SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants started their afternoon by honoring the legacy of Brandon Crawford. They ended their afternoon by beating the Texas Rangers, 3-2, due to a walk-off single within the backside of the ninth inning by pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey.
San Francisco and Texas entered the ninth inning tied up at two runs apiece. Ryan Walker labored round back-to-back singles to begin the inning and pitched a scoreless body within the high of the ninth, establishing a chance for the offense to ship a win.
Heliot Ramos started the underside of the ninth with a leadoff single in opposition to Jacob Webb, then LaMonte Wade Jr. adopted up with a stroll to present the Giants runners on first and second with no outs. These runners superior 90 toes apiece when Christian Koss laid down a sacrifice bunt, placing runners on second and third with one out.
Giants supervisor Bob Melvin pinch-hit Sam Huff, the previous Ranger, for Bailey; Rangers supervisor Bruce Bochy countered by bringing in left-handed reliever Jacob Latz. The transfer swung in Melvin’s favor. On the primary pitch Bailey noticed, he flipped a walk-off single into proper discipline to drive in Ramos.
Robbie Ray turned in arguably his finest begin as a Big, permitting two runs over seven innings with eight strikeouts, the primary time he’s accomplished seven innings with the orange and black. Ray’s 23 whiffs have been essentially the most induced by a Giants pitcher this season.
The Rangers scored a pair of runs in opposition to Ray within the first and third innings, however Willy Adames supplied the equalizer within the backside of the fifth inning with a two-run single. Adames is at the moment driving a five-game hitting streak and has recorded at the very least one hit in seven of his final eight video games.
