San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 7
When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, August 14, 2022
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Chris Guccione, 1B -
Dan Merzel, 2B -
Jeremie Rehak, 3B -
Quinn Wolcott
Attendance:
36471
By Field Level Media
Thairo Estrada crushed a two-run, walk-off home run to center field with one out in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon, allowing the host San Francisco Giants to overcome a huge game by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Bryan Reynolds for an 8-7 victory.
Reynolds had a two-run double and a three-run homer in a Pirates comeback, then raced home from second base on Evan Longoria's throwing error with one out in the top of the ninth to put Pittsburgh up 7-6.
But Longoria led off the bottom of the ninth with a single and, after Mike Yastrzemski forced his teammate at second with a fielder's choice grounder, Estrada launched his 11th home run of the season off Wil Crowe (4-7) for the Giants' sixth walk-off win of the season.
Camilo Doval (4-5), who allowed the unearned run in the top of the ninth that put the Giants in a one-run hole, was credited with the win.
The Giants appeared well on their way to a three-game sweep before the Pirates, thanks to Reynolds, rallied for three runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to take a lead after having trailed 5-0.
Reynolds' two-run double off Giants starter Alex Wood highlighted the fifth-inning uprising, during which the visitors got within 5-3.
His three-run homer, his 17th of the season, followed a walk to Jason Delay and an infield single by Kevin Newman to open the seventh against Giants reliever John Brebbia.
The five-RBI game missed his career-high by one, that having come in a three-homer explosion against the Washington Nationals in June. He also finished with three hits and scored three times.
The Giants drew even at 6-6 and set up the ninth-inning dramatics on a Brandon Crawford two-out, run-scoring double in the last of the seventh.
LaMonte Wade Jr.'s fourth homer in his last six starts and seventh overall this season, a three-run shot off Pirates starter Zach Thompson in the second inning, provided the highlight of the Giants' early run to a 5-0 lead. Tommy La Stella and Wilmer Flores accounted for the other two runs with RBI doubles.
Flores had a double and two singles for the Giants, whose sweep came on the first three dates of a seven-game homestand. Estrada, Crawford and Joey Bart had two hits apiece in the Giants' 13-hit assault.
Newman, Delay and Rodolfo Castro collected two hits apiece to join Reynolds in the multiple-hit category for the Pirates, who completed a 2-8 trip. Newman and Delay each scored twice.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
San Francisco |
Zach Thompson
|
Player |
Alex Wood
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
5 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
7 |
Hits |
5 |
11.25 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.297 |
17 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
San Francisco
|
13 |
2 |
22 |
.351 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |