SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Donovan Walton scored on a fielding error by Charlie Blackmon in the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Walton began the inning at second base and stayed there after pinch-hitter Brandon Crawford popped out. Luis González followed with a slow single to right field off Carlos Estevez (1-3) that eluded Blackmon — who had earlier thrown a runner out at the plate — as Walton rounded third, then scampered home with the winning run.
“I got Donny on second base so I know he can run,” González said. “Just trying to hit a line drive to the outfield somewhere and hopefully he scores.”
Mike Yastrzemski had three hits and Thairo Estrada added an RBI single for the Giants.
It was San Francisco’s third win in its final at-bat and fourth win in extra innings.
“I thought we were actually having good at-bats up and down the lineup most of the night,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “Despite the fact that we weren’t getting a lot of hits, we weren’t scoring runs, we were having quality at-bats and attacking some pitches that we could drive. Luis’ at-bats were solid throughout the night.”
Blackmon had two hits, including the 1,500th of his career for the Rockies. Connor Joe also had two hits, extending his on-base streak to 33 games. Colorado matched a franchise record with 31 consecutive games without back-to-back wins.
Camilo Doval (1-2) retired three batters to win.
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Colorado’s Antonio Senzatela had six strikeouts and allowed six hits and one run in six innings. San Francisco’s Alex Wood pitched five-hit ball over seven innings with five strikeouts.
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