Gennett and Villar Hit HRs in a Forgettable Opening Day Loss

Coming into Opening Day, the Brewers offense knew they’d have a lot of work to do facing 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner. As most fans wouldn’t have been surprised by a dominant performance by him, the Brewers made it a game, but not for long.

Early on both Scooter Gennett and Jonathan Villar made sure they let Bumgarner know he wouldn’t have a dominant performance as each had a solo home run. Gennett’s came in the bottom of the 2^nd inning and Villar followed him up in the 3^rd. Along with Chris Carter’s walk in the 1^st inning, the Brewers had a run in each of the 1^st three innings. But, that was all for the Brewers in the run department.

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Wily Peralta had a rough Opening Day start as he only lasted 4 innings giving up 4 ERs in 4 IP with 2 Ks and 2 BBs. Bumgarner did a bit better stretching it out to 5 IP, 3 ER, 5 BBs, and 6 Ks.

The Giants stretched the game out in the top of the 5^th as Matt Duffy hit a 3-run home run and the Giants went up 7-3 off Brewers relief pitcher Carlos Torres. Although, the game didn’t look the best for the Brewers, it got a whole lot worse in the top of the 8^th as the Brewers gave up 5 ERs on back-to-back-to-back home runs.

Denard Span, Joe Panik and Buster Posey all hit one off of Ariel Pena as he gave up all 5 ERs. At that point, it made some fans make sure to not get stuck in traffic and leave early as the Brewers took the loss 12-3.

The Brewers hope to have a rebound game tomorrow against the Giants as Jimmy Nelson will take the start against Johnny Cueto at 7:10 PM at Miller Park.