Evan Longoria, 10, of the San Francisco Giants hits Brandon Bryant after hitting a three-run homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Celebrate with Crawford (35). (AP Photo/Godfredo A. Vazquez)
SAN FRANCISCO — The odds are slimmer than slim, but the Giants are still not eliminated from playoff contention.
With a 10-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night, the Giants kept the season alive thanks to a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies and a rainy call to the second game of Friday’s doubleheader.
But the Giants, who have won 10 of their last 11 games, need to win the remaining five to advance to the postseason, while the Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers must lose all of them. . They have two more against the Diamondbacks before a final trip to face San Diego his Padres clinging to the second NL wildcard spot.
Tech adds a bit of buzz to the next few games.The Giants are technically the hottest team in baseball over the past two weeks. A miracle is a simultaneous progression of several consecutive wins and consecutive losses. But the Giants would rather control their own destiny. They’re not celebrating paltry odds — and who can blame it?
“It was great, but a little late,” said Alex Cobb. “That’s all I have to say about it. It was good baseball. Too late.”
“I know we are (technically) in the race, but I don’t control anything. And it’s too late for me. And I pray, I wouldn’t be in this position if I just stopped some of the skids I had at the beginning of the year, but I think I have a lot to learn. We have to learn not to be complacent and carry that into the next season and know that there are some games that will decide if we go to the playoffs.”
Some of the early season struggles were against teams like the Diamondbacks who could win. Pitchers like Meryl Kelly suffered frustrating losses. Meryl Kelly had a 3.13 ERA overall, but this year against the Giants, he went into Friday’s game with a 1.35 ERA.
But the Giants turned the tables on Kerry on Friday. By the third inning, the Giants had scored more runs (7) against righties (6) than they allowed in their previous five starts. And the Giants loudly retorted.
Evan Longoria hit two homers. Mike Yastrzemski, who replaced the ailing Lamonte Wade Jr. in the last-minute lineup, also homered. Longoria’s home runs came off the bat at 103 and 104 mph. Yastrzemski’s 107 mph.
“He hits the zone. Our philosophy was kind of try to be more aggressive early on in the count,” Longoria said. , is good at executing pitching all the time, philosophically speaking, if he throws a complete game in 80 pitches, so be it, go out and attack him and see what happens. let’s go.”
Joc Pederson attacked in the second inning. He hit his triple off the brick wall for the third time this week and scored a Little League home run in the Diamondbacks’ defensive incompetence.
“The Little League thing really fits,” said manager Gabe Kapler. “He’s like a giant kid out there.”
The Giants scored eight runs against Kerry who got out of the game with just two outs in the fifth inning.
Cobb gave up four runs in five innings and struck out five. Thomas Sapucki, Alex Young and Union Marte were scoreless out of the bullpen and he pitched four.
