Highlights of Thursday’s MLB games (Reuters)

(Adds later games) April 18 (Sports Direct) – Highlights of Thursday’s Major League Baseball games – – – – Brewers 7, Giants 2 Yovani Gallardo pitched six strong innings and hit his 11th career home run as Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of visiting San Francisco. Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy each added a two-run homer in support of Gallardo (1-1). The right-hander, who was arrested for DUI early on Tuesday, belted a first-pitch fastball from Matt Cain into the Brewers bullpen in the second inning to provide a 5-0 lead and allowed a run and five hits on the mound. …