After a dramatic win Wednesday night, the Giants pulled off another one last night. San Francisco traded runs with Florida for most of the game, and in the end Emmanuel Burriss came around to score the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, winning the game 4-3.
Rookie Matt Palmer did a nice job, he went six solid innings and gave up just two runs on six hits. He let Florida get on the board in the second inning when Dan Uggla took him deep for a solo homer, the other run scored off him came in the fourth. Keiichi Yabu relieved him in the seventh inning, and got just one out before allowing a double to Cody Ross, turning the game over to Jack Taschner. Ross was able to move over to third before pinch-hitting Luis Gonzalez brought him in to tie the game on a sacrifice fly. Taschner gave up a single in the eighth inning before leaving the game. Tyler Walker finished off the eighth inning with two strikeouts and two walks. Brian Wilson took the game into his hands in the ninth inning, and pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout to give the Giants a chance at another walk-off win.
Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand each had two singles, Winn scored a run, and Rowand had one of the RBI’s. After falling into a 0-2 hole, the Giants tied things up in their half of the fourth inning, and then took the lead in the fifth with a run. Ryan Rohlinger had the only extra-base hit of the game for San Francisco, a triple that drove in a run. Rohlinger could have made more of the situation, but got caught stealing home. The ninth inning looked like trouble from the start for Florida when speedster Burriss got on base on a walk to leadoff the inning, and moved to second base with his eleventh steal of the season. Burriss tagged up on a fly by Winn to get over to third base. Pinch-hitter Bengie Molina was walked, and that set up a good situation for Fred Lewis to win the game, but he did not even need to swing the bat. A wild pitch by Kevin Gregg allowed Burriss to dash home, winning the game for the Giants in walk-off style for the second night in a row.
Tonight the Giants will send Tim Lincecum to the mound as they host the Padres. San Diego has had a disappointing year coming within one game of the playoffs last year. Cha Seung Baek will pitch for the Padres at 7:15 p.m.
