Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 8, 2022
Where: American Family Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Manny Gonzalez, 1B -
Nate Tomlinson, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Malachi Moore
Attendance:
By Field Level Media
Corbin Burnes allowed just one run on three hits over eight innings with 14 strikeouts to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Burnes (10-6) gave up a run on a single and a double in the third inning. The only other hit he yielded was a single in the eighth by David Villar, who was erased on a double play. Burnes also hit one batter but did not walk anyone in his 100-pitch outing.
Burnes' 14 strikeouts were tied for third most in a game in franchise history. Ben Sheets holds the team record with 18, and Burnes himself had a 15-strikeout outing last year.
Burnes, last year's National League Cy Young Award winner, had struggled in his last two starts, allowing 10 runs in 11 2/3 innings. It was his ninth game this season with 10 or more strikeouts.
Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save in 12 opportunities for the Brewers (72-65).
Milwaukee erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the fourth off Jakob Junis (4-5). Jace Peterson opened with a pinch-hit single and stole second. Christian Yelich's one-out double to left-center scored Peterson. Hunter Renfroe followed with an RBI ground-rule double down the left field line.
The Giants (65-71) scored one in the third when LaMonte Wade Jr. singled with two outs and Mike Yastrzemski followed with an RBI double to the gap in right-center.
Junis, who came in after Scott Alexander pitched one scoreless inning to open the game, allowed two runs on three hits in six innings, striking out four and walking two.
Right-hander Freddy Peralta started the nightcap for the Brewers, who were coming off a 2-5 road trip. San Francisco used Alex Young as an opener in the second game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
San Francisco
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
.103 |
4 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Milwaukee
|
3 |
0 |
5 |
.115 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |