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Time: 2:42 (start time 1:07 PDT)
Attendance: 32,727
Start Time Weather: 73° F, Wind 8mph out to Rightfield,
Cloudy, No Precipitation.
The game was a pitcher’s duel throughout regulation, with
twice as many runs scored in the 10th inning than in the previous 9 combined.
Both starters were dominant: Blake Snell fanned 10 in his 7 innings of work for
the Giants, while JP Sears lasted into the 8th while recording 9 Ks for
Oakland. The home team plated the game’s first run in the bottom of the 6th on
singles by Daz Cameron, Brent Rooker, and Miguel Andujar, but Heliot Ramos led
off the top of the 7th with a round-tripper to tie things up.
San Francisco struck quickly in the top of the 10th, as
Jerar Encarnacion hit the first pitch from Dany Jiménez out of the park, and
pinch-hitter Michael Conforto followed almost immediately with another blast. The
A’s did make it interesting, however, as automatic runner Lawrence Butler
scored on an error, and a walk and single then loaded the bases with no outs. With
the tying and winning runs on base, however, Ryan Walker fanned Oakland’s 3-4-5
hitters to seal the win.
This Sunday contest was the final one in the Bay Bridge Series, with the pending departure of the Athletics to Sacramento. That, plus the Vida Blue bobblehead giveaway, produced a crowd more than three times the size of their season’s average. Unfortunately, that meant that it was barely possible to move, or even stand for a moment, on the narrow main concourse. The “Colossal Dogs” were reasonably good, but nothing special. In the park’s defense, our seats (between home plate and first base) were just fine, and the ballpark is well-served by public transportation; a rail stop was less than a block from our hotel, and the Muni-BART combination took us there in less time than we spend riding from Rockville to Nats Park.
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