A simple and sweet swing might help end a losing streak but not a team’s woes. Whatever the effect in the long run, it sure felt good Sunday for Buster Posey to barrel up on an inside fastball and smack it to the left-field gap.
This has been a trying stretch for the Giants’ catcher, a hip ailment zapping much of his power, but his three-run double was reminiscent of the old Buster and ignited the struggling Giants to an 8-5 victory over the Brewers.
Posey followed with three straight singles for his first four-hit game since 2016 -- his only out came in his first at-bat, a sizzling liner to first base - and the Giants were thrilled to engage in postgame high-fiving after losing four in a row and six of seven.