The Giants beat the Marlins 2-1 today to take a series victory. And they couldn’t have done it without a wild pitch (or two) from Marlins pitcher Ryne Stanek.
With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Mike Yastrzemski and Brandon Belt had back-to-back singles, which brought Stanek into the game. A wild pitch during Evan Longoria’s at-bat advanced them both before Longoria was walked to load the bases.
Loaded bases with fewer than two outs tends to cause the Giants offense to crawl back into its shell, so naturally Stephen Vogt had to strike out to give them that second out and the go ahead to try to score a run.