San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Brewers Match Player Stats On Sep 08, 2022

Corbin Burnes allowed just one run on three hits over eight innings with 14 strikeouts to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

Burnes (10-6) gave up a run on a single and a double in the third inning. The only other hit he yielded was a single in the eighth by David Villar, who was erased on a double play. Burnes also hit one batter but did not walk anyone in his 100-pitch outing.

Burnes' 14 strikeouts were tied for third most in a game in franchise history. Ben Sheets holds the team record with 18, and Burnes himself had a 15-strikeout outing last year.

Burnes, last year's National League Cy Young Award winner, had struggled in his last two starts, allowing 10 runs in 11 2/3 innings. It was his ninth game this season with 10 or more strikeouts.

Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities for the Brewers (72-65).

Milwaukee erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the fourth off Jakob Junis (4-5). Jace Peterson opened with a pinch-hit single and stole second. Christian Yelich's one-out double to left-center scored Peterson. Hunter Renfroe followed with an RBI ground-rule double down the left field line.

The Giants (65-71) scored one in the third when LaMonte Wade Jr. singled with two outs and Mike Yastrzemski followed with an RBI double to the gap in right-center.

Junis, who came in after Scott Alexander pitched one scoreless inning to open the game, allowed two runs on three hits in six innings, striking out four and walking two.

Right-hander Freddy Peralta started the nightcap for the Brewers, who were coming off a 2-5 road trip. San Francisco used Alex Young as an opener in the second game.

--Field Level Media