Milwaukee Brewers Luis Urias is laid out after getting beaned by a San Francisco Giants pitch in the bottom of the sixth inning at American Family Stadium in Milwaukee Thu Sep 8, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Thursday, September 8, 2022

The Milwaukee Brewers made progress in their quest for a National League playoff berth with a doubleheader sweep of San Francisco Thursday at American Family Stadium.

The Brewers won the first game 2-1 and the second game 4-2. Milwaukee is 2 ½ games behind Philadelphia for the third NL Wild Card spot. The Giants are 10 games behind in the Wild Card race.

GAME 1

The Giants took a 1-0 lead on Mike Yastrzemski’s RBI double to right-center, driving in LaMonte Wade. Milwaukee went ahead to stay in the bottom of the fourth on back-to-back run-scoring douibles by Christian Yelich and Hunter Renfroe.

Corbin Burnes (10-6) gave up a run on three hits over eight innings while striking out 14 without a walk. Devin Williams earned his 11th save with a scoreless ninth.

Jakob Junis (4-5), the second of three Giants pitchers, took the loss. Junis threw six innings with four strikeouts and two walks. He also gave up three hits. Tyler Rogers finished up with a scoreless eighth.

GAME 2

Milwaukee jumped to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first and never looked back. Mike Brosseau and Willy Adames both scored when Evan Longria committed an error on Hunter Renfroe’s infield grounder. Christian Yelich moved to second on the play and scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Keston Hiura.

The Brewers padded their lead in the sixth when Garrett Mitchell doubled to the gap in left-center, driving in Luis Urias.

San Francisco battled back with one run in the seventh and eighth innings. In the seventh, Mike Yastrzemski scored when Luis Gonzalez hit into a fielder’s choice. Joc Pederson’s solo home run in the eighth cut the Brewers lead to 4-2.

Both teams used a bullpen game. Freddy Peralta worked the first two innings for Milwaukee, followed by winning pitcher Peter Strzelecki (2-1), who struck out two in two scoreless innings. Taylor Rogers picked up his 31st save.

Giants opener Alex Young (0-1) gave up an earned run on one hit and two walks in 2/3 of an inning. Young was followed by Sean Hjelle, Dominic Leone and Luis Ortiz.

The Giants continue their road trip in Chicago with a weekend series against the Cubs. Carlos Rodon (12-7, 2.92) is on the mound for San Francisco on Friday, facing the Cubs’ Drew Smyly (5-8, 3.84).