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San Francisco Giants’ Wednesday game wrap: Iannetta’s HR sinks Giants 1-0

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By Jeremy Harness

There were fireworks going off all around the country on the 4th of July, to celebrate this nation’s independence.

However, none of the fireworks came from the Giants’ bats, and they sure weren’t free Wednesday night, as Tyler Anderson stifled the Giants in a 1-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, completing a three-game sweep at the hands of their National League West rivals.

Anderson (6-3) went eight innings and surrendered only two hits while allowing only two walks against nine strikeouts.

Andrew Suarez (3-5) was not that bad, either. In fact, he surrendered five hits and struck out six batters while not walking anyone while going seven strong innings. It was his best outing of the season.

However, one mistake in the seventh inning proved to be his undoing. Chris Iannetta laid into a wayward pitch from Suarez and sent it over the left-field wall, hugging the foul pole in the process.

The umpiring crew reviewed the home run, but the visual evidence was too great, and the home run was upheld. The Giants could not recover from the blow and could not solve Anderson, and although they got a hot off him, could not break through against closer Wade Davis, who collected his 25th save of the year.

The Giants will not lick their wounds and come home to face the St. Louis Cardinals for a four-game series at AT&T Park.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants face tough pitching; Rockies could put it to bed for a sweep

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The Giants dropped their second game to the Colorado Rockies in the series 8-1 on Tuesday night. The Giants were dominated by Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela, who went seven innings, no runs, three hits, no walks and four strikeouts. The Rockies’ Charles Blackmon had three hits and a triple, Trevor Story hit a triple, Nolan Arenado hit his 22nd home run and the Rockies have won five of their last six games.

Giants pitcher Chris Stratton was rocked for eight runs, 11 hits, in 5.2 innings of work. Game three is tonight at Coors Field as the Giants try to avoid the sweep in Colorado.

Marko Ukalovic does the Giants podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Senzatela, Rockies rocks Giants 8-1

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By Jeremy Kahn

It seems that the San Francisco Giants have found a new House of Horror, and it is Coors Field, the home of the Colorado Rockies.

Antonio Senzatela, who was recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace the struggling Jon Gray, went seven innings, allowing no runs on just three hits, not walking a batter and striking out four and the Rockies defeated the Giants 8-1 at Coors Field.

Going back to September 7, 2016, the Rockies are now 14-2 versus the Giants at Coors Field, a winning percentage of .875.

Charlie Blackmon was the hitting star of the night for the Rockies, as he picked up three hits and his first home run since June 20.

Trevor Story drove in a run with a triple, while Nolan Arenado hit his National League-leading 22nd home run, as the Rockies have won five out of their last six games.

It was not a good night for Chris Stratton, as the right-hander went just 5.2 innings, allowing eight runs on 11 hits.

Alen Hanson drove in the lone Giants run, as he singled in the top of the eighth inning off of Mike Dunn that scored Austin Jackson, who singled with one out in the inning.

Blackmon got the Rockies going in the bottom of the first inning, as hit a 416-foot home run with one out in the frame.

Following the Blackmon home run, Arenado singled and then after a lineout by Carlos Gonzalez for the second out of the inning, Story singled and then Gerardo Parra singled in Arenado with the Rockies second run of the inning.

It looked like Stratton was going to settle down, as he retired the next six batters in a row, but then Gonzalez singled and then Story tripled to right field.

Arenado broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he hit a smashed a three-run home run to centerfield to give the Rockies a 6-0 lead.

NOTES: Andrew Suarez looks to end the road trip on a high note, as he takes the mound on Wednesday afternoon, while the Rockies will send Tyler Anderson to the mound, as they look for the sweep.

Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija will rejoin the starting rotation for the Giants this weekend, as the Giants open a 10-game home stand against the St. Louis Cardinals beginning on Thursday night. Cueto is currently on the 60-day disabled list, retroactive to April 29 with a sprained right elbow, will start on Thursday. Samardzija will start on Saturday after he was forced to a game against the Rockies with tightness in his right shoulder on May 30 after just one inning.

Derek Holland was the odd man out of the starting rotation, as he will be sent to the bullpen.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Rockies conclude their series on Wednesday at 5:10 pm PDT.

Rockie Reception: Coors Field, Colorado get the best of the Giants again in 5-2 win

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By Morris Phillips

Only four hits after the first pitch of the ballgame? Not enough.

