The Giants got Tyler Austin to do one thing: mash dingers. He hasn’t gotten a ton of opportunities to do that. Before today’s game, Austin had received just 41 plate appearances, and most of those ended it a walk or a strikeout. Not only have we been waiting for Austin to get his first homer as a Giant, we’ve been waiting for him to do… something. Austin’s biggest play as a Giant by win probability added was a double of Hyun-jin Ryu that advanced Steven Duggar to third base.
Today, Austin got a rare start and he helped the Giants erase their second enormous deficit in a week.