Brandon Belt Homers Twice; San Francisco Giants Stage Late Innings Rally, Prime Brewers In 11 – CBS San Francisco
MILWAUKEE (AP) – The San Francisco Giants delivered another unlikely win from behind by showing the tenacity that has enabled them to have the best record in baseball.
Brandon Belt hit his second homer of the night during a four-run breakout on Aug.
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After 2-1 with two outs in ninth place, the Giants combined it with a bizarre RBI triple and scored eight runs in the last three innings. San Francisco had to use nine different pitchers.
“That was the toughest performance of the year for our club,” said Giants manager Gabe Kapler.
That’s a strong statement considering the courage the NL West leaders have shown throughout the season. That latest win came just two nights after the Giants made up a 4-0 deficit in the ninth inning in a 5-4, 10-inning triumph in Arizona.
The Giants played their third consecutive extra inning game. They leveled the game with a two-out rally in ninth place and then bounced back after losing a three-round lead in 10th place.
LaMonte Wade brought the Giants on the 11th Belt followed with a double shot over the right field wall. Kris Bryant crowned the rally with an RBI double.
“That’s a really good lineup,” said Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff. “Of course a lot of these guys have multiple World Series rings. A moment is not too big for either of these guys. You saw everything. “
All four of the Giants’ 11th innings were run by Sal Romano (0-1) in his Brewers debut.
Belt also hit a solo shot in the fourth solo and has three homers in the last two nights. Bryant and Buster Posey both had three hits.
Jake McGee (4-2) landed 9-5 at the end of the 11th. McGee was not supposed to line up on Saturday but was called upon when the game reached the 11th.
“I didn’t have my brace down there or my cup or anything, so they had to do that in extra innings,” said McGee, who was running for the third night in a row.
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The Brewers were deprived of a 2-1 win when Tommy La Stella hit a drive in the ninth inning that fell in front of right fielder Avisaíl García on the warning trail. La Stella has been credited with a triple that Bryant scored from the start.
García backed away until he was in front of the wall and took a few steps to the right to find the fly, but never touched the ball when he reached for it.
“I think he got stuck on the wall a bit and then struggled to change direction,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. “I think he was preparing to catch against the wall and the ball just didn’t get there and he got a little tied up and his feet got tangled and he couldn’t recover from it.”
La Stella’s hit thwarted Brent Suter’s hopes of saving his first career at the age of 31.
“You have to give La Stella credit,” said Suter. “He just got a barrel on an up-and-in pitch. He got it up there and it moved and all. “
Milwaukee couldn’t reach out to All-Star Josh Hader, one of several brewers on the COVID-19 injured list.
Posey hit a two-run single through a drafted infield and Brandon Crawford drove home a prey fly run to help the Giants take a 5-2 lead over Miguel Sánchez in 10th place.
Luis Urías reduced the lead to 5-4 by starting the bottom of the 10th with a two-run homer to center Jarlin García in the middle. A failure later, Willy Adames also sent a García pitch over the midfield wall to tie him.
The Brewers led 2-1 into ninth as Woodruff pitched six strong innings and Tyrone Taylor broke his slump.
Woodruff struck eight, allowing six hits, a run, and a step.
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Taylor went 2 for 5 with a triple and kicked off in the fourth inning. Taylor had been 0 for 20 in his last six games before Saturday.
