SAN FRANCISCO -- Yangervis Solarte deposited Josh Osich's fastball into the left-field seats, circled the bases at a half sprint and leapt into the air before coming down on home plate. The Padres, who had spent most of nine games taking punches from San Francisco, had punched back, tying Wednesday's game with a two-run homer in the top of the eighth.
But the Giants -- as they've done so frequently over the past half-decade -- would find a way to deliver a knockout blow, walking off for a 4-3 victory in the 10th on Brandon Crawford's single off the center-field wall.