A critical, throwing error allowing the go-ahead run to score? One too many.

And Mad Bum extending his scoreless inning streak to 22 innings? Needed to be 23.

Once again, the Giants found Coors Field to be a demanding place, and the Rockies a confounding opponent in their series opening, 5-2 loss in Denver. Madison Bumgarner pitched six, scoreless innings only to run into trouble in the seventh. When the first three batters in the inning singled to load the bases, Bum was gone. The Giants 2-0 lead would be the next thing to disappear on a night when the game time temperature topped 90 degrees.

Rookie reliever Reyes Moronta walked the first batter he faced–slugger Nolan Arenado–trimming the Giants lead to 2-1. A run-scoring, double play ball came next, then Brandon Crawford’s throwing error on a routine grounder to short gave Colorado the lead.

Crawford fielded a ground ball off the bat of Ian Desmond, but threw too casually and errantly to Brandon Belt at first.

“I gave it about an 80-percent throw,” said Crawford. “One-hopper, I had time.”

“It’s about winning games while we’re out there,” Bumgarner said. “That was a tough loss. Everything was going our way early on and didn’t go our way late.”

The Giants three-game win streak was snapped with the loss, and their tenuous grip on second place in the NL West was lost as the Dodgers moved ahead the Giants by beating the Pirates, 17-1. More telling was the Giants blowing an another opportunity to win with Bumgarner starting.  They fell to 2-4 in their ace’s six starts this season, hardly the mid-season boost they were looking for.

Prior to the seventh inning, Bumgarner hadn’t allowed a run since June 16 at Los Angeles.

Gorkys Hernandez homered on the game’s first pitch off Kyle Freeland, but the Rockies and Freeland grew stinger as the game progressed. Buster Posey delivered an RBI double in the third, and that was it. With Freeland and two relievers dealing, the Giants were limited to a pair of hits the rest of the way.

The Rockies added on in the eighth as Ty Blach allowed two runs on three hits without recording an out.

The Giants swept Arizona over the weekend to get as close to the division leaders as they’ve been in months. But the Rockies envisioned themselves in the equation as well, but they slumped in June, and not played as well at home as they have on the road.

After Monday’s win, the Rockies are just 16-22 at Coors Field, but they’ve won 12 of their last 14 against the Giants in Denver.

Chris Stratton gets the ball for the Giants looking for his ninth win on Tuesday in a matchup with Anthony Senzatela, the pitcher who replaced the struggling Jon Gray in the Colorado rotation.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants getting plenty of key hits; Offense improves as SF gets six RBIs in Sunday’s finale

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sfexaminer.com file photo: San Francisco Giants lead off hitter Gorkys Hernandez had a great month of June and is in the running to make the All Star team. Hernandez who fouled a ball off his shin in Arizona will sit out tonight’s game in Colorado. The injury is day to day.

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The Giants closing in on first place–now 2.5 games back after sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend. In Sunday’s game the Giants got six key RBIs to overcome the Diamondbacks in a 9-6 victory for the sweep. Their key hitting from Hunter Pence, Nick Hundley, Joe Panik, Bradon Crawford, Andrew McCutchen, and Gorkys Hernandez these are the players who piled it on in the series.

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner wants to hit each time he gets a chance to come to the plate. Bumgarner leads all active pitchers with the most home runs career with 17.  Mad Bum, who never said it, but wouldn’t mind if MLB never uses the universal designated hitter.

The Giants open up a three-game series in Colorado tonight. Bumgarner (1-2) will match up against the Rockies Freeman (7-6). Can the Giants have the same success at Coors Field like they had in Arizona?

Morris Phillips does the San Francisco Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Giants complete sweep of D-backs with 9-6 win

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By Daniel Dullum
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The San Francisco Giants had its bats going Sunday, completing its three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 9-6 win and a 16-hit attack at Chase Field on Sunday.

Yet, it was a defensive gem that helped make it possible. That, and a key pinch hit from Hunter Pence.

By sweeping the D-backs, San Francisco pulled to within 2 ½ games of first-place Arizona in the NL West race.

“It started with our pitching,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “Today, (Derek) Holland wasn’t quite on top of his game and worked pretty hard out there, but he kept us in the game. It was timely hitting too; the guys got some big hits. Our defense, the bullpen, everything.

