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SAN FRANCISCO – The Milwaukee Brewers made two exchanges in as many days to strengthen their paddock for all those close games and try to generate more runs so they do not have to to be so tight.
A day after acquiring veteran reliever Joakim Soria of the Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee on Friday earned the Kansas City Royals' third Mike Moustakas goal as the club continues its first playoff run since the 2011 season .
"We were looking for another big bat to add to the lineup and we got it," said manager Craig Counsell after a 3-1 win against the San Francisco Giants. "We feel like we can build a really strong team every day now."
Moustakas, who will be reunited with former World Series teammate Lorenzo Cain, should be at AT & T Park on Saturday and available for the night's game.
Ryan Braun hit an RBI single and drove in two races to support Chase Anderson's first win in almost a month, leading Milwaukee to another late rally.
Soria launched the seventh in her debut in Milwaukee. He arrived with his team in place 2-1 and immediately retired Brandon Crawford on a base. After a walk to Evan Longoria, Soria brought on the double play of Pablo Sandoval.
Anderson (7-7) allowed one run on four hits in six innings with three strikeouts and no walks. He earned his first victory in five starts in July after defeating the Reds on June 29 and Corey Knebel recorded his second straight game for 14 games this year.
"Two left handed bats in the lineup with pop, I'm going to take it," said Anderson in reference to Moustakas and Eric Thames.
Jeremy Jeffress eliminated the first two batters in eighth position before charging goals on a pair of singles from Steven Duggar and Alen Hanson, then a march to Andrew McCutchen. Posey Buster is removed to end the threat.
Milwaukee got RBI strandings from Braun in sixth and Orlando Arcia in seventh while Brewers won two straight wins on a road following a skid of six games away from Miller Park. Braun took eighth place the night after a scoring lead, while the Brewers won 7-5 on Thursday.
Madison Bumgarner (3-4) pulled out five and had an eight in eight innings, but did not get enough support. He allowed three runs on seven hits at his 10th start of the season. The 2014 World Series MVP had six career high-stakes last Saturday in Oakland, with just four innings and more.
"They just had some hits in the big spots for them," said Bumgarner. "A difficult match, a difficult loss for us."
The Giants quickly became the second consecutive doubles of Posey and Brandon Crawford, who earned his fourth RBI and another extra-base this month.
A typical summer night of the Bay Area, it was one degree less than Thursday with a temperature of first stage of 58 degrees.
Christian Yelich's first of two doubles in the first extended his strike series to 11 games.
A moment of silence took place before the national anthem for victims of devastating deadly fires in Northern California.
RAPID TRAVEL OF BOCHY
Giants manager Bruce Bochy plans to take a redeye Saturday night after the match to be in Cooperstown, New York, to support Trevor Hoffman at the Hall of Fame induction.
Bench coach Hensley Meulens will lead the final Sunday afternoon against the Brewers.
THE FORMER'S ROOM
Brewers: CF Cain received a day off earlier than Counsell had planned – initially it was Sunday – because of a tender left knee from a swing and d & # 39; A sore straight wrist from a slip in the second Thursday. … INF Jonathan Villar (thumb) did a long training session on the field with the hope of getting out OK on Saturday and then being able to go on rehab. … RHP Zach Davies, who underwent an MRI earlier in the week on his back while he undressed a shoulder injury, was tuned in with Class-A Peoria. … Milwaukee opted for RHP Jacob Barnes at Triple-A Colorado Springs to clear Soria's training room.
Giants: After five innings a night earlier, Joe Panik 2B (contraction of the left groin) went 1 for 3 with a walk playing seven innings for Triple-A Sacramento on Friday then nine Saturday before moving on a few days with Class-A San Jose once Sacramento goes on the road.
UP
Brewers: RHP Jhoulys Chacin (9-3, 3.58 ERA) is attempting to achieve double-digit wins for a second season in a row as he wins the No. 10 win and a fourth consecutive win .
Giants: RHP Johnny Cueto (3-1, 2.76) makes his fourth start since retiring from DL on July 5 and is 11-3 with a 2.74 ERA in 21 starts against Milwaukee .
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