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Rewind: Duffy's walk-off gives Giants 'really nice homestand'

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SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Panik pulled a bright pink bat out of his locker on Sunday morning and then looked down at his pink, metallic spikes. He wondered aloud what would happen if he picked up five hits in the Mother’s Day gear. Would he have to keep wearing the pink?

Ballplayers are superstitious types, but hours later, Matt Duffy didn’t need long to think about what he would do with a custom bat that drove the game-winning single into left field on Sunday and gave Duffy his first career walk-off hit. 

“It’s going to mom,” he said.