Giants Ride Offense To 10-6 Opening Day Win Over Brewers

Travis Ishikawa's bases-loaded, first-inning triple set the tone Tuesday for the Giants, who ended a three-game Opening Day losing streak and overcame Tim Lincecum's ineffectiveness with a 10-6 decision over the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Giants, who ranked last in the Major Leagues with 94 home runs last year, also received home runs from Aaron Rowand in the fourth inning, Bengie Molina leading off the seventh and Randy Winn leading off the eighth. Rowand's homer, good for two runs, erased Milwaukee's 5-4 lead.

Rowand added an RBI double in the seventh.

Lincecum, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, lasted three innings, matching the shortest start of his career. Clearly lacking command of his fastball, he allowed three runs and four hits while walking three and striking out five.


BATTING
2B: Sandoval, P (1, Bush), Rowand (1, Bush).
3B: Ishikawa (1, Suppan).
HR: Rowand (1, 4th inning off Suppan, 1 on, 0 out), Molina, B (1, 7th inning off Bush, 0 on, 0 out), Winn (1, 8th inning off Julio, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Winn 4; Renteria; Lewis; Molina, B 5; Sandoval, P 3; Ishikawa 4; Rowand 6; Lincecum.
RBI: Ishikawa 3 (3), Winn 2 (2), Rowand 3 (3), Burriss (1), Molina, B (1).
2-out RBI: Ishikawa 3; Burriss.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rowand; Schierholtz 2; Velez; Ishikawa.
SF: Winn.
GIDP: Renteria.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Lewis (1, throw).
DP: 3 (Renteria-Burriss-Ishikawa 2, Renteria-Ishikawa).

WP: Lincecum, Hinshaw.
HBP: Sandoval, P (by Suppan), Burriss (by Suppan), Braun (by Lincecum), Weeks (by Martinez, J).
Pitches-strikes: Suppan 62-37, McClung 42-22, Bush 16-11, Julio 17-9, Lincecum 78-44, Martinez, J 42-23, Medders 13-9, Affeldt 15-9, Howry 18-12, Hinshaw 18-8, Wilson 6-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Suppan 4-7, McClung 3-1, Bush 1-1, Julio 0-2, Lincecum 3-1, Martinez, J 5-0, Medders 0-2, Affeldt 3-0, Howry 0-0, Hinshaw 2-0, Wilson 0-0.
Batters faced: Suppan 20, McClung 10, Bush 6, Julio 6, Lincecum 17, Martinez, J 10, Medders 3, Affeldt 4, Howry 5, Hinshaw 4, Wilson 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Wilson 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth. 1B: Kerwin Danley. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 58 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:22.
Att: 42,767.
April 7, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner