SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Wilmer Flores hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth, Jung Hoo Lee added an RBI triple the next inning as fans chanted his name, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Monday night.
Flores connected off Grant Anderson (1-1) with two outs.
Caleb Durbin hit his first career home run with a two-run drive in the first against San Francisco starter Robbie Ray, who allowed two runs and five hits. He struck out four and walked three over five solid innings.
Hayden Birdsong (1-0) struck out four in three innings of relief to win for the Giants, who had lost three of the last four on their recent 10-game trip. Camilo Doval pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.
Quinn Priester walked a season-high four batters over four innings in his third 2025 start as Milwaukee began a season-long 10-game trip spanning 11 days.
Patrick Bailey hit an RBI single in the second and a sacrifice fly in the eighth for San Francisco, which will be without infielder Casey Schmitt for at least a month after an MRI exam Monday showed a Grade 2 left oblique strain.
San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee hits an RBI triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Tyler Fitzgerald scored the tying run in the fifth when Willy Adames grounded into a forceout.
Birdsong allowed a leadoff single to Rhys Hoskins in the sixth – the first batter he faced after replacing Ray – but then retired Sal Frelick on a line drive and got Joey Ortiz to ground into an inning-ending double play. The Giants went ahead in the bottom half.
Brewers catcher William Contreras caught a pair of baserunners trying to steal: Mike Yastrzemski in the first and Matt Chapman in the second.
Brewers LHP Jose Quintana (2-0, 0.71 ERA) pitches the second game of the four-game series Tuesday night opposite RHP Jordan Hicks (1-2, 8.04).
San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee runs after hitting an RBI triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee stands at third after his RBI triple against the Milwaukee Brewers during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames throws to first for an out on Milwaukee Brewers’ Caleb Durbin during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Grant Anderson throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants’ Wilmer Flores (41) is congratulated by shortstop Willy Adames, right, after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants’ Wilmer Flores, right, celebrates with third base coach Matt Williams after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants’ Wilmer Flores, right, runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Grant Anderson (56) during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants second baseman Tyler Fitzgerald, left, turns a double play in front of Milwaukee Brewers’ Rhys Hoskins during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants’ Tyler Fitzgerald, left, scores next to Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras on a throwing error by second baseman Brice Turang during the fifth inning of a baseball game Monday, April 21, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
