Late Lead Slips Away, Giants Fall 5-4
MODESTO, CA - The Modesto Nuts rallied late Thursday night scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game before plating the go-ahead run in the eighth en route to a 5-4 victory over the Giants at John Thurman Field. With the loss, San Jose (26-21) dropped
MODESTO, CA - The Modesto Nuts rallied late Thursday night scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game before plating the go-ahead run in the eighth en route to a 5-4 victory over the Giants at John Thurman Field. With the loss, San Jose (26-21) dropped two out of three games in the series.
San Jose starting pitcher
The Giants built a 3-0 lead with single tallies in the second, fourth and fifth innings. In the top of the second, Fabian led off with a double into the left field corner before De La Rosa singled.
In the fourth, Fabian led off with a towering home run down the left field line to make it 2-0 - his fourth round-tripper of the season. An inning later, Miller doubled with two outs and immediately scored when the next batter,
After Webb breezed through the first four innings,
San Jose got one run back in the top of the sixth as Fabian led off with a double into the right center field gap - his third extra-base hit of the game. De La Rosa then reached on a bunt single moving Fabian to third before a Rivera sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 4-2.
Sano bounced back with a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth, but struggled in the seventh as the Nuts rallied to tie the game. Consecutive walks to Nick Zammarelli and Rizzo started the inning before Morgan grounded an RBI single into left to bring Modesto to within 4-3.
San Jose threatened to reclaim the lead in the top of the eighth as De La Rosa singled with two outs before Rivera worked a 12-pitch walk, but new Nuts pitcher
Lannoo returned to the mound in the bottom of the eighth and saw Modesto immediately put the go-ahead run in scoring position as
With the Nuts ahead by a run, Mills induced three straight groundouts in a 1-2-3 top of the ninth to finish the game.
Mills (3-0), who retired all four batters he faced in his relief outing, earned the win for Modesto.
Lannoo (0-1) was saddled with the loss for the Giants after yielding the game-deciding run in the bottom of the eighth. Lannoo pitched two innings out of the bullpen with four hits and one unearned run surrendered. He struck out four.
Notes
* The Giants fell to 3-3 on their road trip.
* San Jose had won three straight road series' prior to dropping two out of three games to Modesto. The Giants were attempting to win a fourth consecutive road series for the first time since the 2013 season.
* Webb lowered his ERA to 1.80. He has not allowed a run over his last three starts (10 innings).
* Fabian has hit two home runs on the road trip (five games played).
* San Jose out-hit Modesto 12-8.
* The Nuts went 5-for-12 (.417 AVG) with runners in scoring position.
* Miller's hit streak is the second-longest by a Giants player this season (Matt Winn - 16 games).
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* San Jose is now 8-8 against Modesto this year.
* The Giants fell to two games behind Stockton (28-19) for first place in the first half North Division race. 23 games remain in the half.
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On Deck
The Giants continue their road trip on Friday evening with the opener of a three-game series against the Lake Elsinore Storm. First pitch at The Diamond is scheduled for 7:00 PM.