Santiago Casilla failed to retire a batter or protect a one-run lead in the 10th inning and balked in the winning run when he tripped while attempting to deliver a pitch as the Giants lost 7-6 to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
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NOTES: San Diego LF Melvin Upton Jr. was placed on bereavement leave Friday and is scheduled to rejoin the Padres on Monday in St. Louis.
Said Padres manager Andy Green: “He just stumbled, caught a spike when he put his foot down”. “There’s no doubt about that”. They beat us handily, consistently. “It’s a lot better being on this side of things”.
Jackson pitched a no-hitter in 2010 for Arizona, walking eight and throwing 149 pitches to stop Tampa Bay. Though there was no game action on Thursday, there is still plenty to talk about, as the Giants have made a relatively small change to their rotation, and there are plenty of injured players whose recoveries were updated. I don t know why, but that s what caused the balk. “Obviously, he’s had some success off me”. It s frustrating. What s more frustrating is that I felt really good today. I felt like he left some mistakes over the plate.
Facing, the Lancaster JetHawks, who are the Astros’ Single-A team, Cain allowed nine earned runs in four innings of work. Weirdly enough, this is the third straight season with a walk-off balk. I don’t remember him ever ripping off sliders like that.
“It looked like he was a little discombobulated there on the balk”, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “We’ve got to go out and play good baseball and take it a day at a time and see where we stack up at the end of the season”. Travis Jankowski stole third and Posey threw the ball into left field for an error that brought in a run. “He wasn’t quite as sharp and they took advantage of it. Still, he keeps you in the game”. “We just couldn’t do anything offensively”.
The last inning featured two injections after Maurer threw a called third strike past Giants first baseman Brandon Belt.
Sergio Romo was absolutely dominant in the ninth and Buster Posey gave the Giants the lead with a homer in the top of the 10th.
Cashner (4-7) allowed one run on four hits and a hit batter with nine strikeouts over six innings. They remain TBA for a starter in Sunday s series finale; it ll be right-hander Andrew Cashner against Bumgarner on Friday, and then right-hander Luis Perdomo against Jeff Samardzija on Saturday.
“It was a great catch”, Green said. I don’t think you want to go into the ground in the first row too often.
Giants: OF Hunter Pence, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. They’ve won five of their last six games against National League West opponents with Samardzija on the mound and are also 5-2 in his last seven road starts against a team with a losing record.
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The Giants are 17-4 in their last 21 during game 3 of a series and 16-2 in Cuetos last 18 starts.
