Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead, two-run single against Corbin Burnes in the fifth inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants to a 6-4 victory over the scuffling Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.
J.D. Davis and pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores homered for the Giants, who twice came back from two-run deficits and won their third consecutive game following a five-game losing streak.
The Brewers fell to 0-4 on their trip to Colorado and San Francisco and dropped their fifth in a row overall after starting the season 18-9.
Sean Manaea (1-1) allowed four runs —three earned — in five innings for his first win with the Giants.
Burnes (3-2) permitted five runs over six innings, but only two were earned. A two-base throwing error by shortstop Willy Adames keyed a three-run fifth that gave the Giants a 5-4 lead.
Flores, batting for Pederson to start the eighth, homered against Hoby Milner.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell altered a lineup that had totaled nine runs during the four-game losing streak, and has struggled all season against left-handed pitching, by giving designated hitter William Contreras his first career start in the leadoff spot. Contreras entered with a hefty .953 OPS against lefties.
