"I just tried to see the ball and hit it where they're not," Pence said.
But if it weren't for two defensive plays the Giants right fielder made earlier in the game, San Francisco could very well have been playing from behind.
Jean Segura singled to right field off Jake Peavy to begin the third inning and Hernan Perez followed with a line drive into the right-center-field gap. Pence, though, made sure to keep Perez off the bases as he raced toward the center-field wall, reached out and made a magnificent catch on the run.