SAN FRANCISCO — It’s Wilmer Flores’ world and everybody’s simply dwelling in it.
An evening after hitting three homers and driving in eight runs, Flores delivered a walk-off win within the backside of the tenth inning by drawing a nine-pitch, bases loaded stroll in opposition to All-Star Mason Miller to ship the Giants a 1-0 win over the Athletics.
Landen Roupp delivered his greatest outing in roughly a month, throwing six shutout innings with 5 strikeouts. Roupp was matched by the Athletics’ Luis Severino, the proprietor of the most important contract in Athletics franchise historical past who additionally pitched six shutout innings with 5 strikeouts.
For a lot of the recreation, each pitching staffs have been in lockstep with each other.
Roupp and Severino every threw six scoreless innings apiece. Randy Rodríguez and Justin Sterner pitched put up zeros within the seventh inning. Tyler Rogers retired the aspect on 4 pitches within the high of the eighth, then Sterner saved the sport tied with one other scoreless body within the backside of the eighth. That set the stage for the ninth.
Ryan Walker retired the aspect so as within the high of the ninth on seven pitches, his first 1-2-3 inning since Could 3. The Athletics’ Tyler Ferguson did the identical, putting out Matt Chapman and Willy Adames within the course of. To further innings the ballgame went.
Doval threw a first-pitch ball, creating anxiousness among the many sellout crowd, however responded by putting out Rooker with a low-and-outside slider to finish the inning, hitting his signature hop as he walked off the mound.
Within the backside of the tenth, the Giants had Adames as the automated runner on second base with LaMonte Wade Jr., Patrick Bailey and Tyler Fitzgerald due up in opposition to All-Star Mason Miller. Wade drew a leadoff stroll, placing runners at first and second with no outs, then Bailey laid down a sacrifice bunt to place runners at second and third with one out.
Miller recorded the inning’s second out by putting out Fitzgerald, and after the intentional stroll of Mike Yastrzemski, Flores stepped to the plate with a chance to play hero. And hero he performed.
