Wild anything but for Mariners in AZL Final
Wild (1-0) scattered four hits over seven innings, including two hits and a walk in the first frame. He settled down after his teammates scored four runs in the bottom of the inning.
"It was a big game and I was trying to slow myself down," Wild said. "Trying to not be too anxious. Those four runs put me in my comfort zone."
The 23-year-old right-hander went on to retire 10 straight batters into the fourth. He gave up a single to Johnny Monell to open the fifth, but downed the next 10 in order.
"The main thing I was concerned with was going 0-1 to every batter," said Wild, who had pitched over five innings only once this season. "If I can get them to go 0-1, I can get them to chase. I was able to locate my pitches and everything was over the plate."
His location was a key point for him as he retired the side on strikeouts in the first and fifth. Wild allowed catcher Israel Nunez to call the pitches.
"I left it up to [Nunez]," Wild said. "He's been catching me, and he knows what I like to do. He was able to recognize the hitters and I didn't have to shake him off once."
Mariners manager Jose Moreno tipped his hat to Wild and his teammates.
"It was a great game by Jake Wild," he said. "San Francisco has a good team, but they couldn't do anything about him. He threw fastballs down the middle, he kept hitters off-balance."
Moreno is in his first year as a manager in the United States after winning two championships in Venezuela.
"These kids deserved to win," he said. "We set the tone from the beginning. We used a lot of base hits. We were bunting and using the hit-and-run. We don't have a big guy who can hit a home run and change the game -- we have to do the little things."
Mario Martinez went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI single in the first, and Maximo Mendez singled, doubled, and scored a run for the Mariners.
Giants starter Wilber Bucardo (0-1) gave up five runs on seven hits and struck out one over 3 1/3 frames.
Ramon Corona hit an RBI single in the first and walked and scored in the ninth. Casey Bond singled and scored in the last frame for the Giants.
Michael Blinn is a contributor to MLB.com.