SF Giants deliver walk-off win after celebrating Crawford’s legacy
SAN FRANCISCO The Giants began their afternoon by honoring the legacy of Brandon Crawford They ended their afternoon by beating the Texas Rangers - thanks to a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning by pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey San Francisco and Texas entered the ninth inning tied up at two runs apiece Ryan Walker worked around back-to-back singles to start the inning and pitched a scoreless frame in the top of the ninth setting up an opportunity for the offense to deliver a win Heliot Ramos began the bottom of the ninth with a leadoff single against Jacob Webb then LaMonte Wade Jr followed up with a walk to give the Giants runners on first and second with no outs Those runners advanced feet apiece when Christian Koss laid down a sacrifice bunt putting runners on second and third with one out Giants manager Bob Melvin pinch-hit Sam Huff the former Ranger for Bailey Rangers manager Bruce Bochy countered by bringing in left-handed reliever Jacob Latz The move swung in Melvin s favor On the first pitch Bailey saw he flipped a walk-off single into right field to drive in Ramos Robbie Ray turned in arguably his best start as a Giant allowing two runs over seven innings with eight strikeouts the first time he s completed seven innings with the orange and black Ray s whiffs were the the greater part induced by a Giants pitcher this season Related Articles SF Giants fans shower Brandon Crawford with applause in retirement ceremony Verlander remains winless as Eovaldi stifles SF Giants offense With Bochy s Rangers in town SF Giants set to honor Crawford s career SF Giants win series as Adames drives in go-ahead run versus old club SF Giants Webb continues excellent April by outdueling Peralta in win over Brewers The Rangers scored a pair of runs against Ray in the first and third innings but Willy Adames provided the equalizer in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two-run single Adames is at this moment riding a five-game hitting streak and has recorded at least one hit in seven of his last eight games
