MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers hit a trio of home runs off Tim Lincecum, but Lincecum's Giants responded with a barrage of base hits for a seven-run sixth inning and an 8-4 win at Miller Park on Monday.Trailing, 4-1, entering the decisive sixth, San Francisco sent 12 men to the plate against four Brewers pitchers during a rally that featured seven hits, two walks and two errors charged to Milwaukee center fielder Carlos Gomez. The first six hits of the inning were singles, including Andrew Susac's tying hit off Brewers starter Kyle Lohse and Gregor Blanco's pinch-hit, go-ahead single on the first pitch from reliever Jeremy Jeffress. 
Nori Aoki added an RBI in the inning after hitting a solo home run in the third. When Hunter Pence capped the big rally with a two-run double, it gave the Giants the first extra-base hit of their biggest inning of the season.The outburst was well-timed for Lincecum, who won despite allowing four runs on five hits and three walks in five innings. He'd surrendered only one home run in 47 2/3 innings entering the day, but served up three to the Brewers, including Ryan Braun's two-run shot in the fifth inning that cleared the left-field bleachers and briefly gave Milwaukee a 4-1 lead.MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Big inning, "small" hits: After an Angel Pagan strikeout to start the top of the sixth inning, San Francisco hit six singles total and strung together five in a row. Pence started the rally with his own single before topping it off nine batters later with a line-drive double off the left-field wall that scored two. He was the first Giants batter since Marco Scutaro in May 2013 to tally two hits in the same inning.Upon review, a two-homer day: Brewers left fielder Khris Davis scored a big ovation when he dramatically stepped on home plate after circling the bases on a third-inning home run, a nod to his more questionable footing two innings earlier. Davis connected off Lincecum for a solo home run in the first, but was called out for missing home plate after San Francisco appealed. Brewers manager Craig Counsell challenged, and the "out" call was overturned.Braun's big blast: Braun has hit 11 of his 12 home runs since April 28, none more impressive than his 474-foot, two-run shot off Lincecum, which sailed all the way out of Miller Park. It was the longest homer for a right-handed hitter in the stadium's 15-year history and the fourth-longest homer overall.Great escape: Lincecum didn't have his best stuff Monday, as Milwaukee's three home runs will attest. But the right-hander practiced damage control through five innings and escaped a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the fourth by striking out both Lohse and Luis Sardinas to keep the Giants' deficit at 2-1.
Brandon Curry /MLB.com
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
