Brewers 2, Giants 1:

Trip opens with 10inning loss.

MILWAUKEE — As the Giants begin to get all of their regulars back, their lineup has grown deeper and better.

At least, that’s the plan, but Friday was a showcase for pitching instead. Milwaukee AllStar Corbin Burnes allowed just one run, a solo homer by Brandon Belt, and Giants rookie Logan Webb allowed only a solo homer by Avisail García. It wasn’t until the 10th when the Brewers broke that deadlock, with Rowdy Tellez clipping an oppositefield double down the thirdbase line to score García, the runner placed at second, to give Milwaukee a 21 victory in the first game between the two firstplace teams this season.

“Tellez was able to just slap that all down the leftfield line in that situation,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said of the hit off Jarlin García. “Most of the time, hitters are trying to move the hitter over, maybe get a pitch he can pull in the air. He was late on that ball but squared it up enough to slice it inside the line.”

Mike Yastrzemski helped Webb squelch the Brewers’ offense, leaping for a high drive by Tellez in the fourth and making a tremendous catch while crashing into the wall. He was slow to get up after bashing his left shoulder, but remained in the game. “That catch was amazing,” Webb said. “It’s fun to watch him play every day because I don’t know how many times he’s ran into the wall down the rightfield line this year. He just puts his body on the line.”

Yastrzemski thought he was closer to the wall than he actually was because the track is a little wider than he’d expected. “I just kind of got lucky to make the play,” he said.

He was still feeling it after the game, saying, “Yeah, I hit it pretty hard — I kind of feel like I ran into a wall. But nothing feels wrong,” Yastrzemski said. “Just a little sore.”

Webb has turned in nine good starts in a row, allowing just nine runs in 47 innings and striking out 48 against 10 walks. Even the pitch Webb threw García was a good one, a 32 slider down and away that García somehow reached for offbalance and drove out to right center, just clearing the fence. “I was pretty shocked by that,” Webb said.

“I thought Webb was going toetotoe with Burnes, and Burnes has some nasty stuff,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “Webb kind of matched all the way through the game with his intensity and his stuff.”

Belt’s sixthinning homer was his first since coming off the injured list Thursday, and it was just the second hit of the night for the Giants against Burnes, who went seven innings and allowed four hits and a walk.

“When you’re throwing 96 mph cutters that move almost across the entire plate, it’s going to be a tough day for us,” Yastrzemski said.

The Giants did nothing else of note at the plate. In the 10th inning, they failed to score with the runner placed at second to start the inning, as Brent Suter retired three pinchhitters — Austin Slater struck out, Darin Ruf flied out and Donovan Solano struck out.

Yastrzemski and Tommy La Stella found themselves in the unfamiliar reaches of the lineup’s back end. With a sevenman bench while Kevin Gausman is on paternity leave, the coaching staff is thrilled with the talent available. Kapler said coach Nick Ortiz told him before the game, “This is kind of fun, because you could flip this lineup upside down, and it would still be a pretty interesting group, right?”

Milwaukee has charged out to a sevengame lead in the NL Central despite a wave of positive coronavirus tests, with nine in the past 11 days, including outfielder Christian Yelich.

The Giants are among the teams that have not lost any players to positive tests this season, and they’ll continue to be vigilant when it comes to the MLB protocols. “We’re going to continue take those measures to keep our club as safe as possible,” Kapler said. “We know that there’s no guarantee, but we are cognizant of the protocols in place, and I think we do a fine job of following those.”

The Giants could have their full projected infield back together early next week. Evan Longoria had a hit in his first rehab game with TripleA Sacramento and, more important, Kapler said, “He felt great physically.”

Aaron Sanchez will start Saturday’s game and is likely to work at least three or four innings in what is essentially a bullpen game.