By Jeremy Kahn

Gerardo Parra was a thorn in the side of the San Francisco Giants while he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and he is doing it again for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Parra hit a Jean Machi pitch over the right field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Brewers defeated the Giants 4-3 in the opener of the three-game series at Miller Park.

It was Parra’s first hit as a Brewer since being acquired from the Diamondbacks at the trading deadline.

Parra’s home run came off of eventual losing pitcher Jean Machi, who gave up his first home run of the season saw his record fall to 6-1 on the season.

The final out of the game was an interesting one, as closer Frankie Rodriguez got Joe Panik to groundout to Rickie Weeks at second base; however Weeks bobbled the ball and Panik was
originally called safe that would have put runners on first and second. Prior to the Panik at-bat, Hunter Pence walked with two outs. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke challenged the play and after a three minute 17 second review, the call was overturned and the game was over.

Jimmy Nelson pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits, as he evened his record at 2-2.

Carlos Gomez gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning, as he hit his 16th home run of the season.

Gomez added a third run batted in on a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the fifth inning, but that disappeared on one swing of the bat.

Pablo Sandoval took a Nelson pitch and put into the right field seats for his 13th home run of the season.

It was another quality start for Tim Lincecum, as he pitched six strong innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walking just one and striking out eight.