“To win all three, you have to play really good ball, especially against this team.”

In the fourth inning, the D-backs closed their deficit to 4-3. With two out, a run in and bases loaded, Christian Walker sent a scorching grounder down the right field line that first baseman Brandon Belt snared on the edge of the outfield grass.

Belt’s throw to Cody Gearrin, sprinting from the pitcher’s mound, beat Walker and snuffed out the Arizona rally.

“Holland had 90 pitches at that stage,” Bochy said. “That was a huge out, a huge play. At first, I thought it was going to get through, but that was a beautiful play that Belt made.”

Pence, pinch-hitting for Gearrin, greeted D-Backs reliever Silvino Bracho with a two-run double down the left-field line, driving in Austin Slater and Joe Panik. Two batters later, Pence scored on Brandon Belt’s base hit.

“Hunter is our spiritual leader,” Bochy said. “I know his role has changed and it’s not easy. He went up there today and delivered for us. It’s going to take everybody and these guys need to know that – off the bench or playing regularly.

“Hunter has such a great attitude. He just wants to do anything he can to help the club win.”

San Francisco broke the game open with a four-run rally in the fifth, chasing D-backs starter Zack Godley (9-6) and taking an 8-3 lead. After Godley issued back-to-back walks to Alen Hanson and Slater, Panik’s RBI single to center scored Hanson, setting up Pence’s pinch-double.

Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh off Giants reliever Pierce Johnson – his 18th of the season – pulled Arizona to within 8-5. Goldschmidt homered after Nick Ahmed led off with a triple.

In the ninth, pinch-hitter Austin Jackson doubled and scored the Giants’ ninth run on Crawford’s two-out double. The D-backs responded with a run in the bottom of the ninth on John Ryan Murphy’s two-out RBI single off Mark Melancon.

With runners at first and second, Will Smith replaced Melancon and struck out Jake Lamb to earn his second save.

“Melancon’s stuff is fine,” Bochy said. “He’s still finding his way, I think, a little bit. His confidence will grow the more work that he gets. With all the time that he missed, I think he’s still trying to get to mid-season form.”

Noting that the bullpen is in flux, Bochy said, “We’ll use everybody. We have guys that are interchangeable and can pitch the seventh, eighth or ninth. We’ll mix it up.”

The Giants manufactured a run in the second inning to open the scoring. Nick Hundley walked, moved to second on Pablo Sandoval’s single, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Joe Panik’s base hit.

An alert play by D-backs catcher John Ryan Murphy squelched the rally. When Holland’s swinging bunt died in the dirt a foot in front of the plate, Murphy pounced on it and fired a strike to shortstop Nick Ahmed to start an inning-ending double play.

Arizona answered by taking a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second. After Murphy walked and Lamb doubled, Chris Owings hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Murphy. With two out, Jerrod Dyson sliced a bloop single to left, scoring Lamb.

San Francisco scored twice in the third to regain the lead at 3-2. Gorkys Hernandez led off with a base hit, and after Belt flied out to center and Andrew McCutchen struck out, Brandon Crawford singled before Hundley delivered a base hit to score Hernandez.

Holland helped himself in the fourth when he led off with a double and scored on Belt’s one-out single, extending the Giants’ lead to 4-2.

The D-backs cut their deficit to 4-3 in the fourth when Lamb scored on Dyson’s one-out single. Arizona loaded the bases with two out, and after Holland was replaced on the mound by Cory Gearrin (1-1), the D-backs failed to capitalize.

Hundley was 3-for-5, while Belt, Crawford, Slater and Panik each collected four hits. Dyson, Ahmed, Walker, Murphy and David Peralta each had two hits for Arizona.

San Francisco used seven pitchers in a game where neither starting pitcher lasted past the fourth inning. Gearrin faced one batter to get the win.

Godley gave up seven of San Francisco’s nine runs – all earned – on nine hits in four-plus innings.

After winning the first two games with its pitching, Bochy felt it was important to win one by outhitting the opposition.

“Over the course of a season, you’re going to have starters that occasionally aren’t on top of their game,” Bochy said. “So, you have to slug it out with the other club occasionally and put some runs on the board. They did that today.”

The Giants’ road trip continues Monday through Wednesday in Denver against the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco’s probables for the series, in order, are Madison Bumgarner (1-2), Chris Stratton (8-5) and Andrew Saurez (3-4).

