Final/13
Posey walks in winner in 13th, Giants beat Blue Jays 5-4
May 12, 2016 - 1:49 AM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Buster Posey might have just been a little weary after catching his second 13-inning game in five days. After struggling the past few games, he took the walk.''It's a win,'' he said. ''You get to the point about 4 1/2 hours in, does it really matter?''
His walk on four straight balls with the bases loaded in the 13th inning let the San Francisco Giants salvage one win in their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4 on Wednesday.
''It's good to win any way you can,'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. ''I'll take the walk.''
Brandon Belt was hit by a pitch to open the inning and Denard Span's bunt attempt was mishandled at second. Following a wild pitch, Joe Panik was walked intentionally.
Matt Duffy lined out to first base before Posey took the walk from Ryan Tepera (0-1).
Albert Suarez (1-0) pitched an inning for his first major-league victory.
Madison Bumgarner pitched 6 2/3 solid innings, allowing one run on three hits. He owns a 1.87 ERA over his last five starts.
''He was in a tough spot there,'' Bumgarner said of Suarez. ''Any time there's a first win, you're extremely happy for him, especially a guy like that.''
Bumgarner retired 12 of 14 batters during one stretch. He walked four and struck out five.
Michael Saunders, who entered the game as a pinch hitter in the seventh, led off the ninth with a home run to straightaway center against closer Santiago Casilla, who blew his third save.
''Your whole goal is to try to win series, on the road especially,'' Saunders said. ''All season long, you win the first two and you try to get greedy, get the third one. It just didn't go our way.''
Hunter Pence and Gregor Blanco each doubled home a run and Span drove in a run for the Giants, who had lost five of seven.
Josh Donaldson collected four hits, walked and scored a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, who had won five of seven. Edwin Encarnacion, Russell Martin and Justin Smoak also drove in runs.
Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman delivered another solid outing. He gave up four runs -- two earned -- on eight hits in his six innings. Stroman walked two and struck out five.
Posey, who ended a 0-for-18 streak with a single in the first, grounded into a bases-loaded double play in the fifth, allowing Span to score.
The Blue Jays scored a pair of runs in the eighth against Cory Gearrin on Martin's sacrifice fly and Smoak's pinch hit single.
TRAINER'S ROOM:
Blue Jays: LHP Aaron Loup (left elbow) threw an inning, about 10 pitches, during an extended spring training game on Tuesday. If he comes out of it OK he will start a rehab assignment on Saturday. ... OF Michael Saunders was not in the starting lineup as a routine day off.
Giants: RHP George Kontos is scheduled to rejoin the Giants when they travel to San Diego to open a three-game against the Padres on Tuesday. He's on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento, tossing two scoreless innings in two games. ... RHP Sergio Romo continues to make ''slow progress'' in his recovery from a right flexor strain. He was scheduled to throw 35 pitches off a mound. ''There are no issues with his elbow,'' Bochy said. ''He's on his way.''
UP NEXT:
Blue Jays: RHP R.A. Dickey (1-4, 5.18 ERA) makes the start for Toronto on Friday in Texas, the opener of a three-game set with the Rangers.
Giants: RHP Johnny Cueto (4-1, 3.02) starts Thursday night's game at the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's 6-2 with a 2.70 ERA in nine games against the Diamondbacks.
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This story has been corrected to show in UP NEXT that R.A. Dickey starts for Blue Jays against Texas, not LHP Martin Perez.
- TORONTO: 4
SAN FRANCISCO: 5
Final/13
Sep 26 12:04 PM - Buster Posey walks. Joe Panik to second. Denard Span to third. Brandon Belt scores.
Blue Jays 4, Giants 5 Bot 13, 1 OutMay 11 8:13 PM - Smoak singled to right, Encarnación scored, Tulowitzki to second.
Blue Jays 2, Giants 4 Top 8, 2 OutsMay 11 6:15 PM - Justin Smoak singles to right field. Troy Tulowitzki to second. Edwin Encarnacion scores.
Blue Jays 3, Giants 4 Top 8, 2 OutsMay 11 6:15 PM - Russell Martin out on a sacrifice fly to right field to Hunter Pence. Edwin Encarnacion to third. Josh Donaldson scores.
Blue Jays 2, Giants 4 Top 8, 1 OutMay 11 6:12 PM - Hunter Pence doubles to deep center field. Joe Panik scores.
Blue Jays 1, Giants 4 Bot 5, 2 OutsMay 11 5:27 PM - Posey grounded into a double play, third baseman Donaldson to second baseman Barney to first baseman Encarnación, Span scored, Panik to third, M.Duffy out.
Blue Jays 1, Giants 2 Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 11 5:27 PM - Buster Posey grounds out to shortstop. Matt Duffy out at second. Joe Panik to third. Denard Span scores.
Blue Jays 1, Giants 3 Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 11 5:27 PM - Edwin Encarnacion grounds out to shortstop, Brandon Crawford to Conor Gillaspie. Jose Bautista to third. Josh Donaldson scores.
Blue Jays 1, Giants 2 Top 3, 1 OutMay 11 4:38 PM - Span grounded out, second baseman Barney to first baseman Encarnación, Gillaspie scored, G.Blanco to third.
Blue Jays 0, Giants 1 Bot 2, 2 OutsMay 11 4:28 PM - Denard Span grounds out to second base, Darwin Barney to Edwin Encarnacion. Gregor Blanco to third. Conor Gillaspie scores.
Blue Jays 0, Giants 2 Bot 2, 1 OutMay 11 4:27 PM - Gregor Blanco doubles to deep right field. Conor Gillaspie to third. Brandon Crawford scores.
Blue Jays 0, Giants 1 Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 11 4:24 PM - Kevin Pillar flies out to right center field to Denard Span.
May 11 3:46 PM
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