Rafael Devers continued his torrid home run streak as the San Francisco Giants edged past the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 10-inning thriller.
After one of the craziest games of the year, things began to settle in for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both of these teams are below .500, and even though the Pirates have 10 extra wins this year, they've been extremely evenly matched through the first two games of the series.
San Francisco jumped out to a 1-0 lead in game two, only for the Pirates to tie it up in the fourth inning.
A two-run fifth inning put the Giants ahead 3-1, only for the Pirates to add a run in both the seventh and eighth innings.
In extras, the Giants scored two in the top half of the 10th while the Pirates were only able to plate one run, falling 5-4 to a Giants team that is now 58-82.
Giants executed the 10th inning perfectly
Small ball works, and the Giants proved that against the now 68-72 Pirates. Despite being super aggressive at the trade deadline, the Pirates simply haven't had enough in the tank to compete this season.
A sacrifice bunt got the Giants started in the top of the 10th, and they would later make Pittsburgh pay for intentionally walking Rafael Devers.
With how hot Devers has been, walking him was absolutely the right move to make. That said, Bryce Eldridge doubled in the first run of the inning, and then Turner Hill hit a sacrifice fly that was deep enough to score Devers from third.
Dylan Smith's name was called upon in the bottom half, and he may have allowed the ghost runner to score immediately, but he struck out the next two batters he faced and secured the win for the Giants on a lineout for his fourth safe of the season.
Jason Foley, who pitched the ninth for the Giants, improved to 2-1. He was able to pick up the win after Carson Seymour recorded his first blown save of the year.
Devers homered in his third straight game
Remember, Devers just had a three-game home run streak from August 24-26, and now, he's done it again.
Devers has homered in each of his last three games, but seeing as there have only been two in September so far, he's sitting at a 1.922 OPS in the month.
Obviously, that number will go down sooner rather than later, but the 29-year-old is doing everything he can to put this team on his back and avoid a dreadful 100-loss season, something no one expected could be a possibility when the season began.
