MIAMI — The right fielder had a black eye. The cleanup-hitting catcher featured a raspberry scrape across his chin. Their manager? He watched from a hospital bed.
Any major league game that ventures into the 14th inning and beyond takes on the feel of a street fight. But the Giants had Brandon Crawford in their corner Monday night. And he just kept on punching, and punching, and punching.Crawford had one of the most remarkable offensive performances in Giants history while going 7 for 8, becoming just the fifth major league player since at least 1913 to collect seven hits in a game.