The opposite-field shot Crawford hit off Bumgarner came on a 3-0 pitch and marked the first homer hit by a Giants player since the team returned home this week. The Giants added on with Posey’s sacrifice fly in the second and tied the game on Crawford’s 24th home run of the season in the third. Posey stepped out in front of the plate so fans could extend the ovation while Bumgarner took off his batting helmet and tipped it to the crowd, just as he did in his final plate appearance in San Francisco in 2019.īumgarner struck out with the bases loaded and then allowed the Giants to cut into the early Diamondbacks’ lead right away as Darin Ruf doubled home Austin Slater in the bottom of the first. ![]() Meyer/Bay Area News Group)īumgarner received a standing ovation from the crowd at Oracle Park before he even took the mound as his spot in the batting order came up at the end of a three-run first inning for the Diamondbacks. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 30: Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) acknowledges the crowd before batting in front of San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey (28) in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. “It definitely feels good to be able to do two tonight.”Ī night of nostalgia for Giants fans featuring performances from Posey, Arizona starter Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Crawford and even a cameo in the stands from Matt Cain ended in celebration as the club ended the season 17-2 in 19 head-to-head matchups against the Diamondbacks. “I had an idea warming up that I might have to go two, but you’ve just got to take it one at a time as cliche as that sounds,” said Rogers, who received help when Posey threw out pinch-runner Jake McCarthy trying to steal second in the ninth. Six Giants relievers combined to throw 8 1/3 innings of one-run ball and the performance was capped off by two shutout innings from Tyler Rogers, who earned his seventh win of the year and a major league-record 16th victory this month by a member of the Giants bullpen. “The first time doing it at home, it felt good to do and I guess it makes it a lot better feeling to be able to do that at home.” The Giants know they’ll have to take care of business on their own and while Thursday’s game against the Diamondbacks was a bumpy ride, they landed smoothly in a 5-4 walk-off win thanks to their ninth-inning pilot, “Late-Night” LaMonte Wade Jr.Īfter Wilmer Flores hit a one-out double, pinch-runner Steven Duggar scored the winning run on Wade’s game-winning single that tipped off the glove of first baseman Pavin Smith and snuck through the right side of the infield against Diamondbacks reliever Joe Mantiply.įollowing an intentional walk to Donovan Solano and a traditional walk to pinch-hitter Curt Casali, Wade delivered his sixth game-tying or go-ahead ninth-inning hit since the All-Star break and his first at Oracle Park. Those same Dodgers were trailing the Padres 9-5 in the eighth inning in Los Angeles on Wednesday night when they launched four home runs, took an 11-9 lead and stunned the Padres to keep their hopes of winning the division alive. ![]() ![]() The second-place Dodgers were down to their last out in Colorado last Thursday when they rallied for a game-tying ninth-inning run before winning 7-5 in 10 innings. SAN FRANCISCO - If the Giants have learned anything about a historic National League West race over the last week, it’s that they can’t count on any external help.
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