Giants win in 14 innings on Brandon Crawford’s 7-hit night
MIAMI — Brandon Crawford was not going to affect that indifferent ballplayer sneer and deny he knew how many hits he had when he stepped to the plate in the 14th inning.
When Crawford shot a line single to center in the 14th to drive in Brandon Belt and provide the Giants an 8-7 victory, he knew he hit the jackpot with hit No. 7.
Crawford’s historic seventh hit was the capstone to one of the Giants’ most inspired wins of the season.
The Giants left 18 on base and ran through every position player and reliever except for Javier Lopez.
Madison Bumgarner pinch hit and Jeff Samardzija ran to the bullpen to get loose.
Bochy was resting in a Miami-area hospital, ordered to spend the night for observation after he took ill Monday morning.
There stood Crawford, who just completed a remarkable feat, yet all the attention went to TV replays of Buster Posey’s 11th-inning face plant into third base.
Posey drew a leadoff walk and raced to third on Crawford’s fifth hit, a single.
Posey dived headfirst, smacking his face on the base and jamming the index finger on his right hand as he almost overslid the bag.
For the second time on this trip, he allowed back-to-back home runs, this time by Martin Prado and Yelich in the fifth inning, Prado with a man aboard.
Belt did hit a two-run double in the five-run seventh.