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On Tuesday night, Brandon Crawford hit a two-out, two-run homer off Ian Kennedy in the ninth to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 walk-off victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Christian Walker hit a homer and right-hander Meryl Kelly shut out his seventh inning to overwhelm the Giants, but Tyro was ahead of Estrada and he was just behind a 1–0 win. He wasn't good enough for the Diamondbacks who had one strike. 9th inning with 2 outs and 3 bases.
Crawford swung to miss Kennedy's next pitch. He then connected an 0-1 fastball and hit the fence in center field for his sixth home run of the season.
The Giants' walk-off victory is his seventh of the year and his second in three days. Estrada closed out his 8-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday with a two-run homer.
This is his sixth walk-off loss of the year for the Diamondbacks, and his second this season in San Francisco.
John Brebbia (6-1) pitched his ninth inning scoreless at the top of his game to clinch the win. Kennedy (4-6) lost.
Walker's home run in his 29th of the season took the lead in his fourth after Giants starter Jakob Junis allowed just his two hits in his three innings of the first. The home run was his third in the last three games, allowing him to match the career-high of 29 he set in 2019. With his two walks and seven strikeouts, he has allowed only four runs and 14 hits in 28 1/3 innings in four games against San Francisco this season.
With 26 out, Junis seemed headed for an unlucky loss, allowing only one run in seven innings where he allowed four hits. He didn't walk and he hit seven.
Jake McCarthy hit the only slugging double for the Diamondbacks in his 6-1 loss to the series opener on Monday night. The
comeback extended the Giants' winning streak to his five games.
– Field Level Media
