MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The San Francisco Giants battered the Milwaukee Brewers 12-9 on Thursday afternoon at American Family Field, exploding for six runs in the seventh inning to overcome an early deficit and salvage the finale of a three-game series.

Attendance was 32,570, and the game lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes.

San Francisco improved to 25-38 while Milwaukee dropped to 37-23.

The Giants wasted no time taking control in the first inning. Third baseman Casey Schmitt led off the game with his 13th home run, a fly ball to left-center field. After Rafael Devers popped out, Luis Arraez singled and Willy Adames struck out. Jung Hoo Lee singled to put runners on first and second, and Bryce Eldridge drove in Arraez with a line-drive single to center. Matt Chapman followed with a double to left, scoring Lee and sending Eldridge to third. Eric Haase walked to load the bases, but Drew Gilbert grounded out to end the inning with San Francisco leading 3-0.

Milwaukee answered in the bottom of the first. Christian Yelich flied out, then Jackson Chourio walked. Brice Turang singled, and Chourio advanced to third on a throwing error by shortstop Willy Adames. William Contreras lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Chourio. Jake Bauers walked, but Garrett Mitchell struck out to leave the score 3-1.

The Giants struck again in the third. Willy Adames doubled to center, and Jung Hoo Lee doubled to right, scoring Adames. Bryce Eldridge walked, and Matt Chapman singled to center, scoring Lee and moving Eldridge to second. After Haase struck out, Gilbert singled to load the bases. Schmitt then hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Eldridge and advancing Chapman to third. Devers struck out, ending the inning with San Francisco ahead 6-1.

Milwaukee chipped away in the fifth. David Hamilton flied out, then Christian Yelich doubled to right. Jackson Chourio followed with his third home run of the season, a fly ball to right field, scoring Yelich and cutting the lead to 6-3. Brice Turang doubled, but William Contreras struck out. Jake Bauers walked and stole second, but Andrew Vaughn grounded into a forceout to end the inning.

The game’s decisive moment came in the seventh inning. San Francisco sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six runs. Jung Hoo Lee singled, Bryce Eldridge singled, and Matt Chapman singled to load the bases with no outs. Eric Haase then crushed a grand slam to center field, his fourth home run of the season, giving the Giants a 10-3 lead. Drew Gilbert singled, Casey Schmitt singled, and then Rafael Devers grounded into a forceout as Gilbert scored on a sacrifice fly by Luis Arraez. Willy Adames singled to center, scoring Devers, and Jung Hoo Lee singled again before Bryce Eldridge flied out to end the inning with San Francisco ahead 12-3.

Milwaukee began a comeback in the bottom of the seventh. Christian Yelich singled, and Jackson Chourio hit his second home run of the game, a fly ball to center, scoring Yelich and making it 12-5. After Gary Sánchez struck out, Joey Ortiz lined out, and Blake Perkins walked. Andrew Vaughn flied out to end the inning.

The Brewers added a run in the eighth. Sal Frelick grounded out, Luis Rengifo grounded out, and then David Hamilton hit his second home run, a fly ball to left-center, to trim the deficit to 12-6. Christian Yelich grounded out.

In the ninth, Milwaukee mounted a serious threat. Jackson Chourio singled, Gary Sánchez singled, and Joey Ortiz walked to load the bases. Blake Perkins walked, forcing in Chourio to make it 12-7. Andrew Vaughn struck out on a foul tip, but Sal Frelick grounded into a forceout, allowing Sánchez to score and cutting the lead to 12-8. Luis Rengifo singled to left, scoring Ortiz and moving Frelick to second. David Hamilton then flied out to center field, stranding two runners and ending the game.

Caleb Kilian earned the save, his fourth of the season. Sam Hentges was the winning pitcher, his first decision of the year, and Coleman Crow took the loss, falling to 0-1.

Key performances for the Giants included Casey Schmitt’s leadoff home run and a sacrifice fly, Eric Haase’s grand slam, and Jung Hoo Lee’s three hits. For the Brewers, Jackson Chourio hit two home runs and drove in four runs, and David Hamilton also homered.

San Francisco won after dropping the first two games of the series by scores of 1-0 and 3-8. The Brewers had won their previous two games after a 2-0 shutout of Houston on May 31. The Giants next travel to Chicago to face the Cubs starting Friday, while Milwaukee heads to Colorado for a three-game set.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 3, and the ELO system gave the Brewers a 68.50 percent probability to win. Milwaukee was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 21 runs went under the over-under line of 9.5.