DENVER — In one of many strangest video games the Giants have ever performed at Coors Field — a venue during which “strange” is usually an operative phrase — San Francisco misplaced in walk-off vogue, 3-2, after being no-hit for eight innings.
Despite not getting their first hit till the ninth, the Giants led the Rockies, 1-0 by the highest of the eighth. That run got here within the second inning, when Michael Conforto — who was taking part in in his first recreation off the injured checklist after being sidelined with a left hamstring pressure — opened the body with a stroll and later scored on a Patrick Bailey groundout again to the mound.
After Colorado tied the sport within the backside of the eighth, San Francisco went forward within the ninth because of a bases-loaded stroll by pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores after J.D. Davis broke up the no-hit bid with a leadoff double.
But within the backside of the ninth, nearer Camilo Doval was unable to foreclose any possibilities for a wild ending to a weird contest. Charlie Blackmon led off the body with a double to left-center, and one out later, Doval walked Nolan Jones.
Elehuris Montero then singled to left, and Mike Yastrzemski’s throw by no means reached catcher Patrick Bailey’s glove as a result of it hit Blackmon within the bottom as he slid into the plate. The ball kicked away from Bailey and to the backstop, enabling Jones to attain the profitable run.
Every recreation is important for the Giants, who’re in a neck-and-neck NL Wild Card race with the common season winding down. Right-hander Logan Webb almost ensured that even with out a lot assist from the lineup, San Francisco wouldn’t lose floor within the standings Friday. Webb tossed eight sensible innings, yielding one run on 4 hits whereas strolling none and placing out six.
But it was for naught, and the Giants slipped within the postseason chase, with Cincinnati and Miami every profitable on Friday to surpass San Francisco within the Wild Card standings.
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