Patrick Corbin took a one-hitter into the eighth inning to earn his first win with Washington, Wilmer Difo homered and the Nationals beat the punchless San Francisco Giants 4-2 Thursday.
38-year-old Erik Kratz was behind the plate for the Giants Friday with Buster Posey out for a scheduled day off. He caught all 18-innings in a game that tied a record for most amount of innings played in one game at (now) Oracle Park.
SAN FRANCISCO –– With a dominant pitching performance by Jeff Samardzija (1-0) and a timely home run by Kevin Pillar, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 1-0 on Thursday.
You can expect Bruce Bochy to receive the royal treatment from Major League Baseball cities across the nation in his victory lap around the league, but San Francisco started off the proceedings in style.
“There’s so much noise and chaos around us already,” Curry told KNBR’s Adam Copeland at the Oakland premiere of the first episode of Stephen vs. The Game. “I really just wanted to own the narrative of who I am.”