PHOENIX — If the Giants are going to make Bruce Bochy’s farewell tour any easier on their manager, the core players Bochy has been with the longest will need to lead an inspired charge.
With a game and series on the line, Brandon Crawford and Pablo Sandoval carried the torch.
Thanks to a diving stop from Crawford that sent Sunday’s game to extra innings and a pinch-hit home run from Sandoval in the top of the 10th, the Giants earned a 3-2 win and a series victory over the second-place D’backs.
With the game-winning run standing on third base and two outs in the ninth, Crawford launched his body into the hole between third and short to corral an Adam Jones one-hopper and fired a low throw that Brandon Belt scooped up to send the game to extra innings.