Tyler Anderson tried not to get ahead of himself. The Giants starter hadn't gone the distance in 75 previous big league starts, so he tried not to think too much about what he was headed for as outs ticked by Saturday night.
But with a healthy lead in the ninth and his manager's support, Anderson started to look ahead. He said he looked around with two outs in the ninth and thought about what was at stake.
"Damn," Anderson recounted later, smiling. "We might be able to get through this thing."
Anderson threw his first complete game -- and the first by a Giant in two years -- in a 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks that was the fifth straight for the Giants.