Heliot Ramos comes up clutch in ninth inning as SF Giants rally against Brewers
On the fourth pitch of his at-bat with the bases loaded down the association s final out and facing one of the the greater part fearsome closers in match in Trevor Megill Giants slugger Heliot Ramos did exactly what he needed to do with a -mile-per-hour fastball The -year-old laced a single to right driving in his th and th RBI of the season and giving San Francisco a lead that it would not relinquish in a - come-from-behind success in Milwaukee to clinch the series San Francisco improved to - while Milwaukee fell to - Ramos big at-bat capped off an inning that saw Matt Chapman lead off with a double to center off Megill Then Wilmer Flores struck out after a nine-pitch at-bat and was followed by the red-hot Luis Matos who singled to put runners on the corners with one out In the second inning of Sunday s event in Milwaukee Matos smoked Chad Patrick s -mile-per-hour cutter certain feet over the wall for his seventh home run of the season The two-run shot produced by an uppercut swing was another great at-bat in a series full of them After having two hits in each of his last three games the -year-old right-handed slugger went of with two RBI We ve seen him do this before and It was time to let him get up here and let him do his thing Giants manager Bob Melvin notified media So far so good Back in the ninth inning Rafael Devers pinch-hitting for catcher Andrew Knizner was blown away on a -MPH four-seam fastball in his only at-bat of the challenge as San Francisco was down to its last out But the Giants were not dead yet Jung Hoo Lee drew a five-pitch walk to set the stage for Ramos The former All-Star came up big and Ryan Walker closed out the match The Giants also had a chance to take the lead in the eighth when the band had runners on first and second with one out Dominic Smith struck out and Casey Schmitt coming off a four-RBI meeting popped up to first as San Francisco came up empty Robbie Ray earned his th start for San Francisco in a topsy-turvy match while Milwaukee tossed out righthander Patrick for his st start of the season After Matos figured out Patrick in the top of the second Milwaukee s Brandon Lockridge turned a Ray slider into an RBI when he poked the ball through the left side of the infield and cut the Giants lead to just - Christian Yelich drove a ground ball through a hole in right to tie the contest at - In the fifth Caleb Durbin hit his eighth home run of the season to give Milwaukee a one-run lead Ray walked four and allowed six hits and three earned runs on pitches only of them being strikes The veteran also failed to strike out a single batter the first time that has happened this season The Brewers wore jerseys adorned with the name Ueck on the back in lieu of their individual last names as the organization paid tribute to the late and legendary broadcaster Bob Uecker who died in January Giants shortstop Willy Adames a former Brewer wore special cleats to honor the man It was very special and very emotional Adames announced on the NBC broadcast I m so happy we were here for this weekend The home group was facing a Giants company that snapped a four-game losing streak with a - triumph on Saturday San Francisco will enjoy a day off before starting a six-game homestand with a match-up with the Cubs at Oracle Park on Tuesday Justin Verlander - is expected to start for the Giants
