Brewers rout Giants behind Henderson’s dominant start

SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Logan Henderson pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded out 13 hits Tuesday night in an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park.

Henderson allowed two hits, struck out seven and walked one to improve to 5-1. The right-hander did not allow a runner past second base before leaving with two outs in the sixth. Landen Roupp took the loss for San Francisco, falling to 7-9 after allowing five runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Milwaukee opened the scoring in the third inning. Cooper Pratt drew a one-out walk, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by David Hamilton and advanced to third on a groundout by Brice Turang. Jackson Chourio followed with a line-drive single to right field to drive in Pratt for a 1-0 lead.

The Brewers broke the game open in the fourth. Luis Lara walked and Garrett Mitchell was hit by a pitch. Pratt then singled to right field, scoring Lara and sending Mitchell to third. Hamilton walked to load the bases. Turang lined a single to center field, scoring Mitchell and Pratt to make it 4-0. Milwaukee sent eight batters to the plate in the inning.

Milwaukee added a run in the fifth. William Contreras led off with a triple to center field. After Christian Yelich grounded out, Andrew Vaughn was hit by a pitch. Roupp was replaced by JT Brubaker, who induced a force out from Lara that scored Contreras and ended the inning with Milwaukee ahead 5-0.

The Brewers extended the lead to 7-0 in the seventh. Yelich singled off Brubaker and Vaughn singled to center field. Lara then ripped a triple to right field, scoring both runners. Brubaker struck out one in three innings of relief, allowing three earned runs on five hits.

Milwaukee’s final run came in the eighth. Hamilton doubled to left field off reliever Keaton Winn. Turang singled to left, sending Hamilton to third. Chourio grounded out to shortstop, scoring Hamilton. Milwaukee loaded the bases on a single by Contreras and a walk to Yelich, but Andrew Vaughn grounded into a force out to end the inning.

San Francisco’s only runs came in the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Luis Arraez singled off reliever Abner Uribe. Bryce Eldridge followed by hitting his 11th home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field that cut the lead to 8-2. Uribe retired the next two batters to end the threat.

Henderson’s outing was his third straight quality start. He threw 86 pitches, 53 for strikes, and did not walk a batter until the fifth. The Brewers bullpen combined for 3 1/3 innings of four-hit relief. Craig Yoho pitched a scoreless seventh, Aaron Ashby recorded one out in the eighth and Uribe finished the eighth before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the ninth. Abner Uribe returned for the ninth and allowed two singles but induced a game-ending double play.

Milwaukee’s offense was led by Turang, who went 3 for 5 with two RBIs. Chourio finished 2 for 5 with two RBIs. Lara drove in three runs despite going 1 for 4 with a walk. Contreras had two hits, including a triple, and scored twice. The Brewers stole no bases but put pressure on the Giants’ defense with aggressive baserunning.

San Francisco managed seven hits. Eldridge’s homer was the lone extra-base hit. Arraez had two singles, and Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee each had one hit. The Giants struck out 10 times and grounded into two double plays.

The victory improved Milwaukee’s record to 67-40, the best mark in the National League. San Francisco fell to 45-62. The Brewers had lost the opener of the three-game series 3-0 on Monday but have now won eight of their last 10 games overall. The Giants have lost six of their last seven.

Attendance was announced at 38,021. The game lasted 3 hours, 4 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Milwaukee a 63.10 percent probability of winning. The Brewers were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread minus 1.5. The total of 10 runs went under the over/under line of 7.5.