MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Eight days of offensive frustration were shed in one inning by the San Francisco Giants.

J.T. Snow hit a grand slam to cap San Francisco's 11-run sixth inning as the Giants emphatically snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 16-10 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

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"I haven't seen an explosion like that in a long time," San Francisco manager Dusty Baker said. "We had some guys who had huge days."

As the Giants headed home, they took comfort in the fact they only relinquished two games in the standings to NL West leader Arizona during their struggles. With 18 of their next 24 at home and no games outside California until June 20, Baker thinks it's time to make a run.

"This is a great way to start a hopefully great homestand," Baker said. "This is one of the biggest victories we've had since I've been here. I mean, 1-8 isn't much better than 0-9, but we're still in (the division race)."

The 11 runs tied Milwaukee's franchise record for runs allowed in an inning and were the most scored by San Francisco since July 15, 1997. The Giants, who had 30 baserunners in the game, broke out just one day after they were shut out for the first time this season.

San Francisco's Russ Ortiz (3-5) gave up 10 earned runs and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings. He is the first starting pitcher to give up 10 runs in a victory since 1954, when Pittsburgh's Bob Friend did it in an 18-10 victory over Chicago.

"By the time I came up, we already had a pretty sizable lead," Ortiz said. "It allowed me to be relaxed and just swing."

San Francisco actually gave up a four-run lead in the fifth before ripping Milwaukee relievers Hector Ramirez (0-1) and Valerio De Los Santos in the sixth. The two pitchers combined to allow 11 earned runs, seven hits and four walks.

Snow drove in five runs in the inning -- four on his sixth career grand slam off De Los Santos -- and had one of five run-scoring singles as 15 hitters went to the plate. Brewers manager Davey Lopes brought in left-hander De Los Santos specifically to face Snow before his RBI single.

"I'm still new at hitting lefties, so it was nice to have success," said Snow, who hit the first career homer in 1993. "I never thought I'd get up against him again with the bases loaded, and I just got a good pitch to hit."

Lowery, who was hitting .219 for Triple-A Fresno when he was recalled earlier in the week, played left field in place of resting Barry Bonds. He went 5-for-6 with three doubles, scoring three runs while improving to 12-for-19 (.632) in six games since being recalled.

Despite his gaudy numbers, Lowery knows he's probably headed back to Fresno when Ellis Burks returns from a quadriceps injury Thursday.

"The big-league atmosphere helps me," Lowery said. "Guys like Barry and Jeff (Kent) have more pressure than me. Nobody's going to pitch around me up here."

Ortiz retired his first nine batters but tired badly, throwing two wild pitches and allowing three walks in the seventh before coming out. He threw 132 pitches in the game as Baker tried to force Ortiz to finish off the seventh inning.

The strategy didn't work, as Marquis Grissom's three-run double with two outs cut the Giants' lead to 16-10. Milwaukee, which had its three-game winning streak snapped, scored 28 runs in winning two of three from San Francisco.

Ramirez relieved Brewers starter John Snyder, who gave up eight hits, four walks and five runs over five innings in his Milwaukee debut. Snyder was acquired from the White Sox in the offseason but spent the season's first six weeks rehabilitating a ribcage muscle pull.

"I can't be giving up five runs every game, but it's good to know they can come back like that," Snyder said. "But I knew in spring training this team had offensive firepower like it's shown lately."

San Francisco led 4-0 after three innings and 5-1 in the fifth, but Mark Loretta's three-run homer tied the game 5-5 entering the sixth. Jose Hernandez hit a solo homer in the sixth, his second in as many games.

Game notes
Brewers reliever Horacio Estrada finally ended the sixth inning by getting Rios to fly out. In the seventh, Estrada got his first career hit. ... Bill Mueller, whose 15-game hitting streak was snapped Saturday, was the only Giants starter who didn't drive in a run. ... Workers at under-construction Miller Park just beyond the bleachers kept the crowd entertained while doing work on the stadium's retractable roof. One worker twice slid on his rear down a portion of the roof's highest arched beam, drawing oohs from the crowd. ... Snow's last grand slam came on July 25, 1998, against Cincinnati. In the sixth inning alone, Snow went 2-for-2 with five RBI against De Los Santos. ... In allowing six hits and eight earned runs in two-thirds of an inning, De Los Santos' ERA went from 4.08 to 6.44.