Lewis Brinson homers again, but Giants lose 6-3 to Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers ended the SF Giants winning streak at four on Tuesday by a final score of 6-3. While Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson surrendered a pair of homers, a Giants bullpen game was insufficient to shutdown Los Angeles' high-powered offense.

The Giants got off to a promising start when outfielder Lewis Brinson pounced on the first pitch of the game and deposited it in the left-field bleachers for a lead-off homer. It marked Brinson's third homer in the past two days and the first lead-off homer of his career. While it was his only hit of the game, the 28-year-old is now hitting .333/.333/1.000 in five games since the Giants acquired him.

The Giants clearly planned to attack Anderson early in counts, but while that worked on the first pitch of the game, San Francisco's hitters struggled to replicate that success going forward.

On the other side of the equation, the Giants had reliever John Brebbia start in a planned bullpen game. After designating Andrew Knapp for assignment earlier in the day, the Giants had an open 40-man roster spot and several well-rested pitchers at Triple-A. Instead of bringing in a fresh arm, though, they opted to stick with the guys already in their bullpen. It gave them little room for error.

Brebbia worked around a two-out double by Freddie Freeman, but Jarlin García was clearly struggling with his release point from the moment he entered in the second inning. Max Muncy doubled to lead off the inning followed by a four-pitch walk to Justin Turner. With two runners on, Joey Gallo sat on a fastball and blasted a three-run homer to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead.