Giants Win Thriller On Fargas' Walk-Off Grand Slam
SAN JOSE, CA -Johneshwy Fargas hit a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the San Jose Giants to a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Modesto Nuts on Saturday evening at Municipal Stadium. With the Giants trailing by three runs and down to their final
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Fargas (3-for-5, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI) finished a single shy of the cycle and drove in five runs to lead the Giants offensive attack.
Down 8-5, the Giants' ninth-inning rally began when Miller smacked a one-out double to deep left center.
McIver (0-5), who entered the game to begin the bottom of the ninth for Modesto, was saddled with the loss.
The Nuts lost despite knocking out a season-high 21 hits. Modesto built an early 5-0 lead against Giants starter
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San Jose began their comeback effort with a two-run bottom of the fourth. Quinn drew a leadoff walk and immediately scored the first Giants run when the next batter, Johnson, laced a triple into the right field corner. Johnson later scored on a wild pitch to bring San Jose to within 5-2.
In the bottom of the fifth, Miller crushed a solo home run to left center - his 14th round-tripper of the season - to trim the Modesto lead to 5-3.
The Nuts got a run back in the top of the sixth as Cowan led off with a single against Giants reliever
San Jose though responded with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Back-to-back doubles from Beltre and Fargas to start the inning brought home the first run.
Still down by a run, the Giants threatened in the bottom of the eighth as Fargas led off with a triple down the right field line, but was ultimately stranded at third. Van Horn followed the triple by striking out for the first out. Murphy then also struck out before Heyward flied out to deep left to end the inning.
The Nuts then pushed across two runs in the top of the ninth to extend their lead to 8-5. Two singles and a hit by pitch loaded the bases with two outs before Liberato lined a single into right center plating two insurance runs for Modesto. San Jose though would complete their comeback in the bottom of the ninth thanks to Fargas' heroics.
Notes
* The walk-off win was San Jose's eighth of the season. The Giants have hit three walk-off home runs this year: Miller - April 14 vs. Stockton,
* Fargas hit San Jose's second grand slam of the season (Quinn - August 22 at Visalia).
* The Nuts out-hit the Giants 21-14. The 21 hits allowed by San Jose was a season-high.
* Modesto left 15 runners on base and hit into four double plays.
* Miller's home run and double were his team-leading 50th and 51st extra-base hits of the season (fifth in the league).
* The Giants won for the fifth time this season when trailing after eight innings - tops in the league.
* Quinn (2-for-4, SB) and Johnson (2-for-5, 3B, RBI) also finished with multi-hit games.
* Franco (1-for-5) extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
* San Jose won for just the second time in their last 10 games.
* With Modesto's loss on Saturday, Visalia clinched the second North Division playoff spot (Stockton vs. Visalia in North Division Series).
* Saturday's game time was exactly four hours - the Giants' longest game of the season.
On Deck
The Giants and Nuts continue their series on Sunday afternoon with first pitch at Municipal Stadium scheduled for 1:00 PM.