San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski (5) slugs a second inning home run against the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 11, 2024 (AP News photo)

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Attendance: 22,022

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

San Francisco, CA

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–This Wednesday night’s Giant 13-2 annihilation of the almost certainly playoff bound Milwaukee Brewers was more vaudeville than drama. In a laugher like this, there is no developing story to narrate, just a staggering collection of statistics to enumerate.

Five Giants had multi hit games: Tyler Fitzgerald (who went 3 for 5), Mike Yastrzemski (2 for 4), LaMonte Wade, Jr. (2 for 4), Jerar Encarnación (2 for 5), and Patrick Bailey (3 for 4).

Seven Giants hit for extra bases: Yastrzemski (a double and a home run, Wade (a double), Marco Luciano (a double), Fitzgerald (two doubles), Bailey (a double), and Luis Matos (a double).

Three Giants hit home runs: Yaz, Matt Chapman, and Encarnación, who became the first right. handed batter to hit the ball out of the park to right this year.

Six Giants drove in runs: Yaz (4), Chappy (1), Wade (2), Luciano (1), and Encarnación (2).

Chapman extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

San Francisco scored eight of its runs in the first two frames. They came off starter Colin Rea, who suffered his fifth defeat against a half a dozen wins. He faced 23 batters in his four inning stint and gave up 10 runs, all earned, on 11 hits, three of them yard, and saw his ERA soar from 3.72 to 4.21.

Three more Milwaukee pitchers combined to allow another six Giant hits. The last of the lot was infielder-outfielder Jake Bauers, who surrendered San Francisco’s final two runs and three hits.

Three Giant pitchers coasted to victory. Blake Snell bounced back from his awful previous start, when he needed 42 pitches to get through one inning of two run (one earned), two hit ball against the Diamondbacks on September 5.

He went five frames Wednesday night, throwing 95 pitches, 61 for strikes, and holding the Brewers to one run, which was earned, on four hits and two walks while striking out eight. The win improved his record to 3-3, 3.52.

Austin Warren and Sean Hjelle pitched two innings each. Warren allowed an unearned run on two hits and a pair of free passes. Hjelle held the Brew Crew to a walk. There was, of course, no save.

Héctor Ramos, the only Giant in the starting lineup who failed to get a hit, drew a walk, scored, and made two magnificent diving catches in left.

Thursday, Milwaukee veteran Frankie Montás (6-10, 4.69) will face off against San Francisco rookie Hayden Birdsong (3-5, 5.19) at 6:45pm PT.