GIANT JOTTINGS: 3B Pablo Sandoval left Sunday’s game after being hit by a pitch in the third inning. Sandoval suffered a right elbow contusion; X-rays were negative. … RHP Jeff Samardzija (right shoulder tightness) is scheduled to start for Triple-A Sacramento on Monday, and RHP Johnny Cueto (right elbow sprain) is slated to throw a bullpen session on Monday. … Attendance at Chase Field Sunday was 29,721 for the three-hour, 45-minute contest.

UP NEXT: The Giants will travel to Colorado to take on the Rockies. Game 1 is Monday night at 5:40 pm PDT.

Rodriguez takes control as Giants shut out D-backs 7-0

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By Daniel Dullum
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Saturday, June 30, 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz. – San Francisco used a long inning to build an early lead Saturday, a strong start from Dereck Rodriguez, and the Giants defeated the Diamondbacks 7-0 in the second game of their weekend series at Chase Field.

The Giants have won nine of their last 11 games and cut their deficit in the NL West division to 3 ½ games behind the first-place D-backs.

D-backs starter Shelby Miller (0-2) struggled through five innings, giving up six earned runs on nine hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Most of the damage occurred when San Francisco batted around in the third, scoring four runs.

“I thought Shelby had pretty good stuff. That four-run inning really put us behind the 8-ball,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “Shelby was making mistakes out over the plate with an aggressive fastball. At this time of year, it’s hard to be patient. We just have to remind him that this is part of the progression.”

It was Miller’s second start since returning to the D-Backs from over a year of rehab following Tommy John surgery in May 2017.

“This is to be expected,” Lovullo said of Miller’s progress. “These are situations where coming back from Tommy John isn’t going to be perfect. This is just part of the process. We know this outing was better than the last. He got nicked for a run in the fourth, but came back at the heart of their lineup and got them 1-2-3.

“Shelby got through that fifth inning, and that was progression to me.”

While Miller struggled, Giants starter Dereck Rodriguez (3-1) threw 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball. Rodriguez fanned five, walked two and scattered six hits before being pulled after throwing 102 pitches. It was Rodriguez’s first career start against the Diamondbacks.

Giants catcher Buster Posey said, “It was execution, moving the ball down and out and changing speeds,” Posey said. “He’s got a really nice feel for what he’s doing out there.”

After Rodriguez departed, Ty Blach and Cory Gearrin combined to retire eight of the last nine Diamondback hitters.

Posey said that “execution” has been the key to the success of Rodriguez and the other young San Francisco pitchers.

“That, and gaining confidence,” Posey said. “They’re able to come out with a game plan and they’re able to execute it. It’s been fun to watch their progression and hopefully, there’s more of that to come.”

The offense backed the shutout effort with a 12-hit attack, led by Andrew McCutchen (3-for-5) and Gorkys Hernandez (2-for-4). Pablo Sandoval, Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik each drove in two runs.

With one out in the San Francisco third, consecutive singles by Posey, McCutchen and Brandon Belt loaded the bases. An RBI walk issued to Crawford made it 2-0, and Sandoval followed with a two-run single.

Joe Panik’s sacrifice fly to center drove in Crawford with the fourth run of the inning. McCutchen added a solo home run in the fourth, extending San Francisco’s lead to 6-0. It was McCutchen’s ninth home run of the season.

At that point, Miller had thrown 80 pitches.

Panik tacked on a solo home run to right – his fourth of the season – in the eighth inning.

Crawford’s solo home run to lead off the San Francisco second put the Giants up to stay at 1-0. The blast – Crawford’s 10th of the season – cleared the right-center fence inside the 413-foot marker.

With Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija on the disable list, the emergence of young pitchers like Rodriguez has been crucial to the Giants’ recent success.

“It’s no secret that good pitching is what it’ going to take to get to the playoffs and win another championship,” Posey said. “It’s good to see him having this success.”

On Sunday, left-hander Derek Holland (5-7, 4.24) starts for the Giants, facing right-hander Zack Godley (9-5, 4.58). First pitch is at 1:10 p.m.

