A throwing error by Cardinal pitcher Randy Choate allowed Brandon Crawford to score the winning run in the Giants 5-4 victory in Game 3 of the NLCS.
The Giants scored four times in the bottom of the 1st. After two outs, Buster Posey singled to right. Pablo Sandoval followed with a single to center and San Francisco had runners at 1st and 2nd. Hunter Pence doubled to right scoring Posey and moving Sandoval to third. Brandon Belt was intentionally walked to load the bases.Travis Ishikawa doubled to deep right field to clear the bases and the Giants were up 4-0.
The Cardinals got two runs back in the 4th. Jon Jay singled as did Matt Holliday. After Tim Hudson got two outs, he gave up a triple to Kolten Wong that scored Jay and Holliday.
In the top of the 6th, The Redbird's Jon Jay singled. He went to second on a ground out by Matt Holliday and to third on a ground out to first by Matt Adams. Jay scored on a Jhonny Peralta single to left and the Cardinals had cut the Giants lead to 4-3.
Randel Gruchik, rookie right fielder for the Cardinals, tied the game at 4 all in the top of the 7th with a solo home run off of the first pitch he saw from Tim Hudson.
That was all the scoring until the bottom of the 10th. Randy Choate was on in relief of Seth Maness. Brandon Crawford worked an 8 pitch walk to lead off the inning. Juan Perez, after fouling off two bunt attempts, singled to left with Crawford stopping at second. Gregor Blanco bunted down the third base line attempting to move the runners along but Choate threw the ball away at first and Crawford scored.
The Giants won on a walk off error and lead the NLCS 2 games to 1.
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ReplyDeleteRandell is in fact a center fielder but he's playing in right field presently. Sorry just saw a slight well he could have been playing more in right center field as opposed to just right and considered a center fielder but he totally was fooled on the ball Travis hit as the wind knocked in down and literally came straight down the wall hitting about 2-3 feet up very catchable but AT & T Park and right center field is an adventure to say the least! OOPS BO BO BIRDIE!!
BUM was feeling down after throwing the ball into left field and costing his team but can you image what Choate must be feeling for the Redbirds!? Oh my!? Thats hurts!
ReplyDelete"Under pressure".....song comes to mind!! Who sang that? Sting or was it Freddie!?
Choate has to be feeling pretty low. What a footnote on a career, especially if the Cards lose the NLDS. Pretty sure "Under Pressure" was done by ZZ Top. Thanks for the comments Phil. Can the Giants take games 4 and 5 in SF or are we going back to St. Louis?
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