Cain struggles, Giants come up short against Brewers

Cain struggles, Giants come up short against Brewers MILWAUKEE – Matt Cain usually gets hit hard at Miller Park. On Tuesday night, he more or less got hit soft.

But forget exit velocity for a moment. When you are a Giants pitcher this season, yielding anything means yielding everything.

Brewers right-hander Chase Anderson kept up his sparkling run while throwing 7 2/3 shutout innings, and the Brewers got to Cain early as the Giants lost 5-2 in America’s Dairyland.

Hernán Perez hit a deep home run to start the second inning, but Eric Sogard’s two-run double – a blooper that barely eluded the diving effort of shortstop Brandon Crawford near the left field line – was the most damaging hit of the…