PITTSBURGH — The Giants’ 7-5 win here Saturday afternoon, securing their first series win against the Pirates since 2017, was the definition of a team effort.
San Francisco scored in six different innings, had nine players contribute to the run column and even needed two relievers and a beaten-up backstop to escape a bases-loaded jam in the eighth. But by the time Camilo Doval recorded the 27th out, the Giants were winners of the seventh game in their past eight contests.
Their “line change” that often comes when an opposing starter leaves the game gave them the lead for good, though Pittsburgh threatened to spoil things in the eighth with a home run that made it a one-run game and later put the go-ahead run in scoring position.
