Wade’s Ninth-Inning Pinch-Hit Homer Lifts Giants Previous A’s – CBS San Francisco

OAKLAND (AP) – San Francisco’s manager Gabe Kapler once again went to the right player at the right time.

Pinch-hitter LaMonte Wade Jr. scored in the ninth inning for a two-time homer and helped the Giants Rally for a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

Brandon Belt drew a one-out walk against Lou Trivino (5-5) and was replaced by Mike Yastrzemski. Wade followed with his 16th homer, a towering drive to the right on a 1-1 pitch.

“Our offensive could come from behind and put together some really strong at-bats and I just wanted to follow suit and do the same,” said Wade. “(Trivinos) has a lot of good things that move away from you and really get inside you, so just try to push it out of the middle and get your best swing out of it. Fortunately, I managed to do that. “

Trivino said he left the pitch too high for Wade.

“We had to win this game,” said a solemn Trivino. “We had the least one for most of the game and I thought we were on the right track. It hurts a little more. “

Kris Bryant, Brandon Belt and Darin Ruf also homered for San Francisco, who were 5-2 behind after six innings. The major league leaders (79-44) grabbed a two-game slip and stayed 1 1/2 games ahead of the attacking Dodgers for the top spot in NL West.

“One of the reasons I like LaMonte when he shows up on a big bar hit, cold off the bench at a big moment like this, is the way he runs a game,” said Kapler. “He leads the game from the first pitch on. We know he’s dangerous enough to stick the ball in the seats like him. “

Starling Marte doubled twice for Oakland and has continued to climb since the All-Star hiatus. Josh Harrison added an RBI double.

The A’s fell 3 1/2 games behind the Astros in the AL West. Oakland entered the day with a half game lead over the Red Sox for the second wild card.

“If they made mistakes, they took advantage of them,” said A manager Bob Melvin. “We were able to win the game. We did the OK offensive, in any case sooner rather than late. This is a game that we usually pin down. “

Bryant’s two-time homer in front of Sean Manaea reduced the A’s lead to 3-2 in the second round. But Harrison doubled up Matt Olson in the third and Sean Murphy faced Kevin Gausman’s wild pitch in the fourth game.

Belt and Ruf met in seventh place in a row against Andrew Chafin.

“I looked at the scoreboard and saw Belt’s story against Chafin. I think he was 0-16 when he went into that game,” said Kapler. “Then he will have safely laid the next pitch in the seats.”

Tyler Rogers (4-1) retired three thugs for the win. Jake McGee threw ninth place for his 27th parade.

Gausman had another unequal outing. The all-star right-handed had five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings but allowed six hits and five runs, two earned. In seven starts since the break, Gausman has made it through six innings once.

“It was a grind from the first hit,” said Gausman. “The team came huge and picked me up.”

Marte doubled and scored in the first round when the A scored three undeserved runs against Gausman after a throwing error by third base player Wilmer Flores. Marte has hit .382 (50 for 131) since the All-Star break.

RUNNING GAFFE

The Giants left a potential big inning in the eighth inning when Brandon Crawford was kicked out trying to steal third place. Crawford ran off just as Jake Diekman showed up to start his wind-up, but Diekman got out and threw Harrison, who chased Crawford and sent him out to get back in second place. That came after Curt Casali jumped to the pitcher trying to sacrifice the runners.

TRAINER ROOM

Giants: RHP Johnny Cueto (right flexor) threw a bullpen in the Dominican Republic where he was in his family due to a death. “I have a good video of it, looked good,” said Kapler. … 3B Evan Longoria (hand) had an MRI that showed no structural damage. He missed his third game in a row.

A’s: OF Stephen Piscotty was put on the 10-day injury list for a second time this season due to a left wrist sprain. Piscotty was previously out from June 17 through July 3 with the same injury. He had played 12 of 38 games since returning from that stint in the IL. “We’ll see where we go from here, whether it needs surgery or not,” said Melvin. “He got the cortisone injection, he has to do with it all year round. It seems like it has just reached a climax where he needs some rest. ”Seth Brown has been called back by Triple-A Sacramento to take Piscotty’s place. … 3B Matt Chapman was rested.

NEXT

Giants RHP Logan Webb (7-3, 2.92 ERA) has won six straight decisions ahead of the series finale on Sunday. Webb has allowed two earned runs or less in each of its last 11 starts. Athletics RHP Frankie Montas (9-9, 4.04 ERA) allowed two runs in five innings during his only career appearance against San Francisco on June 26.

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