Giants vs Brewers Recap: Giants thump Brewers 12-9 in wild Thursday

The Giants came into Miller Park ready for a fight. They'd dropped the last game 1-0 the night before, so they wanted to come out swinging. Coleman Crow took the mound for Milwaukee, and Casey Schmitt wasted zero time. On the very first pitch, Schmitt launched a fastball 379 feet into left-center field. The ball rocketed over the wall and the crowd fell silent. One pitch, one homer. The Giants kept rolling. Bryce Eldridge smacked a single to center, and Luis Arraez scored without even breaking a sweat. Matt Chapman doubled to left, and suddenly the Giants had a 3-0 lead before Milwaukee recorded a single out. San Francisco was flexing their muscles early.

By the seventh inning, the Giants had built a 6-3 lead. That's when Eric Haase stepped up and changed everything. Jake Woodford was pitching for the Brewers, and Haase didn't miss. The ball exploded off his bat—406 feet to center field. A grand slam. Lee, Eldridge, and Chapman all came sprinting home. In one swing, Haase turned a three-run game into a seven-run game. The Giants weren't done. Luis Arraez sent one up to left, and Gilbert raced home. Willy Adames singled to center, and Devers scored. The Giants were running away with it now.

Milwaukee wasn't going to roll over without a fight. Jackson Chourio stepped into the box in the seventh with Yelich on base. He smashed a 423-foot homer to center—the ball sailed into the upper deck. Two runs scored, and the Brewers cut it to 12-5. In the eighth, David Hamilton added another blast to left-center. The Brewers were creeping back into it. In the ninth, things got tense. Runs kept trickling across for Milwaukee. But the Giants held strong. Final score: 12-9, San Francisco. Jung Hoo Lee went 4-for-5 with three runs scored. The Giants improved to 26-38 and won their second straight.