SAN FRANCISCO -- Though this was just a regular-season game, the Giants celebrated their 7-5, 14-inning victory Saturday as if they were their historic forerunners, toasting Bobby Thomson or rejoicing in Travis Ishikawa.
In the unquenchable hearts of these Giants, Andrew McCutchen was their Thomson, their Ishikawa, men who won postseason games with memorable home runs. This April game bore nothing approaching postseason gravity. But there's always room for spirit, and McCutchen raised the Giants' spirits to the heavens with his career-high sixth hit of the game: a three-run homer in the 14th that erased Los Angeles' 5-4 lead and ignited a clubhouse celebration that was happily out of proportion for Game No.