GIANTS JOTTINGS: Arizona SS Ketel Marte pulled up with a right leg injury while running out an infield single in the seventh inning. Lovullo said Marte had a right hamstring cramp and is day-to-day. … Giants RHP Johnny Cueto (right elbow sprain) threw 4-plus scoreless innings in his second rehab start at Triple-A Sacramento. Cueto threw 69 pitches, struck out five and walked one. RHP Jeff Samardzija (right shoulder tightness) will make his fourth rehab appearance on Monday for the PCL River Cats. … Arizona OF David Peralta played in his 500th MLB game on Friday. … D-Backs are 9-3 in their last 12 home games against San Francisco, going back to last season. … Outside temperature at game time was 105 degrees, 81 inside. Attendance was 38,117.

UP NEXT: The Giants and D-backs conclude their three-game set on Sunday at 1:10 pm PDT.

Slater continues hot hitting, Giants nip D-backs 2-1

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By Daniel Dullum
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Friday, June 29, 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento last Saturday, San Francisco Giants outfielder Austin Slater has merely picked up where he left off.

Slater’s hot bat continued to sizzle on Friday night at Chase Field, where he drove in both Giants runs in a 2-1 NL West victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

“It’s really fun to see the young guys come up and have success up here. It’s hard,” Giants closer Will Smith said. “Slater had an incredible night, and Andy (Suárez) threw the ball great too.”

Slater, hitting .368 as a Giant, was batting .344 for the PCL River Cats with 24 doubles, five home runs and 32 runs batted in in 53 games. On Friday, Slater was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI doubles.

“Slater really stepped up and delivered for us,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “He had some good at-bats in the clutch, too. He did the damage today. He uses the whole field and has great hand-eye coordination.

“We were looking for someone against Corbin who could hopefully knock in some runs, and he’s the one who came through for us.”

The Giants (43-40) surged ahead to stay at 2-1 when Brandon Crawford led off with a walk against Arizona reliever Andrew Chafin (1-3) and scored on Slater’s double to right-center.

San Francisco, third in the NL West Division, trails the first-place Diamondbacks by 4 ½ games. With the victory, the Giants have won eight of their last 10.

“It was a great win to start the trip against a lineup like that,” Bochy said.

While both bullpens did well, the Giants’ Reyes Moronta, Tony Watson, and Will Smith held the D-Backs scoreless and hitless over the last three innings. Smith earned his first save.

“No extra pressure, really. I just tried to get guys out, put up a zero,” Smith said.

Smith struck out two of the three hitters he faced in the bottom of the ninth, including pinch-hitter John Ryan Murphy to end the game.

“I just tried to make good pitches, keep the ball down,” Smith said. “In a one-run ballgame, you don’t want to elevate anything he can put a good swing on.”

Giants starter Andrew Suárez (3-4) worked six innings, giving up one earned run on seven hits – five of them infield hits – striking out five and issuing two walks.

“What a terrific job he did,” Bochy said. “Good stuff today, had everything going. He had some tough luck with five infield hits, but that kid pitched his heart out. He really kept his composure out there; he’s got some saavy out there and knows when to make his pitches. He got out of pretty tough jam (in the sixth inning) but his stuff was still there – that’s what was impressive.”

On the unusual amount of infield hits he gave up, Suárez said, “It happens, so I made sure not to overreact and minimize damage and try to get some groundouts. It was just weird; I’ve never seen it like that. But it worked out, thankfully.”

Suárez, 2-0 in five June starts, said he doesn’t worry about other pitchers eventually coming back from the disabled list, saying, “Whatever happens, happens. I’m just focused on the next start.”

San Francisco opened the scoring in the second inning off D-Backs starter Patrick Corbin. Buster Posey led off with a single and took second on centerfielder Chris Owings’ error, then scored on Slater’s double to center.

A video review helped the Diamondbacks tie the game in the sixth at 1-1. After Ketel Marte led off with a double, Chris Owings was ruled safe at first on a sharp grounder to third that was reviewed. Jake Lamb followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Marte, who moved to third on Owings’ hit.

Earlier, Arizona (47-35) threatened in the bottom of the third, but came up empty. With two out, Nick Ahmad singled, Paul Goldschmidt walked and David Peralta reached on an infield single to load the bases. But Saurez worked out of the jam by retiring Marte on a grounder to short.

Corbin, 2-0 with a 1.74 ERA in three previous starts against the Giants, wound up with a no-decision. In his six innings, Corbin surrendered one earned run on four hits, with five strikeouts and two walks.

