SFGate.com · Aug 21, 2018
Giants beat Mets on goofy 13th-inning play
NEW YORK - The ball went upward, and the Giants’ season was about to head further downward.
Or so it seemed.
The Giants beat the Mets 2-1 in 13 innings Monday night because two New York defenders bumped into each other on a seemingly routine popup in shallow left field.
“Not the way you draw it up,” said Andrew McCutchen, who scored the deciding run in most unusual fashion, “but it worked out for us.’
With two outs in the top of the 13th, when Brandon Crawford lifted Tyler Bashlor’s pitch in the sky over shortstop Amed Rosario and left fielder Dominic Smith, most Giants’ mind-sets transitioned to the bottom of the 13th.