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Time: 2:22 (start time 6:45 PDT)
Attendance: 29,209
Start Time Weather: 68° F, Wind 18mph out to Centerfield,
Sunny, No Precipitation.
The woebegone White Sox put up somewhat of a fight this
evening, but it wasn’t nearly enough to keep them from recording their 96th
loss of the season, as the Giants’ 4-run 5th inning wound up being enough to
secure their victory.
The visitors generated a couple of early threats, loading
the bases with none out in the 3rd and getting their first two batters on an
inning later, but San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison pitched out of both jams
without allowing a run. They did take a brief lead in the top of the 5th when
Brooks Baldwin walked, stole second, and scored on Luis Robert Jr.’s single. The
Giants finally broke through in the bottom of the inning against Chicago
starter Jonathan Cannon with 5 one-out hits and a sacrifice fly. Matt Chapman
slugged a leadoff homer in the 6th to extend the lead. They loaded the bases
with one out in the bottom of the 7th, but the White Sox turned a double play
to keep the game within reach.
The Sox continued to battle, cutting the deficit in half in
the 8th against the San Francisco bullpen and getting singles by Baldwin and
Robert Jr. an inning later, but Jordan Hicks finally closed things out for his
first save of the season.
I took a tour of Oracle Park on a previous trip but had never seen a game there before. It’s in a great urban setting on the San Francisco Bay, with Willie Mays Plaza in front of the main entrance and plenty of other nods to the team’s heritage. (It’s also less than a block from the Hyatt Place where we were staying.) Our reasonably-priced club level seats were great, but I was less impressed with their overall “club level” experience, as the food offerings were more limited and less unique than I expected and it was uncomfortably crowded prior to the game. The Nationals actually do much better on both counts.
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