In the top of the ninth, the Brewers tacked on with RBI singles from Yelich, with a looper to left that scored Joey Wiemer thanks to a nifty, pants-ripping slide into the plate, and Adames, who recorded his fourth RBI of the game with a one-out bouncer through the drawn-in infield. In the eighth, Peter Strzelecki bounced back from a rough series in Colorado by striking out three and stranding two in scoring position. Joel Payamps recorded five outs as a bridge to the final two innings. Hoby Milner relieved Houser with two outs in the fifth and two on, and struck out Pederson on a full count with an elevated fastball. He smashed a changeup Giants starting pitcher Ross Stripling hung over the meat of the plate 394 feet to left for his sixth homer of the year and No. ![]() The next time up, Adames left nothing to chance. The Giants strung together three two-out singles and a walk in the bottom half to tie the game, 2-2, but a sac fly by Adames to score Christian Yelich in the top of the third gave the Brewers the lead right back.Īdames crushed the ball on his sac fly swing but ultimately wasn’t rewarded beyond the run batted in. Then, minutes later, William Contreras drove a two-run home run to the bleachers in left to put Milwaukee in front. Needing to avoid relenting a big inning early while mired in a weeklong losing streak, Houser got a double play grounder to escape the inning. One of the game’s biggest moments for Houser and the Brewers came at the outset, as Houser faced 2021 postseason nemesis Joc Pederson with runners on the corners and one out in the bottom of the first. Production has begun on the National Geographic miniseries, The Long Road Home, which details the events of Black Sunday, April 4, 2004, when a 1st Cavalry Division platoon was ambushed in Sadr City, Iraq, and the rescue missions to save them, days into their yearlong deployment. Houser, in returning from a groin injury he suffered at the end of spring training, went 4 ⅔ innings of two-run ball, striking out five and coming up with the necessary pitches with men on base to mostly scatter seven hits. The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a six-game losing streak behind a solid outing from Adrian Houser in his season debut and Willy Adames’ 100th career home run, defeating the San Francisco Giants, 7-3, at Oracle Park Sunday afternoon.Īfter a week in which the Brewers had rarely played well in any facet, they finally put all the pieces together to salvage a 1-5 road trip out west. SAN FRANCISCO – A grueling, frustrating road trip ends with a happy flight home.
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