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The San Francisco Giants took the series win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon after a tough loss on Saturday night with a miraculous 12th-inning walk-off from Jesus Rodriguez. The Giants rallied back from a two-run deficit in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game at 4-4, and then scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th to tie the game at 6-6, before Rodriguez sent the fans home happy with a bloop single to right field.
The Rodriguez hit almost ended in disaster for the Giants, as Heliot Ramos was late scoring the run in fear of the ball getting caught by the right fielder. If the right fielder had been more aware and gotten the ball in quicker with an accurate throw, it’s likely that Ramos would’ve been out on a force-out.
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The Giants have been under fire recently, thanks to questions about their first-year manager, Tony Vitello. San Francisco currently sits last in the National League West and has now lost nine of their past 12 games. In a competitive division where every team is just chasing the Los Angeles Dodgers, a losing skid like that can devastate an entire season.
It won’t get any easier for the Giants, as their next series sees them visit those Dodgers for a four-game set. San Francisco took two of three games from Los Angeles the first time they played this season, which makes it very likely the Dodgers will be highly motivated to exact a measure of revenge this week.
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