Denied by replay, Crawford instead hits 482-foot HR during same AB
MEXICO CITY – Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford secured a cool little bit of historical past on Saturday afternoon by launching MLB’s first regular-season residence run in Mexico City. He definitely wasn’t the final.
Aided by the intense altitude — Mexico City sits at 7,350 toes above sea stage, 2,000 toes greater than Denver — the Giants and Padres mixed to attain 27 runs on 11 residence runs, with an MLB-record-tying 10 gamers going deep within the wild, back-and-forth affair.
San Francisco pitchers surrendered six homers, tied for probably the most in a single sport because the franchise moved west in 1958.
“It was crazy,” Crawford mentioned. “I mean, obviously, the result wasn’t fun, but most of the game was fun. Back and forth. The crowd was great. I personally enjoy watching homers. I’m sure the pitchers probably will feel otherwise, but I think that’s a fun part of baseball.”
Crawford got here inside inches of slugging the inaugural homer when he despatched a drive down the right-field line that appeared to sneak contained in the foul pole with one out within the third inning. But the decision was overturned following a replay evaluation. The 36-year-old Crawford left little doubt when he returned to the plate to renew his at-bat towards Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove, crushing the very subsequent pitch – a 1-2 hanging curveball – 482 toes to left-center subject to chop the Giants’ deficit to 3-1.
What was it like rounding the bases twice within the span of two pitches?
“Tiring, honestly,” Crawford mentioned. “I actually got some water during the replay. Even though it was a slow jog around the bases, it was still a little bit tiring at this altitude. But I didn’t mind.”
It was the fourth residence run of the 12 months for Crawford, who exited the sport with proper calf tightness after flying out within the high of the fourth. Crawford mentioned he tweaked his calf when he broke for Austin Nola’s RBI single up the center within the third. He will likely be reevaluated earlier than Sunday’s collection finale.
LaMonte Wade Jr. adopted Crawford’s homer with one other solo shot to deliver the Giants inside one, marking the primary of 4 cases wherein gamers went again to again within the sport. In the fourth inning, Mitch Haniger added a three-run drive to left subject – his first for his hometown membership – to tie the sport, 5-5.
Blake Sabol and David Villar launched consecutive blasts to briefly give the Giants an 11-10 lead within the seventh, however the Padres regained the lead on Manny Machado’s second homer of the sport, a two-run shot off Tyler Rogers within the backside half of the inning.
Left-hander Sean Manaea, a former Padre, lasted solely two-plus innings for the Giants, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. In addition to the altitude, Manaea needed to take care of an harm scare within the backside of the primary, when he was smoked on the proper knee by a 107.6 mph comebacker off the bat of Nelson Cruz.
Cruz’s two-out liner deflected off Manaea’s leg and rolled in entrance of the Giants’ dugout for a double, leaving Manaea hobbled and grimacing in ache. Head athletic coach Dave Groeschner got here out to test on the 31-year-old veteran, who stayed within the sport after throwing just a few warmup pitches.
“I thought my kneecap shattered,” Manaea mentioned. “I was very hesitant to put any weight on it. I couldn’t really tell what it hit, just that it was right in that region. But after a little bit, I kind of came to, and I was able to put weight on it. I was fine after that.”
Jakob Junis relieved Manaea within the third and yielded 5 runs over 2 2/3 innings, with the entire injury coming by way of 4 homers. One of them — a two-run drive by Fernando Tatis Jr. within the fifth — had a success likelihood of solely 7%, nevertheless it ended up finishing up over the quick porch in proper subject.
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Sabol mentioned. “I mean, some of those balls, especially the Tatis ball comes to mind, it was off the end of the bat, up in the air. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a popout.’ … I was like, ‘Really?’ Sure enough, it was a homer. We both get to play on the field, so there’s no excuse, but the ball definitely flies. It lives up to the hype.”
