By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Joe Panik sat on the bench for eight and two-thirds innings, but when Bruce Bochy called his name, he was ready.

Panik hit a single into center field, helping the San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 before a sellout crowd of 41,507, the 338th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

Buster Posey led off the inning with a single, Gregor Blanco was then inserted into the game as a pinch runner for Posey.

Justin Maxwell then sacrificed Blanco to second, Andrew Susac then walked and after Brandon Belt struck out looking for the second out, Mike Scioscia walked Brandon Crawford intentionally.

The plan backfired, as Panik hit a Joe Smith pitch into centerfield to win the game.

Susac hit an opposite field single in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Angel Pagan

Pagan doubled off of C.J. Wilson to leadoff the bottom of the inning for the Giants.

After the Giants took the lead in the bottom of the first inning, all was going well for the defending World Champions until the top of the seventh inning.

The Angels finally got to starter Chris Heston for a run and three hits, as Matt Joyce drove in the tying run, as David Freese scored from third base.

Pagan hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning that scored Nori Aoki from third base.

Aoki doubled off of Angels starter C.J. Wilson, went to third on a groundout by Matt Duffy and then scored on the sacrifice fly by Pagan.

Heston was fantastic for the Giants, as he went six and one-third innings, allowing just one run on five hits, while walking one and striking out five.

Despite allowing just that one run in the first inning, Wilson was fantastic, as he scattered four hits on just two runs, walking one and striking out five.

After the Aoki hit, Wilson did not allow another hit until Pagan hit a single off of him in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Pagan was caught stealing to end the inning, after he was originally called safe by second base Adrian Johnson.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged the safe call, and after the review by the umpires, the call was overturned.

Kole Calhoun made the play of the night in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he made a diving catch off the bat of Andrew Susac.

Replay would come up big again in the top of the seventh inning, as Calhoun was called out at second base on a bang-bang play.

Freese hit a ground ball that bounced off the glove of Casey McGehee at third, and right to Brandon Crawford, who in then threw to Duffy at second to nab Calhoun at second base.

Once again, the play came under review and despite the fact that it looked like Calhoun was safe, the play stood.