Milwaukee Brewers vs San Francisco Giants Box Score on Aug 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 23, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jarrett Parker's check-swing, two-run double broke a seventh-inning tie and sent the San Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory and series win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.

Left-hander Matt Moore pitched six strong innings before handing off the ball to the bullpen, helping the Giants win for a second time in the three-game series against the playoff-contending Brewers.

The loss dropped Milwaukee to 3-3 on its nine-game Western swing.

Pinch-hitter Denard Span's one-out double down the right field line against the Brewers' third pitcher, right-hander Jacob Barnes (3-4), got the decisive seventh inning rolling for the Giants.

After Gorkys Hernandez was hit by a pitch, Barnes struck out Kelby Tomlinson for the second out before jamming Parker with a fastball that the lefty hitter blooped just inside third base and into the Giants' bullpen, easily scoring Span and Hernandez with the difference-making runs.

Right-handers Hunter Strickland (3-3), Mark Melancon and Sam Dyson took it from there, limiting the Brewers to just one run on one hit over three innings to cap a 4-3 season-series win that was the Giants' fourth in a row against Milwaukee.

Aided by an insurance run produced by a Carlos Moncrief sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning, Dyson allowed a solo home run to pinch-hitter Stephen Vogt in the ninth before recording his 12th save.

Vogt's homer was his fifth of the season.

Hernandez had two doubles for the Giants, who totaled five doubles among their nine hits.

Tomlinson and Brandon Crawford also had two hits for San Francisco.

Santana collected a single and a double for the Brewers, who were seeking their first series win in San Francisco since 2010.

Both starting pitchers left the game tied 1-1 after strong efforts that began with first-inning runs.

Moore allowed five hits, including doubles by Santana and Travis Shaw that gave the Brewers a quick 1-0 advantage.

Moore walked two and struck out six.

The Giants got even against Brewers right-hander Matt Garza after loading the bases against him in the last of the first on a double by Hernandez, a single by Tomlinson and a walk to Parker.

Buster Posey tied the game with a sacrifice fly, after which Garza escaped further damage.

Garza allowed five hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out six.

The Giants out-hit the Brewers 9-6.

NOTES: There were just 15 total runs scored in the series, the fewest in any Giants three-game series this season. Their previous low had been 16 against Washington on May 29-31. ... The Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays totaled just eight runs in a three-game series earlier this month. ... Giants RF Hunter Pence (sore left hamstring) was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight day. ... Before the game, the Brewers claimed RHP Aaron Brooks off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. He was sent to Triple-A Colorado Springs. RHP Paolo Espino was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Brooks. ... Both teams are off Thursday before starting road series on Friday, the Brewers in Los Angeles to face the Dodgers, and the Giants in Arizona to duel the Diamondbacks.