PITTSBURGH — The Giants knew they’d be examined straight out of the gate as they launched into an 11-game, four-city highway journey to start out the second half.
They’ve risen to the problem up to now, finishing a three-game sweep of the Pirates with an 8-4 win in 10 innings in Sunday afternoon’s sequence finale at PNC Park. The Giants have now received 5 in a row and 6 of their final seven video games, bettering to 52-41 on the season.
San Francisco took a 3-2 lead into the eighth inning, however the Pirates got here alive late and rallied to tie the sport towards submariner Tyler Rogers. Andrew McCutchen led off with a single, and Rogers issued back-to-back walks to Carlos Santana and Henry Davis to load the bases with no outs for Jason Triolo, who lifted a game-tying sacrifice fly to proper area.
Giants supervisor Gabe Kapler subsequently introduced in Rogers’ twin brother Taylor, who managed to restrict the injury by placing out Tucupita Marcano and Jason Delay on sweepers to finish the inning.
The Giants’ offense went on to attain 5 runs within the high of the tenth, with Michael Conforto and Patrick Bailey every delivering two-run doubles off Pirates reliever Yerry De Los Santos to assist San Francisco end off its first three-game sweep at Pittsburgh since 2017.
With the primary leg of their longest highway journey of the season within the books, the Giants will now head to Cincinnati, the place they’ll kick off a four-game sequence at Great American Ball Park on Monday evening. Logan Webb, who ended the primary half with a Major League-high 126 innings, will begin the sequence opener and shall be adopted by Anthony DeSclafani, Ross Stripling and Alex Cobb.
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