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Buster Posey tied the game in the home half of the ninth with an RBI double, and Marco Scutaro followed in his steps with a walk-off single in the tenth to put the final touches on an 9-8 win, marking the Giants fourth comeback win in the past seven days.
Brett Pill laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt following Brandon Crawford’s single to leadoff the inning. Angel Pagan rolled over to the first baseman which set the table for Scutaro.
Scutaro lined the game-winning hit past the diving Chris Johnson at third who was playing a tad bit in on the grass. It should be noted that Scutaro also contributed to the comeback in the ninth inning as well. He lead off the frame with a double and was moved over to third base on Pablo Sandoval’s ground out. One batter later, he scored on Buster Posey’s RBI double to even the score at eight.The Giants’ 150th consecutive sellout crowd sticked around until the end. They were on their feet when Hector Sanchez was at the plate, but Sanchez struck out swinging on a pitch in the dirt to dampen the roaring crowd for just a tad longer.
The Giants provided their starter Barry Zito with plenty of support in the first inning. Posey smacked a soaring fly ball that sailed over the head of the right fielder Justin Upton to score Scutaro. Hunter Pence followed him by roping a two-run triple, and Sanchez’s infield hit capped off the four-run inning.
Zito constantly pounded the zone through four innings until Chris Johnson launched a two-run homer into the left field bleachers. Johnson’s home run was just the start of Arizona’s comeback, however.
Arizona tacked on two runs off Zito in the fifth, and three of Guillermo Mota to blow the game open. After the sixth inning concluded, the Diamondbacks were up 7-4.
Sandoval started the comeback with an RBI single in the seventh inning. Justin Upton answered with an RBI single of his own in the eighth inning.
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