Willy Adames returned to Milwaukee and acknowledged the ovation before homering on the first pitch he saw, launching it 419 feet over the left-field wall. Adames homered twice, including an eighth-inning shot that began a comeback. Luis Matos also homered and later scored on a wild pitch in the ninth to tie the game. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, William Contreras hit a slider from Randy Rodriguez over the left-center wall for a walk-off home run, giving the Giants a 5-4 victory. Rodriguez entered the day 3-3 with a 7.50 ERA in six innings pitched this month.
Willy Adames held his helmet above his head as he stood near home plate and acknowledged the ovation he was given by Milwaukee Brewers fans at American Family Field. He then gave Brewers catcher and former teammate William Contreras a hug and nodded in the direction of starting pitcher Jose Quintana. Adames then took the first pitch he saw from Quintana and launched it 419 feet over the left field wall,
But Contreras got the last laugh, as he homered off Randy Rodriguez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to hand the Giants a 5-4 loss. San Francisco is now a season-low seven games below .500 as it continues its series with the Brewers on Saturday and Sunday. Rodriguez hung a slider that Contreras hit over the left-center field wall for the dramatic walk-off win.
Before Friday, Rodriguez, a first-time all-star this year who took over the closer role after Camilo Doval was traded to the Yankees, was 3-3 with a 7.50 ERA in six innings pitched this month. It's hard to swallow a one-run loss when we felt like once Randy's in the game there, we're going to get through the ninth, Giants manager Bob Melvin said.
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