Life's Too Sports

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Seattle Mariners by the score of 10-1 on Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to five games. Following the Giants' come-from-behind victory on Tuesday, the team boasted its first winning record since August 2. And on Wednesday night, their offensive onslaught continued. Celebrating P!nk's birthday a day late, Mike Yastrzemski "got the party started" in the third inning, connecting on a three-run blast to spearhead San Francisco's potent attack. In the ensuing frames, the team did insurmountable damage, scoring thrice in both the fifth and sixth to erase any hope of a Seattle comeback. Joining Yastrzemski in tallying a multi-hit evening for the Giants were Wilmer Flores, Joey Bart, Mauricio Dubon, and Evan Longoria. Longoria's three RBIs were especially key in tonight's victory, coming on a pair of singles in back-to-back innings to increase San Francisco's lead to 6-0. They didn't look back. ...

The San Francisco Giants overcame a four-run deficit on Tuesday night to defeat the Seattle Mariners by the score of 6-5. Though the Mariners built an early 5-1 advantage (largely due to a bases-clearing double by J.P. Crawford), a resilient Giants squad refused to be outmatched. San Francisco's comeback began in the third inning, when outfielder Alex Dickerson blasted his eighth home run of the season over Levi's Landing. In the fourth, fellow outfielder Mauricio Dubon drove a two-run shot into the left-field bleachers, knotting the score at 5-5. And in the seventh, pinch-hitter Darin Ruf connected on the Giants' third home run of the evening, a tally that held up as the clinching run for San Francisco's surging offense . While first-pitch weather registered at 64 degrees in San Francisco, the climate remained anything but cool in Seattle's dugout. Undoubtedly frustrated by his team's collapse, Mariners' manager Scott Servais was ejected by home plate...