Reigning Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes was so dominant that the Brewers right-hander had the Giants on the ropes from the first pitch of Monday’s game in Milwaukee. But when Burnes bega…
Moments later, the Brewers struck back against lefty Jake McGee as shortstop Willy Adames sent a game-tying homer over the left center field wall.
A two-run lead created enough breathing room for Camilo Doval, the Giants’ eighth pitcher of the night, to pick up the save. A relief corps that entered the game with a major league-best 1.71 ERA lowered that mark as the lone earned run allowed over the final eight innings came against McGee in the eighth.
One run may have been enough for Milwaukee with the way Burnes was pitching, but the Giants stayed competitive by driving up the right-hander’s pitch count. Pederson’s seven-pitch walk in the sixth preceded a nine-pitch strikeout from Brandon Crawford in the seventh before Wilmer Flores became Burnes’ 11th strikeout with a six-pitch at-bat.
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