SAN FRANCISCO — LaMonte Wade Jr. lined a single in entrance of sliding middle fielder Myles Straw within the tenth inning to drive in Blake Sabol with the profitable run, and the San Francisco Giants rallied previous the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Monday night time.

The comeback victory stored the Giants simply 1½ video games behind Arizona for the third NL wild card. San Francisco has received 4 straight following a six-game slide.

Cleveland dropped its third in a row and remained 7 1/2 video games again of first-place Minnesota within the AL Central.

“They call him late-night LaMonte for a reason,” Sabol mentioned. “What makes him such a special player is no matter what’s happening, whether he’s 0 for 4 or if he’s 4 for 4, he’s the same guy walking up to the plate. When he walked up there at the end, I felt pretty good.”

After the Guardians went forward within the prime of the tenth, San Francisco answered with two runs and received in its ultimate at-bat for the sixth time this season.

Sabol, who entered as a pinch-hitter within the seventh, singled off All-Star nearer Emmanuel Clase (2-9) to drive in Joc Pederson with the tying run.

PHOTOS: Giants rally previous Guardians 5-4 in 10 innings to maintain tempo in NL wild-card chase

After Sabol stole second and moved to 3rd on a balk, Wade laced a line drive to quick middle that fell simply in entrance of Straw. The crowd of 20,705 - the third-smallest at Oracle Park this season - roared as Giants gamers rushed onto the infield to have fun.

“(Clase) throws hard. Just trying to hit something up the middle and let him supply the power, but still stay within the approach, not trying to get too big,” Wade mentioned. “I was able to do that.”

Wade had two hits. Mike Yastrzemski additionally had two for San Francisco, together with his 14th dwelling run.

The Guardians blew leads of 2-0 and 3-2 earlier than going forward 4-3 within the tenth on Andrés Giménez’s RBI single.

Luke Jackson (2-2) fielded a comebacker and threw out Josh Naylor at third base.

“Everything worked together to get today’s win,” Sabol mentioned.

Naylor hit his ninth dwelling run and had two RBIs for Cleveland within the Guardians’ first look at Oracle Park since 2017. Naylor and his brother, Bo, every had two hits.

Josh Naylor doubled in his first at-bat, then turned on a splitter from starter Alex Cobb within the third and crushed it over the right-field wall into McCovey Cove.

Pederson singled dwelling a run within the backside half and one other one scored on J.D. Davis’ groundout, placing the Giants forward 3-2.

Cleveland tied it within the seventh on Steven Kwan’s two-out RBI single.

STARTING OFF

Cobb made his first begin at dwelling since his bid for a no-hitter was damaged up with two outs within the ninth inning at Oracle Park on Aug. 29. He allowed three hits and two unearned runs in 5 innings.

Cobb had a cortisone shot between begins and had his outing pushed again a day due to it, however the first-time All-Star was in noticeable discomfort dealing with his first batter in opposition to Cleveland, reaching round to therapeutic massage his proper hip at numerous factors. After Cobb threw his ninth pitch, supervisor Gabe Kapler and athletic coach Dave Ghroeschner got here out to verify on the pitcher.

The three met briefly and Cobb remained within the recreation.

“It’s not going to be perfect, we don’t expect it to be, but there are going to be some starts that are easier for him to get through than others,” Kapler mentioned. “Tonight was a real grind.”

Cobb mentioned he’s accepted that the hip impingement damage he sustained in June is prone to linger the rest of the season.

“Kind of my disappointment today was the fact that I thought that maybe the cortisone shot would totally get rid of it, and it didn’t,” Cobb mentioned. “So now I just have to reassess and realize I’m probably going to have to deal with some sort of issues in there throughout the rest of the year.”

The recreation was the 82nd began by a rookie for Cleveland this season, most by any staff within the majors.

Gavin Williams threw six uneven innings and helped the Guardians set up a franchise report with 542 1/3 innings pitched this yr by rookies.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: Davis was pulled with decrease again tightness within the seventh. … RHP Ross Stripling threw 50 pitches throughout a dwell bullpen session. One of San Francisco’s prime free-agent acquisitions within the offseason, Stripling has been on the injured record due to a decrease again pressure since May 19. …. Kapler mentioned it’s potential C Patrick Bailey (concussion) will likely be activated off the IL by Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Giants LHP Sean Manaea (5-5, 5.00 ERA) returns to the rotation after pitching out of the bullpen for some time. Manaea is unbeaten in 5 profession video games in opposition to Cleveland.

Guardians RHP Cal Quantrill (2-6, 5.70), who sat out a month earlier this season as a result of irritation in his pitching shoulder, will likely be going for his first win since May 7.

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