Crawford played the hero, driving in the game-winning run on his seventh (!) hit of the night.
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When Crawford shot a line single to center in the 14th to drive in Brandon Belt and provide the Giants an 8-7 victory, he knew he hit the jackpot when he tied the NL single-game record with hit No. 7. Madison Bumgarner pinch hit and Jeff Samardzija, scheduled to start Wednesday, ran to the bullpen to get loose. “My role is to pitch. It doesn’t matter if you start or relieve”. Miami posted four hits and six walks with Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna driving in runs. “But the way you get it back is by playing”. “We didn’t figure it out today”.
“He’s feeling good about himself”, Mattingly said.
The previous player to get seven hits was Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rennie Stennett on September 16, 1975, at the Chicago Cubs. Crawford struck out after Koehler issued a pair of one-out walks in the first inning.
Crawford, who entered in a 6-for-36 slide, raised his batting average 13 points to.278.
No one has ever finished with eight hits in a game, but besides Burnett and Crawford, four others have collected seven in a game.
Even Bochy might have flipped to synchronized diving, or tucked into a cup of lime Jell-O and taken a nap.
The Giants shortstop may of had 14 innings to collect seven hits, but it was still a unique accomplishment. Bochy returned to the Giants bench on Tuesday but his lineup had no potency in a 2-0 loss to the Miami Marlins.
Oakland’s Kendall Graveman pitched seven strong innings to steer the Athletics to a 3-2 win against Baltimore, dropping the Orioles back into a tie for the AL East lead with Toronto. “I probably be more stressed if I weren’t here”. “That’s all I can ask for”.
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was released from a Miami hospital on Tuesday and is expected to manage tonight’s contest against the Miami Marlins.
“I want him to get better”, Wotus said. The cleanup-hitting catcher featured a raspberry scrape across his chin after sliding face first into third base. The Giants have some power in their line-up, some speed on their bases, and some players that just have the ability to get on base. And he just kept on punching, and punching, and punching until the Giants emerged with an 8-7 extra-inning victory.
It wasn’t all just singles for Crawford either. “They bounced back and from there it was insane after that”.
In St. Louis, Yadier Molina started and ended a five-run rally in the ninth as the Cardinals stunned Cincinnati.
Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki received a standing ovation before his pinch-hit appearance in the sixth after getting his 3,000th career hit Sunday in Colorado. Suzuki tipped his helmet in appreciation before grounding out in his only at-bat.
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Tigers (61-51) at Mariners (58-53) 10:10 p.m. ET – Both teams will start 1-0 pitchers Monday with Detroit’s Daniel Norris (1-0, 4.85) coming back from an oblique injury to make his fourth start.
