By Jeremy Kahn

PHILADELPHIA-Brandon Crawford came up with the biggest hit of the night, and it happened over five hours the first pitch was thrown.

Crawford hit a bases clearing opposite field double off of Jeff Manship in the top of the 14th inning, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 9-6 before 30,109 at CitizensBankPark.

“Hard fought game, great comeback, they had us on the ropes on a few times, pen did a great job,” said Bruce Bochy.

After getting Ehire Adrianza to fly out for the first out of the inning, Manship gave up a double to Posey, then Pablo Sandoval was walked intentionally and then George Kontos laid the perfect sacrifice bunt to advance Posey and Sandoval.

Following the sacrifice bunt, Gregor Blanco walked and then Crawford blasted Manship’s pitch off the left field wall to score Posey, Sandoval and Blanco.

Hector Sanchez then got in on the act, as he singled in Crawford with the Giants fourth run of the inning; however the Giants loaded the bases again, as Tyler Colvin and Hunter Pence each hit singles, but Adrianza grounded out to end the inning.

That was the seventh at-bat of the game for Adrianza; after he came on to replace Joe Panik, who suffered a sprained right ankle while running out a ground ball.

After taking a four-run lead into the bottom of the 14th inning, Kontos gave up a single to Ryan Howard, Marlon Byrd then flew out for the first out and Wil Nieves hit a pinch hit while batting for Manship.

With no relievers left, Bruce Bochy turned to Tim Lincecum, who pitched on Sunday against the Miami Marlins and despite the fact Cody Asche hit a groundout to score Howard, Cameron Rupp walked to bring the tying run to the plate in the presence of Domonic Brown, who grounded out to Posey, who threw to Lincecum for the final out of the game.

By closing the game, it was the first regular season save of Lincecum’s career.

“Timmy was only good for an inning,” said Bochy.

Posey tied up the game in the top of the ninth inning, as he took the first pitch he saw from Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon and put it into the left field seats.

That was the third hit of the night for Posey, who ended up going 4-for-7 on the night with a single and two double to go along with his 11th home run of the season.

This was the first home run allowed by Papelbon this season and his first home run allowed since September 28, 2013, when Justin Upton of the Atlanta Braves hit a three-run home run off of Papelbon in the bottom of the ninth inning at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Following a groundout by Ben Revere to lead the bottom of the ninth inning against Jeremy Affeldt, Jimmy Rollins was safe at first base after Brandon Crawford bobbled the ball and his throw to Posey at first base was late.

It was the 15th error of the season for Crawford, then Chase Utley singled Rollins to third; however Affeldt was able to strikeout Howard and then got Byrd to groundout to Pablo Sandoval at third base to end the inning.

Yusmeiro Petit went five innings, allowing five runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out five, as he did not fare in the decision.

Phillies starting pitcher Roberto Hernandez went 5.2 innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking three and striking out one as did not fare in the decision.

The former Encinal (Alameda) High School star Rollins gave the Phillies the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, but it was all for naught after Papelbon allowed Posey’s game-tying home run in the top of the ninth inning.

In the half-inning prior to Rollins’ home run into the right field seats, and Byrd’s double off the right field wall that scored Howard, who singled, former Phillies outfielder Hunter Pence hit a solo home run that estimated at 454 feet.

With the home run by Pence being estimated at 454, according to ESPN Stats & Info, Pence becomes the fourth player in major league baseball this season to have multi 450 feet plus home runs this season, joining Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins, J. Upton of the Braves and Pence’s teammate, Michael Morse.

Pence scored the Giants first run of the game in the first inning, as he scored on a double after he led off the game with a single and advanced to second on a ground out by Panik, in what proved to be Panik’s only at-bat of the evening.

Panik was forced to leave the game after narrowly being safe on that ground ball that was fielded by Howard, and just missed stepping on Hernandez’s ankle and in the process suffered a sprained right ankle.

The lead that Petit received in the top of the first inning was gone by the end of the first, as Utley singled to score Ben Revere, who led off the bottom of the first inning with a single of his own.

Byrd gave the Phillies their first lead of the game, as he grounded out to Petit to score Rollins, who walked following Revere’s single.

Crawford tied up the game in the top of the second inning, as he grounded out to Utley at second base to score Gregor Blanco, who walked, then stole second and then advanced to third on a throwing error by Cody Asche.
The Giants got within one run in the top of the seventh inning, as Adrianza doubled off the right field wall, advanced to third on a Sandoval singled and then scored when Utley was unable to field the ball for an error.

Kontos came on in the bottom of the 12th inning, and after getting Byrd to groundout for the first out of the inning, Kontos allowed back-to-back walks to Cody Asche and Reid Brignac; however Kontos was able to regroup to get Cameron Rupp to groundout to Crawford and then Colvin made a game-saving catch, as he crashed into the left field wall to snag a Brown hit ball.

NOTES: Between the two teams, there were 507 pitches on the night with a combined 29 runners left on base.

Posey’s home run was the third of his career in the 9th inning or later that gave the Giants the lead or tied the game.

Santiago Casilla extended his scoreless streak up to 14 innings, the longest by a Giants reliever this season.

It was the second career regular season appearance in relief for Lincecum, with his last coming on April 2, 2008 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.