargas would last only two thirds of an innings, his shortest outing this year. Rickie Weeks homered for the first time in four months in the second inning to bring the Brewers within one. The Brewers tied the game in the third when J.J. Hardy and Chris Capuano hit back to back RBI singles.

The Giants got the lead for good in the bottom of the inning when Lowry hit a two-run homer off Capuano. Barry Bonds hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and Kevin Frandsen homered in the sixth inning to add to the Giants' lead. Capuano ended with another loss, this time in relief. The southpaw now has a 11-game losing streak after pitching five innings and giving up four runs. Lowry picked up the win despite giving up 12 hits and six runs to the Brewers.

Saturday - Giants win 6-2: Once again, the Giants had a big first inning. The Giants scored four runs in the first inning off Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo. All four runs came without an extra base hit. Bonds, Ryan Klesko, Bengie Molina, Pedro Feliz had back to back to back to back RBI singles in the inning. The Giants scored another run in the third inning against Gallardo. The rookie righty lasted only three innings and gave up seven hits and five runs. Manny Parra relieved Gallardo and pitched three innings and gave up one run. The Brewers scored two runs in the sixth on RBI hits by Dillon and Corey Hart. Giants starter Kevn Correia threw five and two thirds innings and gave up two runs to pick up his second win of the season. It was just his second start of the year.

Sunday - Giants win 5-2: The Brewers blew another Sunday afternoon lead in his game. The Giants scored again in the first inning but it was just one run this time. The Brewers gave up 11 runs in the first inning in the three-game series. Hardy tied the game up with a two-out RBI single in the second inning. The Brewers took the lead when Braun hit a three-run homer that also scored Prince Fielder and Weeks. The Giants picked up a single tally in the sixth inning and then tied the game up in the seventh when Guillermo Rodriguez hit a two-run homer. That was Rodriguez's first career home run. Brewers starter Dave Bush had been pitching very well before that inning. He ended up pitching six and a third innings and gave up four runs in a no-decision. Tim Lincecum pitched six innings and gave up four runs, three earned in six innings of work in a no-decision. The Giants took the lead for good when Rich Aurilia singled home Feliz against Scott Linebrink. Steve Kline pitched the eighth to pick up the win and Brad Hennessey picked up a save, his 14th this year.