Kyle Harrison shows Giants what theyre missing in loss to Brewers
MILWAUKEE — The Giants got a taste of what they gave up, and it had to be a bitter pill to swallow with the way Kyle Harrison mowed through their meager lineup Tuesday night.San Francisco had no answers for its former top prospect in an 8-3 loss to the Brewers.Facing his former team for the first time since he was traded last summer for Rafael Devers (and again this winter, to Milwaukee), Harrison held the Giants scoreless for 5 ⅔ innings and departed to a standing ovation after matching a career high in strikeouts.Besides a solo shot from Willy Adames with two outs in the sixth, the best piece of contact the Giants put on any of Harrison’s pitches might’ve been a foul ball from Jonah Cox that landed in the second deck — only on the wrong side of the foul pole.Cox came up empty on his next swing, going down as Harrison’s 11th of 12 strikeout victims.It proved to be quite the contrast to the performance the Giants got from their starting pitcher.By the time he took the mound for the second inning, Harrison had already been spotted a three-run lead by Trevor McDonald, his former minor-league teammate.McDonald walked the first two batters he faced and, after getting two outs, served up a 412-foot home run off the batter’s eye in center field to Jake Bauers that scored all three.That was more than enough support for Harrison, who hasn’t allowed three runs in any of his 11 starts this season.
He hadn’t surrendered any for 23 consecutive innings until Adames snuck a line drive over the left field wall.His 1.57 ERA is the second-best in the majors.Starting pitching problems have plagued the Giants all season, only becoming more glaring in contrast to Harrison.
McDonald became their first starter in three games to complete five innings, but still buried them in a hole they couldn’t climb out of after just the first inning.San Francisco fell to 9-29 when allowing its opponent to score first.President of baseball operations Buster Posey made the bold mov...