Mike Yastrzemski hit a home run and drove in four runs, Blake Snell struck out eight in five innings and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 13-2 on Wednesday night.
Jerar Encarnacion also hit a home run and had three RBIs, and Tyler Fitzgerald and Patrick Bailey each had three hits.
The Giants shut out Brewers starter Colin Rea (12-5) early, opening the game with consecutive four-run innings. In the first inning, a passed ball to Brewers catcher Williams Contreras led in the first run. LaMonte Wade Jr. followed with an RBI single, and then Encarnacion hit an opposite-field homer to right field to give the Giants a 4-0 lead.
The first four Giants batters connected for four more runs in the second inning. Fitzgerald had an RBI double and Yastrzemski followed with a three-run homer. Yastrzemski drove in his fourth run in the fourth with an extra-base hit. Matt Chapman homered later in the inning to extend the lead to 10-1.
San Francisco scored two more runs in the ninth inning against Jake Bauers, an outfielder.
Snell (3-3) surrendered a run and four hits to earn his first home win in a Giants uniform. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner rebounded after pitching just one inning in his last start.
The Giants drew a season-low 22,042 fans, after setting a record low of 22,855 a week ago against the Diamondbacks.
Rea played just four innings for his third straight start, allowing career highs of 10 runs and 11 hits. The Brewers, who entered the day with an 8 1/2-game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central, have lost five of seven games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: RHP Jordan Hicks (right shoulder strain) threw two innings and surrendered two unearned runs in a rehab start with Single-A San Jose on Tuesday. Manager Bob Melvin was encouraged by the road game and Hicks’ chances of returning to the big club this season. … LHP Robbie Ray (left hamstring strain) threw 42 pitches in a bullpen session on Wednesday, but Melvin said Ray stopped when he felt fatigued. He will be re-evaluated Thursday.
NEXT
Giants RHP Hayden Birdsong (3-5, 5.19 ERA) is scheduled to start the final game of the series, facing Brewers RHP Frankie Montas (6-10, 4.69 ERA).
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