The Giants battled back from a 5-1 deficit to take a 6-5 lead only to see the Save blown in the 9'th inning, but battled through three extra innings to end up with the Win. Key Lines:
Luis Arraez 2B- 2 for 6, 2 R. BA= .321. Arraez' BA over his last 7 games equals his season BA.
Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 6, R, RBI. BA= .294. Chapman is 6 for 15 over his last 3 games.
Casey Schmitt DH- 2 for 5, 2B, R. BA= .317. Schmitt's double in the third inning closed the gap to 5-3 but he only got credit for 1 RBI as Chapman scored the second run on an error by the Nationals LF.
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 2 for 6, R. BA= .253. Lee has a 5-game hitting streak and is 9 for 21 in that stretch. He scored ahead of Heliot Ramos' home run in the 6'th inning but got thrown out at home on Ramos' double in the 2'nd.
Heliot Ramos LF- 3 for 5, 2B, HR(2), BB, 2 R, 2 RBI. BA= .257. Ramos drove in the Giants first run in the 2'nd inning with a double. He then tied the game in the 6'th with a 2-run HR, his second long ball in 2 days. It looks like Heliot put the 2-day benching to good use.
Drew Gilbert CF- 2 for 5, RBI. BA= .250. Two good games in a row for Gilbert who has an opportunity with Harrison Bader and Jared Oliva on the IL.
Adrian Houser RHP- 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 9/4 GO/AO. ERA= 5.40. Houser pulled it together after falling behind 5-1 by the end of 3 innings. It seems Tony Vitello's philosophy of managing starting pitchers is to get the pitches out of them at the risk of more add-on runs by the opposition.
Ryan Walker RHP- 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 4.00. Walker partly redeemed himself after blowing the Save by holding the line in the 10'th inning. It would be better for everyone if it didn't go to extra-innings, though.
Caleb Kilian RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 0.90. Like for instance if Kilian pitched the 9'th, not only would it have saved extra innings but he would have only pitched one inning.
The Win improved the Giants record to 9-12. They gained a game on both the Dodgers and the Wild Card and now 6.5 games behind in the NL West and 3.5 games in the Wild Card race.
Robbie Ray LHP tries to give the Giants a winning record for the road trip tomorrow facing Miles Mikolas RHP.
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