The weekend series resumes on Saturday night with a battle of right-handers – Dereck Rodriguez (2-1, 3.82) pitching for San Francisco against Shelby Miller (0-1, 12.27) for the D-Backs.

GIANT JOTTINGS: Attendance was 30,981; time of game was 2:41, even with seven pitching changes and a video replay challenge (:38 on Owings’ hit in the sixth). … RHP Johnny Cueto made his second rehab start for Triple-A Sacramento Friday against Fresno. Cueto has missed the Giants’ last 55 games with a right elbow sprain. … Arizona RHP Yoshihisa Hirano set a team record with his 25th consecutive scoreless appearance, passing J.J. Putz, who had two streaks of 24 scoreless games in 2012. … D-Backs OF A.J. Pollock (fractured left thumb) began a rehab assignment Friday at Triple-A Reno.

UP NEXT: The Giants and D-backs will square off again Saturday night at 7:10 pm PDT.

Colorado goes Coors, Rockies nip the Giants 9-8

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By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO — Those top-of-the-order guys that were stymied by Madison Bumgarner and the Giants’ bullpen on Wednesday, showed up big for the Rockies at AT&T Park on Thursday.

DJ LeMahieu capped his three hit, five RBI day with a game-winning, two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning, and the Rockies rallied to beat the Giants, 9-8.

Nolan Arenado hit his 19th homer, and Trevor Story racked up three hits as the Rockies snapped the Giants’ streak of 15 games in which their starting pitcher allowed three runs or less.

Chris Stratton began the afternoon looking for his ninth win, but only lasted four innings, allowing eight hits and five runs.

The Giants scored twice in the eighth to take the lead, giving Sam Dyson a chance to record the final three outs, but the Giants’ closer allowed LeMahieu’s home run to left field with a runner aboard. The Giants fell to 36-2 in games they led after eight innings.

“Tough one when you have a lead in the ninth and we couldn’t hold on to it,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “Sam was just a little bit off.”

“I felt like we got some big outs, and some big hits and it turned into a win. We just got to keep it going,” LeMahieu said.

The Giants finished their homestand 7-3 and failed to win eight times on a homestand for the first time since 2012. They travel to Arizona and Colorado on a six-game trip beginning Friday night.

List of 1-0 home run walk-offs in Giants history

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — When Brandon Crawford took a Harrison Musgrave pitch and planted it onto the right field arcade to send everyone happy, it was not the first walk-off this season for the San Francisco Giants.

The Crawford home run in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It was the Giants’ sixth walk-off win this season.

Andrew McCutchen came up with the first walk-off of the season, and did so in dramatic fashion, as he hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Giants a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Just three days later, McCutchen was at it again, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nick Hundley got in on the act on April 30, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Crawford picked up his walk-off of the season on June 6th, as he singled in the bottom of the 10thinning to propel the Giants 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This past Sunday, as the Giants trailed the San Diego Padres, Hunter Pence hit a two-run double just out of the reach of Eric Hosmer, to give the Giants a huge 3-2 victory over the Padres.

Crawford joined the walk-off club for a second time on Wednesday night, as he took the Musgrave pitch and put it for the 1-0 victory.

The Crawford home run on Wednesday night marked just the seventh time in team history that a home run ended the game with the score between tied at zero.

Bobby Thomson was the first Giants player to snap a scoreless tie with a walk-off home run, as he did it on April 30, 1953 against the Milwaukee Braves at the Polo Grounds.

Ten years later, on July 2, 1963, Willie Mays put an end to a pitcher’s duel at Candlestick Park, as he took a Warren Spahn pitch in the bottom of the 16th inning and put it into the seats to give the Juan Marichal the victory.

Just three years later, Mays did it again on August 12, 1966, as he gave the Giants the victory the Houston Astros.

A little over a year later on September 22, 1967, Tom Haller put an end to the game, as he won the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

It would be almost nine years before Bobby Murcer sent the Candlestick faithful home happy, as he turned the trick against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 16, 1976.

Steve Decker was the last Giants player to snap a 0-0 tie with a home run, as he did so on April 21, 1991 against the Houston Astros.

Crawford joined that club last night with his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants the win.

The last National League shortstop to accomplish this feat was Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, who did it against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 17, 1960 at Wrigley Field.