#Giants pirates score full#

#Giants pirates score full#

“I will have to wait until tomorrow morning and see when I wake up.”Īfter sweeping the Braves to kick off their road trip, the Giants led for just three full innings in their four-game set in Philadelphia and trailed from the outset of Friday’s 11-2 loss in Pittsburgh. “I wouldn’t be able to tell you right now,” Hanson said, when asked if he thinks the injury is serious. Kelby Tomlinson replaced Hanson at second base as Bochy described the injury as day-to-day.

Hanson scored the tying run in the eighth inning on Jackson’s double, but slowed up rounding the third base bag with a tight left hamstring. His game-tying blast to right field marked his fourth of the year for the Giants. His team-leading eighth home run of the year halved the deficit, and former Pirate Alen Hanson evened the game at 2-2 with a one-out solo shot into the right field bleachers.Ī former top prospect in the Pirates’ organization, Hanson never hit a home run in 64 games with Pittsburgh. Falling behind early has crushed the Giants on their road trip, as the club has given up at least one first inning run in seven of their nine games.ĭespite the ominous start, the Giants forced their way back into the game in the top of the second when Longoria slammed the first pitch of the inning over the left field wall. The right-hander allowed a Josh Bell sacrifice fly and two-out RBI single from Corey Dickerson as the Pirates jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. “Us as a staff, us five guys have to find a way to improve and really get that momentum going and give that rhythm to the game to where the offense is feeling like they’re in the dugout a lot,” Samardzija said.Īfter recording 12 outs in his last start, Samardzija found himself in immediate trouble in the first inning of Saturday’s contest. The Pirates catcher broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run blast to right center field in the sixth inning, ruining Samardzija’s night and forcing the Giants to play from behind in the late innings.

“I think that one right there was just a little more down in the zone and he was able to get a bat on it,” Samardzija said. Then he left a fastball up in the zone and Francisco Cervelli crushed it. With Madison Bumgarner and Johnny Cueto on the disabled list, the Giants desperately needed their most experienced active starter, Jeff Samardzija, to reverse an ugly trend plaguing the staff.Īfter their starters combined for just 22 innings the last time through the rotation, Samardzija was one strike away from logging a quality start and navigating through the heart of the Pirates order in a critical situation. “That’s got to be a first for me,” Watson said. With the bases loaded and Mercer at the plate, Watson wanted to attack his former teammate on the inside corner, but delivered a fastball too far inside that ultimately plated the winning run. At the very least I’m thinking I’m not going to try to wing it over to first.”

“I couldn’t get it back in my glove to tag him. “I was going too far the other way and I had already gotten the ball out of my glove,” Longoria said. Bell took a step from third base toward the plate on contact, but after Evan Longoria corralled the ball, Bell darted back to the bag and danced out of the way of a Longoria tag. Despite Josh Bell’s leadoff double in the bottom of the eighth, Watson had an opportunity to escape a jam as he induced a David Freese groundball to the left side of the infield with runners on the corners and one out.