Belt gives Giants a extra injury win

By Jeremy Kahn

What a great way for Brandon Belt to get back into the hitting stroke after missing 50 games with a broken wrist.

Belt hit a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres 5-3 at Petco Park.

In just his second game back, Belt hit a Dale Thayer offering into the right field seats to give the Giants the lead for good.

Hunter Pence doubled to lead off the 10th inning for the a Giants, and then Belt hit his 10th home run of the season.

Michael Morse sent the game into extra innings, as he hit a Huston Street offering into the seats to tie up the game.

According to Fox Sports, this was the first time that the Giants hit home runs in the ninth and tenth innings in the same game since August 9,1986, when Mike Aldrete and Candy Maldonado went deep against the Atlanta Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

This was the first blown save of the season for Street, after he converted his first 23 saves of the season for the Padres, the longest such streak in the major leagues.

The last time Street blew a save was on September 29, 2013 against the Giants at AT&T Park, on the last day of the season.

Sergio Romo got out of a jam in the bottom of the ninth inning to pickup his fourth win of the season.

Santiago Casilla came on in the bottom of the 10th inning and retired the Padres to notch his second save of the season.

Tim Hudson pitched six strong innings, allowing just one run on three hits, not walking a batter and striking out four.

Odrisamwer Despaigne also pitched six innings for the Padres, allowing one run on two hits, but walked four and struck out two.

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