MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Austin Slater doubled with two outs in the 10th inning for his first career walk-off RBI, sending the San Francisco Giants past the Miami Marlins 6-5 on Friday in an opening-day nail-biter.
Thairo Estrada hit a tying home run to start the bottom of the ninth off Anthony Bender.
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Then Slater came through against Anthony Bass (0-1), scoring Darin Ruf.
It marked San Francisco’s first walk-off win on opening day since beating the Padres on April 6, 1987, at Candlestick Park.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. put Miami ahead with a two-run homer with one out in the top of the ninth as the Marlins capitalized against San Francisco’s bullpen once Logan Webb left the game.