The San Francisco Giants, unequivocally baseball's best team in even-numbered years , started off 2016 in grand style. Ace Madison Bumgarner was so-so by his standards in his opening day start Monday, going five innings and giving up three runs, but it was the Giants' offense that stood out in a 12-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The highlight came in the eighth inning, when Denard Span, Joe Panik and Buster Posey launched back-to-back-to-back home runs off Brewers reliever Ariel Pena to put an exclamation point on San Francisco's punishing day at the plate. [ Sign up for Fantasy Baseball | Play for $40K | Expert rankings | Mock draft ] It's been almost 20 years since any team in the majors hit three consecutive home runs in the first game of the season. Coincidentally, the manager of the last team to do it was also Bruce Bochy. Per Elias, Giants are first team to go back-to-back-to-back on Opening Day since the 1997 Padres. — Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) April 4, 2016 Span led the way offensively for the Giants with five RBIs and two runs scored while third baseman Matt Duffy came up with four RBIs off two home runs of his own and first baseman Brandon Belt went 3-for-4...
Giants go back-to-back-to-back in blowout win over Brewers
Published April 4, 2016 at 3:40 PM
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