When Stephen Vogt stepped into the batter’s box with two outs in the ninth inning with the Giants down by one, Duane Kuiper said that this was the guy he wanted at the plate. I was about to add a paragraph about how silly a statement that was, but before I could get my hands on the keyboard, Vogt did this:
Not only was this Stephen Vogt’s first game of 2019, this was his first major league game since September 30, 2017. Vogt had missed the entire 2018 season with shoulder problems, and at 33, there was no guarantee that he’d make it back to the big leagues.