Giants 7, Brewers 0: Sadowski Goes Six, Schierholtz Stays Red Hot

For the first time all season, the San Francisco Giants used their sixth starting pitcher. After numerous poor performances by Jonathan Sanchez, the Giants brought up Triple A starter Ryan Sadowski to at-least temporarily take over the last spot in the rotation. After losing the first two games of the series, the Giants were putting their hopes on the rookie to avoid the sweep. In the top half of the first inning the Giants offense went down quickly, giving Sadowski little time to shake off the nerves going into his big league debut. However, the young right-hander looked right at home on a big league mound from the first inning all the way through his sixth and final inning. Sadowski allowed no runs, just four hits (one of which should have been caught by Fred Lewis) three walks and two strikeouts. Not only did the 26-year-old shut down a powerful Brewers lineup in his debut but the Giants gave him a three run cushion early on when they dropped a three spot ... (link)