The right fielder sported a black eye. Crawford had two of them. But he came relatively close during Monday’s extra-innings spectacle against the Miami Marlins. He recorded five singles, a double, a triple and a strike out and fell just a home run shy of the cycle.
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With Bochy sidelined, bench coach Ron Wotus will act as the Giants’ manager in the series opener versus the Marlins. The Giants’ previous franchise record was six, last accomplished by Mike Benjamin in 1995.
There s no guarantee, but they don t see anything happening, said Bochy, 61. Samardzija has been struggling lately with an 0-3 mark in his last three with a 6.75 ERA.
Carlos Estevez (2-7) got his fifth blown save in the ninth.
“Oh God”, said Johnny Cueto, as he watched Posey’s face crunch into third base as his arms somehow became pinned under his body. As a result, Buster made his fourth career All-Star Game appearance this season and he continues to be one of the league’s most consistent players, especially at catcher. “I mean, that’s pretty special”. It also looks like he might have injured his finger sliding into third base, but his absence on Tuesday appears to be about getting rest more than anything. Right fielder Hunter Pence struck out four times two days after taking a foul tip off the cheek that left him with a shiner.
But Crawford’s visage was clean.
Brandon Crawford was a big hit Monday night.
“The four-pitch walks are the worst”, said Moore, who allowed both his runs in a first inning that began with a four-pitch walk to Dee Gordon. “One run, and two RBIs”.
A day after being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, Giants manager Bruce Bochy returned to work on Tuesday with a new prescription and a fresh appreciation for his players.
The Giants scored five times in the seventh off three relievers and started the inning with six consecutive hits on their way to a 6-5 lead.
Even Bochy might have flipped to synchronized diving, or tucked into a cup of lime Jell-O and taken a nap. He needed 14 pitches to strike out two in a ideal inning.
But the Giants never gave him a shot to win. Angel Pagan and Conor Gillaspie notched the team’s only hits off Koehler, who’s allowed only two runs over his last 27 innings.
The sixth inning was Moore’s only ideal one, and he struck out Jeff Mathis to end the frame with his seventh strikeout.
Posey smiled as he looked to the dugout, clearly in disbelief that he nearly threw out one of the game’s premier base stealers while throwing behind a batter.
In the meantime, Monday night s win actually counts on Bochy s record. “It’d be mine if we lost”.
Stennett, 65, played for the Pirates from 1971-79 and was one of the league s best second basemen for a time, but he sustained a significantly fractured ankle in a game against the Giants in 1977 while trying to break up a double play.
With his hit in the 14th, Crawford joined an even smaller club.
Texas have a more comfortable lead in the American League West, with a late rally at Colorado keeping them seven games clear of Seattle, which had a shutout win over Detroit. The Indians’ Johnny Burnett had a nine-hit game in 1932.
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“I think that was why”, Crawford said. He did not have X-rays. But it loosened up and he was able to grip a bat.
