San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Brewers Match Player Stats On Jun 07, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 7, 2017

MILWAUKEE -- Home runs from Domingo Santana and Jonathan Villar backed a six-strikeout effort from Jimmy Nelson as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night at Miller Park.

Nelson (4-3) held the Giants to three runs on seven hits and a walk over six innings. He is 3-1 with a 2.81 ERA over his past seven starts.

Ty Blach (4-3) went six innings for the Giants, allowing five runs on nine hits. He didn't walk a batter for the third time in his past four starts, and he struck out three.

Santana's first-inning home run gave Nelson a 1-0 lead.

Nelson blanked the Giants through his first two innings, extending his scoreless innings streak to 13, but ran into trouble in the third when Eduardo Nunez singled and scored on a Brandon Belt double to tie the game.

Buster Posey sent Nelson's next offering to straightaway center for his eighth homer of the season, putting the Giants up 3-1.

Milwaukee got the runs back in the fourth. Jesus Aguilar led off with a single and took second on an error by left fielder Orlando Calixte. Travis Shaw drove him in with a single. After Hernan Perez reached on a double, Manny Pina drove in Shaw with a sacrifice fly to right, making it 3-3.

Santana singled with two outs in the fifth and scored when Aguilar doubled down the right field line, putting Milwaukee ahead.

Orlando Arcia made it a 5-3 game when his double drove home Pina in the sixth, and Villar led off the seventh with his homer to put the Brewers up by three.

Corey Knebel struck out two in the ninth inning to earn his seventh save.

NOTES: The Brewers placed RHP Matt Garza on the 10-day disabled list with a chest contusion and reinstated 3B Travis Shaw from the paternity list. ... Milwaukee will bring RHP Paolo Espino back from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Thursday to start in place of Garza. Espino made his major league debut May 19 at Wrigley Field, holding the Cubs to three earned over four innings of work. ... OF Domingo Santana hit a solo home run in the first inning, giving Milwaukee 56 first-inning runs in 60 games this season. ... RHP Sam Dyson is expected to join the Giants on Friday when they return to San Francisco to start an interleague series with the Minnesota Twins. He was acquired Tuesday from Texas along with cash considerations in exchange for a player to be named.