No baseball players feel the physical tolls of the sport more than catchers, and no Giants player felt the wear and tear of Wednesday’s extra-inning affair more than Buster Posey.
Days before Posey is scheduled to receive a cortisone shot in his right hip, Posey injected his own shot of life into the Giants dugout with a walkoff single off the right field wall to cap off a 5-4, 13-inning win over the Chicago Cubs.
After playing through pain that’s zapped his power for several weeks, Posey still found enough strength to catch 13 innings and provide the closing salvo as the Giants secured their 30th win of the season at AT&T Park.