MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A four-game would have been quite the accomplishment for the lowly Miami Marlins.
Alas, it wasn’t in the cards for Don Mattingly’s bunch.
Pablo Sandoval’s tie-breaking two-run single in the 16th inning lifted the San Francisco Giants past Miami 6-3 on Thursday.
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run homer to continue his torrid month and Mac Williamson also homered for the Giants, who salvaged the final game of a four-game series and beat the Marlins for only the second time in the last 10 meetings.
Giants’ starter Dereck Rodriguez pitched 6 2-3 innings, allowing two runs with his father and former Marlins’ World Series championship catcher Pudge Rodriguez sitting behind home plate.