Giants beat Diamondbacks in ninth, sweep series
Giants beat Diamondbacks in ninth, sweep series
PHOENIX — Nothing like a walk-off double-challenge double play.
Nothing like standing around for 3 minutes and 24 seconds while the New York review center decided on two calls that ended the Giants’ 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
“I guess that kind of makes review of the replay exciting, a lot of fans and players waiting to see what the call’s going to be,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
A lot of stuff has gone in the Giants’ favor recently, give or take a Santiago Casilla outburst, and they departed for San Diego with a four-game sweep to avenge the Diamondbacks’ four-game sweep in San Francisco last month.
A day after Peavy surrendered one run in six innings, Cain gave up one in seven.
[...] notice, the back end of the rotation isn’t a weak link.
The Diamondbacks’ run came courtesy of a Cain wild pitch that sent Jake Lamb to third base, in position to score on Paul Goldschmidt’s sacrifice fly in the fourth inning.
Trevor Brown’s homer in the third was the Giants’ only hit through eight innings, and they broke the tie with singles in the ninth by Hunter Pence, Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford.
Game-ending double play.