“Belt’s an excellent defender, and LaMonte hasn’t played over there that much. “I think there will be some growing pains and bumps along the way for anybody that has to fill in for Brandon Belt on defense,” manager Gabe Kapler said. Speedy Jake McCarthy zoomed all the way to third base and scored two batters later on Rojas’ sacrifice fly. But in the third inning, he missed a routine pickoff throw from Logan Webb, letting the ball deflect off his mitt and role into foul territory off the right-field line. In large part, Wade has handled himself nicely around the bag. And across the diamond - even at first base, a position he rarely played before becoming a Giant. If the versatile Wade has proven anything this season, it’s that he is capable of succeeding in many roles. When the inning ended, the Giants had scored four runs on three hits, two of them that were 75 mph and 62.1 mph off the bat.īy the late innings, Wade’s error was all but forgotten. Not much later, Posey scored on a wild pitch. Brandon Crawford introduced himself to new reliever Joe Mantiply with another soft single that made the score 4-1. Tommy La Stella hit a soft single to load the bases for Flores.Īfter Flores’ single made it 2-1, Poppen walked Buster Posey to force home the Giants’ third run. Two batters later, Alex Dickerson was hit on the top of his left foot and took a painful stroll to first base. The inning started with an error, Evan Longoria reaching on shortstop Josh Rojas’ bad throw. That sixth inning didn’t feature hard-hit balls or deep drives. Wade was out of the game by the time the Giants rallied, replaced by pinch-hitter Flores an inning earlier once the Diamondbacks brought in left-handed reliever Caleb Smith.Īnd it was Flores, because this is how the Giants roll, who got the tiebreaking hit, a bases-loaded single off Sean Poppen. “To get to this point, it makes you proud. “Obviously, every year, this is the goal that every team has,” Wilmer Flores said. The second-place Dodgers beat the Padres 2-1, and the Giants’ magic number for winning the National League West dropped a notch to 4 - with five games to play.
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The Giants went on to beat Arizona 6-4 to maintain their two-game edge in the National League West and claim their 103rd win, tying the San Francisco franchise record. The score was 1-1 until the sixth inning when Wade’s teammates rendered the error meaningless and staged a four-run rally. We’ve seen all season how the Giants have had the knack to “pick up” a teammate.Īs fate would have it, Wade was the starting first baseman in Tuesday’s homestand opener in the first game Brandon Belt missed with a fractured thumb, and Wade committed an error that led to the Diamondbacks’ first run.
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Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less (31) could not catch the pickoff throw from Logan Webb (62) allowing Jake McCarthy (30) to take second and third in the third inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of7 Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 6 of7īuster Posey (28) high fives Evan Longoria (10) after he scored on a bases-loaded walk in the first inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of7īuster Posey (28) hands his gear to a batboy after hitting a double in the first inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Wilmer Flores (41) singles for an rbi in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of7 Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of7īuster Posey (28) high fives Evan Longoria (10) after he scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of7īrandon Crawford (35) strikes out swinging as he lost his grip on it in the fifth inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Buster Posey (28) high fives teammates in the dugout after he scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants played the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.