The Milwaukee Brewers could not hold on to a late lead Tuesday night and fell to the San Francisco Giants 5-4 at American Family Field.
The Brewers let leads of 2-1 and 4-3 slip away as the used the long ball to overtake the Crew.
Mike Yastrzemski’s two-run homer in the top of the seventh off Brewer reliever Joel Payamps was the decisive blow in the Giant’s win
Tobias Myers started for Milwaukee and went five innings allowing three hits and three runs while walking one and striking out four. Payamps (3-6) took the loss allowing two runs and two hits in 2/3 of an inning.
The Brewers opened their scoring on a majestic two-run home run by rookie Jackson Chourio in the second inning that hit the scoreboard.
Willy Adames crushed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to give the Brewers a brief 4-3 lead as the Brewers left 11 men on base and were only one for seven with runners in scoring position all night.
Milwaukee (75-56) and San Francisco (67-66) will return to action Wednesday night with Freddy Peralta (8-7) taking the mound for the Brewers and Kyle Harrison (7-5) going for the Giants. Game time is set for 7:10 p.m. in Milwaukee.
