After entering the game just 2-17 when trailing after the eighth inning, they handed Soriano his second straight blown save and third in 15 chances this year. The Giants earned their 13th comeback win this season. I put that whole loss on me," Harper said. He also missed two games because of a bruised left knee before coming back Monday night. Harper said he was thinking about the play last week when he ran face-first into the wall in a scary collision against the Dodgers and needed 11 stitches in his chin. With San Francisco down to its last strike, Blanco sent an 84 mph slider over the head of right fielder Bryce Harper for the tying triple. Washington's fourth consecutive loss might be its most painful.īuster Posey hit an infield single leading off the ninth against Soriano and was lifted for pinch-runner Andres Torres. "I don't feel good because I didn't make a zero and (keep) the game tied," Maya said. Mattheus broke his right pitching hand punching a locker following a loss at San Diego on Sunday. Maya had been called up from Triple-A Syracuse earlier in the day after the Nationals placed reliever Ryan Mattheus on the 15-day disabled list. Jeremy Affelft (1-0) tossed a scoreless inning for the win. Both starters lasted seven innings in a matchup of NL aces. The Giants' comeback upstaged a superb outing by Stephen Strasburg. "I don't think Bonds ever hit one that high," said Matt Cain, who allowed two runs in seven innings.īlanco finished 3 for 4, including the RBI triple off closer Rafael Soriano with two outs in the ninth. The ball landed just shy of the plaque on the brick wall marking Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run. It was Sandoval's second career game-ending hit - both home runs against the Nationals - and San Francisco's sixth walk-off win this year. Saddled with flu-like symptoms all week, Sandoval flipped his bat and shifted into a slow trot as soon as he sent the changeup off Yunesky Maya (0-1) over the right-center field wall for his eighth homer this season. It's your job to fight," said Sandoval, who was so dehydrated he had to receive intravenous fluids before the game. "You have to give 100 percent no matter what. Sandoval hit a towering two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning after Gregor Blanco's tying triple in the ninth, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Tuesday night. SAN FRANCISCO - Sweating, sniffling and sneezing, Pablo Sandoval felt horrible until his final swing. MLB, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals Pablo Sandoval's homer completes Giants' rally past Nationals
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