[teejers1]

Great game.  Three weak singles that baaaarely get the hitter to first base.  Belt races home with the winning run...he knocks the ball out of the catcher's glove, otherwise he would have been out.  In the bottom half of the ninth, Rogers is pitching, Crawford has the only error of the game on a ground ball right at him.  Ends in an awkwardish double play with Belt getting the ball out of his glove slowly and Rogers not stretching for the ball as he covers first base.  Padres challenge both out calls at first and second, lose both.  Exquisite torture.

Giants now 98-53.  98 wins is the ninth-highest number of regular season wins in the 138 year history of the franchise, with 12 games left to play in the regular season.

Incredible game.  I put it in Top 5 or 6 Ws this season (and that's saying something).  Thought for sure the inability to score with bases juiced and 1 out in T1 was going to come back and bite them.  Also liked to see the Giants score runs with non-hits, thanks to good situational hitting.  (Sac Flies from Posey and Yaz).  Didn't like to see Gausman struggle.  He has completely lost his ace abilities from earlier in the year.

Question:  did the ball actually ever get to the catcher's glove on Belt's run?  I watched the replays and never once saw the ball actually in the glove.  I mean, that's certainly possible, or maybe even probable, but Belt arrived at same time the ball did and all I actually saw on TV was the ball trickling down from Belt's upper body to behind home plate as he slid across home plate.

[teejers1]

Great game.  Three weak singles that baaaarely get the hitter to first base.  Belt races home with the winning run...he knocks the ball out of the catcher's glove, otherwise he would have been out.  In the bottom half of the ninth, Rogers is pitching, Crawford has the only error of the game on a ground ball right at him.  Ends in an awkwardish double play with Belt getting the ball out of his glove slowly and Rogers not stretching for the ball as he covers first base.  Padres challenge both out calls at first and second, lose both.  Exquisite torture.

Giants now 98-53.  98 wins is the ninth-highest number of regular season wins in the 138 year history of the franchise, with 12 games left to play in the regular season.

Incredible game.  I put it in Top 5 or 6 Ws this season (and that's saying something).  Thought for sure the inability to score with bases juiced and 1 out in T1 was going to come back and bite them.  Also liked to see the Giants score runs with non-hits, thanks to good situational hitting.  (Sac Flies from Posey and Yaz).  Didn't like to see Gausman struggle.  He has completely lost his ace abilities from earlier in the year.

Question:  did the ball actually ever get to the catcher's glove on Belt's run?  I watched the replays and never once saw the ball actually in the glove.  I mean, that's certainly possible, or maybe even probable, but Belt arrived at same time the ball did and all I actually saw on TV was the ball trickling down from Belt's upper body to behind home plate as he slid across home plate.