MILWAUKEE — Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to put the San Francisco Giants ahead for good in a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
The Giants played their fourth straight one-run game. They've gone 2-2 during that stretch.
''We're pushing for a wild-card spot right now ... so we're just trying to get these games, just trying to win these one-run games as much as we can," said Grant McCray, who also homered for the Giants. ''They're little nail-biters, but as long as we keep pulling through, we're good.''
San Francisco's Matt Chapman went 3 for 4 with a solo shot.
Thairo Estrada nearly homered as well, but Milwaukee's Blake Perkins reached his gloved arm over the center-field wall to catch the Giants second baseman's leadoff drive in the fifth inning. Perkins has four homer-preventing catches this season.
''It's cool," Perkins said. "Again, I wish it would have meant more in the game in the end, but it's still cool.''
The Giants trailed 4-3 before Chapman opened the seventh with a single off Joel Payamps (3-6), who had been unscored upon in his last 11 appearances. Yastrzemski followed with a drive over the wall in right-center.
''They have a really good bullpen,'' Giants manager Bob Melvin said. ''They have a really good pitching staff, period. But the guys they bring in later in the game can be very difficult. You're fortunate to get on a guy quickly like him, who's really good, and kind of put pressure on him early in the inning.''