San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates

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San Francisco Giants

58-57, 30-31 Away

Final
4 - 2

Pittsburgh Pirates

49-66, 32-27 Home

Dominic Smith hits go-ahead double in 9th as Giants rally for 4-2 win over Pirates

Jung Hoo Lee hit a one-out double down the right-field line off Dennis Santana (3-4). Smith, pinch hitting for Christian Koss, brought Lee in with another double to right to make it 3-2 and Patrick Bailey extended the lead with an RBI single.

Giants reliever Ryan Walker (4-4) struck out the side in the eighth, including Oneil Cruz with two on and two outs. Randy Rodríguez pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.

In the top half, Isaac Mattson gave up a leadoff single to Bailey, a one-out single to Rafael Devers and another single to Willy Adames before departing with the bases loaded. Matt Chapman tied it with a sacrifice fly.

Nick Gonzales put the Pirates ahead with a two-out single to left in the first.

Jerar Encarnación tied it in the fifth with a 442-foot drive to left off a fastball from Andrew Heaney, his second home run of the season after hitting one in an 8-1 win Tuesday. He left after attempting to beat out a throw at first in the seventh. Encarnación will have an MRI on Thursday and Giants manager Bob Melvin said he expects him to miss considerable time with an injured right hamstring.

Heaney, who was tagged for one run and two hits in 4 2/3 innings, had retired 12 straight batters since letting the first two reach. Heliot Ramos started the first inning with a first-pitch single, extending his on-base streak to a career-high 20 games, before Devers was hit by a pitch.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored on Tommy Pham’s sacrifice in the fifth, giving the Pirates back the lead.

Robbie Ray struck out eight in six innings for San Francisco, giving up two runs and six hits.

Key moment Cruz hit for Joey Bart in the eighth and struck out on a sinker Walker left over the heart of the plate.

Key stat Smith extended his hitting streak to 11 games, tying a career-best stretch from Sept. 4-17, 2020, while with the Mets.

Up next The Giants head home to open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals on Friday. The Pirates have RHP Paul Skenes (6-8, 2.02 ERA) on the mound Thursday to start a four-game home set against Cincinnati. RHP Brady Singer (9-8, 4.36 ERA) will start for the Reds.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Triolo flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Suwinski lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez relieved Walker
	9th Inning	Smith at first base.
	9th Inning	Suwinski hit for Canario

Statistics

SF		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
4	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
21	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	3
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	9
38	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.1	Runs Created	2.5
.212	Batting Average	.242
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.273
.242	Secondary Average	.121
.289	On Base Percentage	.278
.653	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.551
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
31.0	Batter Rating	19.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.39
.152	Isolated Power	.030
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.0	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0