Brewers Give Giants the Slip

After Jose Hernandez slipped in center field and allowed the San Francisco Giants to score a run, he was looking to redeem himself.

Hernandez came back in the next inning to hit the first of two home runs as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Giants, 13-3, on Saturday.

“At the time I slipped, I said to myself, ‘I hope I get a chance to even the score,’ ” said Hernandez, who usually plays shortstop but started in center.

Hernandez went three for six with a run-scoring single in the first inning, a solo home run in the fifth and a three-run homer in the eighth. The Brewers rebounded from losing, 3-2, in 11 innings Friday night on Rich Aurilia’s RBI single.

Jimmy Haynes (6-10) won for the first time since May 22. He was 0-6 in his previous eight starts, equaling a career high for consecutive losses.

Haynes left after six innings, giving up three runs and four hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He threw 119 pitches.

He admitted it wasn’t his strongest outing, and was lucky his teammates provided some offense.

“I was missing off the plate, and getting behind all the time--119 pitches in six innings is not something you want to do,” Haynes said.

The Brewers broke a three-game losing streak and won for only the third time in their last 13 outings.

Shawn Estes (7-3) lost his first game at Pacific Bell Park this season and his first decision since May 3 at Pittsburgh. He was 5-0 in nine starts going into Saturday’s game.

“It was a little bit of everything today: good hitting on their part, and bad location on my part,” Estes said.

The Brewers scored five runs in the fifth, including Hernandez’s leadoff homer.

Ronnie Belliard drove in a run with a single, Haynes scored on reliever Ryan Vogelsong’s wild pitch, and two runs scored when Geoff Jenkins hit a grounder that was mishandled by first baseman Felipe Crespo.

Hernandez padded the lead with his three-run home run in the eighth inning off Chad Zerbe. It was his 17th homer of the season, and marked the fourth multihomer game of his career.

Down 4-0, the Giants rallied for three runs in the fourth. Aurilia singled, then scored on Barry Bonds’ single to center that bounced off the wall.

Jeff Kent added an RBI triple--the hit that Hernandez slipped trying to catch--and scored on Crespo’s sacrifice fly. Bonds’ homerless streak extended to 12 games.