Darin Ruf hits one of the three home runs that the San Francisco Giants had to help edge the Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park in San Francisco Tuesday night coming in the seventh inning (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-There is one thing that you do not do with the 2020 San Francisco Giants and that is count them out of a game.

Darin Ruf hit a pinch-hit home run off of Anthony Misiewicz in the bottom of the seventh inning, helping the Giants come back from a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on a brisk night at Oracle Park.

It was the fourth career pinch-hit home run for Ruf and his first since October 1, 2016 when he was with the Philadelphia Phillies and it came off of Fernando Salas of the New York Mets in the bottom of the seventh inning at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Ruf, who was pinch hitting for Alex Dickerson hit the third home run of the night after Dickerson hit onto The Portwalk in the bottom of the third inning, where a fan walking made a nifty snag before it went into San Francisco Bay.

Dickerson was considered to be day-to-day, one day after he hit a ball off of his right knee and was forced to leave Monday nights victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks with a bruised knee.

Wilmer Flores tied up the game with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he hit a 3-2 pitch and launched one into the left field bleachers.

Logan Webb went the first five innings for the Giants, as he allowed five runs on six hits, walking three and striking out five and he did not fare in the decision.

Mariners starter Ljay Newsome was knocked out of the game with one out in the bottom of the second inning, as he took a batted ball off the bat of Brandon Crawford, the ricocheted off of Newsome right into the glove of third baseman Kyle Seager, the brother of Los Angeles Dodgers Corey Seager.

Brady Lail replaced Newsome on the mound, and went 2.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits, walking one and striking out two.

The Mariners got to Webb early, as J.P. Crawford walked and then Dylan Moore was hit by a Webb pitch. After Kyle Lewis grounded out to advance both Crawford and Moore an additional 90 feet, Seagar drove in Crawford, when he grounded to Crawford at shortstop.

That lead would not long, as Donovan Solano tripled with two outs in the bottom of the first inning and then Solano scored on a Brandon Belt.

Crawford gave the Mariners a three-run cushion in the top of the second inning, as he doubled to left field to score Evan White, Luis Torrens and Shed Long, Jr. Crawford was thrown out at third base, as he tried to advance an additional 90 feet by Joey Bart after the relay from Dickerson to Crawford to Bart just missed getting Long, Jr. at the plate.

The Mariners tacked on their fifth and final run of the game in the top of the third inning, as Ty France tripled on a play where it looked like Mike Yastrzemski misplayed the ball and then Jose Marmolejos singled in France.

Things were looking for the Mariners until the Giants began to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the third inning, as Dickerson hit a home run, then Donovan Solano, who finished the night a home run shy of the cycle doubled to left field and then Brandon Belt singled in Solano.

Flores tied up the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he slammed a two-run home run into the left field bleachers. Just before the Flores home run, Bart singled to center field to bring Flores to the plate as the tying run.

That would be the score when Ruf broke the tie and gave the Giants their fourth straight victory after opening the home stand with a loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Once again, the Giants bullpen was solid, as the quartet of Caleb Baragar, Tyler Rogers, Jarlin Garcia and Tony Watson pitched the final four innings, allowing zero runs on four hits, walking just one and striking out four.

Rogers pitched the seventh inning, where he gave up a hit, a walk and a strikeout; however, the pinch hit by Ruf was the difference in the game and it gave Rogers his second win of the season against three losses.

Despite allowing a base hit in the top of the ninth inning, Watson picked up his second save in four games and the Giants are now a game over .500 at 22-21.

NOTES: With the six runs tonight against the Mariners, the Giants have now scored 4+ runs in 10 consecutive games…according to Stats, LLC, since 1958, the Giants have scored 4+ runs in 10-or-more consecutive games just 11 times and have not had a double-digit game streak of 4+ runs since 2007 (10 straight from April 28 May 7).

By hitting three more home runs tonight, the Giants have now hit 59 home runs on the season and 33 at Oracle Park, which seems like a hitters park after the first 19 years of being known as a pitchers park.

Luis Basabe was promoted from the alternate site in Sacramento and was inserted into the game in the top of the eighth inning after Ruf hit his tie-breaking home run, and Basabe made a nice running catch off the bat of Philip Ervin to end the inning.
To make room for Basabe on the roster, the team sent Daniel Robertson back to the alternate site.

UP NEXT: Tyler Anderson (1-3, 5.18) will head to the mound for the Giants in the series and home stand finale, while the Mariners will LHP Nick Margevicius (1-2, 3.86) to the mound.