Giants first baseman Wilmer Flores broke two cardinal guidelines of baseball: By no means make the final out at third base and by no means run on Dodgers proper fielder Mookie Betts.
After San Francisco gave up 4 runs within the high of the sixth to fall behind Los Angeles 6-1 in Recreation 2 of the Nationwide League Division Collection on Saturday, the Giants began to place one thing collectively within the backside of the sixth.
With pinch-hitter Lamonte Wade Jr. on third base after drawing a four-pitch one-out stroll, and Flores on first after grounding right into a power out, up got here shortstop Brandon Crawford, who lined a pinch into proper discipline, simply scoring Wade Jr. That is when the slow-footed Flores determined to check Betts. Effectively, see for your self:
It wasn’t even shut, and it killed a possible rally. Dodgers 6, Giants 2.
Dodgers catcher Will Smith then hit a towering house run to left discipline within the eighth inning to increase LA’s result in 7-2.
