Giants vs. A's Game Highlights (8/18/24) | MLB Highlights

Always a good day when two lefties are starting against each other for the A's. It's JP Sears. What a pitching matchup? It will be today. The Southpaw JP Sears has been outstanding. Sears ready winds up the first pitch kicks off the mound. Schuman is there on the run delivers a strike one pitch, one out and that will bring up. Can he uses his fastball more than any other pitch? Now can drive to center field will make the catch of the run a step shy of the warning track. That's not number two and that will bring up Elliott Ramos. Now Ramos will pop it up, should be playable for Nevin foul and it is, he will make the catch, that's a 123 inning for JP Sears , the dominator these days, mike for the Giants, a lefty Blake. Now his last seven starts and this is what he's done. Two to 0099, a 60 strikeouts might have the best curveball in baseball. The ground is short Fitzgerald out number one. So now Brent Rooker, he's the big home run hitter for the A's and he hits that one pretty hard to center field going back on it. Mcrae at the wall, he'll make the catch. So here's a left handed hitter that's a swing and a miss strike three. A slider. Got him first strikeout today for Blake Snell. One out here is J langeliers. Now, the catcher just off the inside, no called strike three. Got the call. Can't believe it. Here's did he go? Yes, he did on the curve in the dirt. That's strike three for Snell. Two strikeouts in a 123 inning. The Giants get a leadoff baserunner. Now, Grant mcrae batting left handed two balls and a strike to mccray runner goes, the pitches high throw to second base. The tag applied by the shortstop Schuman on the money and down goes, Jrs trying to steal. The Giants are last in baseball and stolen base. They were trying for the 50th of the year and denied by Langoliers 32 and JP Sears just struck out his second man down a strike out on her knees and that brings to the plate. A base hit by sa the first today against Snell. That was a good at bat for Max Schuman out of the stretch. Now for the first time facing Daz Cameron got it three straight changeups Fitzgerald, the batter he's worked to count full here to lead off the fourth on the ground. A fair ball one hop not in tie Fitzgerald's just too fast, great effort, but it's a hit. Here's Mark Canna now one and two to Canna another chance for Hernes who fights the sun. He's coming in. Seers makes the catch, they might have a chance. Got it. JP Sears Fields more than his position and turns an incredible double play catching Fitzgerald sleeping in between 1st and 2nd. Well, you lose it upstairs in that big ball of gas and somebody's got to make something happen. And JP says because I am an athlete do it sizzle. So two outs and here comes Elliott Ramos in a scoreless game 12 and Then he just struck out the all star Elliott Ramos. What a performance for JP Sears through four innings and chapman will lead off against JP Sears. Chapman hit it hard and that's a leadoff single Ky Schmidt squibs that one pass, the dive of Nevin , ok. You don't always have to hit it hard. Chapman is going to go around the third and the fact that he barely got it through the infield, an easy take at third base for Chapman just right off the tip of the bat. There's a little opportunity with some space on the right side just out past the outstretched arm of Nevin. Is that for good luck? Hey, it worked. What a great way to suck up to your manager. It's mike Remy who in this situation could make an out and still get a run home. Here's a but in the air me, Steve fouled territory and diving to his left is langeliers. He makes the play and takes it right off the grass and the sparkling defense continues on this Sunday afternoon. That didn't go how the Giants expected. It's who takes advantage of and the bat head dropping little pop up and she up out of the squat on those pogo sticks makes a heck of a play. So now it's up to Patrick Bailey two on two out. That's a big word for him is a big part of his game is there to make the catch as Cameron zero for two this afternoon line drive to left field, Cameron's got a hit in there doing a nice job of a little changeup that gets flipped up one out single by Cameron. Here's Rooker five to center and struck out one, one and into right field beyond the diving reach of casey Schmidt. So Rooker and Cameron on the base paths back to back hits for the A's and that will bring up JJ on the ground. Schmidt is going to flip. There was a little hesitation, I don't know if they could have gotten the double play, but that took away their chance. And now the runners are on the corners with onto who has recorded a hit against Snell in this game coming up, swinging on the first pitch. It's a base hit on Duar brings home the first a run, the throw. It is perfect. Do get their first run of the game and take a 1 to 0 lead. And what is the conversation here between Mark Kose and alex to at third? It very well could be Koze wondering where's the obstruction call? Because you see matt chapman going for the baseball and they're wondering, does eliminate the lane for JJ Bled. What you got to remember is this is an interpretation call, not something that they're going to be able to take another look at third time through against Sears. You figure it's sort of now or never for the Giants, Elliott Ramos standing in for the Giants Ramos to center field up off the hitters back. Drop Elliott Ramos, a monstrous home run to tie the game, Mike. Goodness. Did he crush that 1 448 ft? Wow, it's 1 to 1. That's one of the longest home runs I can ever remember a Giants hitter having in this part that gets a little life back in the dugout. Blake. Still in this game. He did not do any damage with that one. A curve in the dirt for strike 354 strikeouts. Now, last five starts and that surpasses john Manus Tyler Nevin Rocket back up the middle. Tyler Nevin has a one out base hits in a row and suddenly the A's have loaded the bases with one out for Max Schuman. 12. He went around and the ball hit him, he's out. So he got hit by the pitch but he swung at it. It strike three, one of the really rough rules in baseball. This is where whatever you got left empty. The Tank Blake, 32 on the ground to second. Casey Schmidt will throw him out and Blake, he dug deep and got the Giants through it. The A do not score. We're going to the 10th after nine is one Giants. One Encarnacion stands in Encarnacion first pitch swinging deep right center, first pitch of the 10th and it's a two run home to put the Giants ahead. 3 to 1. What a swing. What a moment for Encarnacion just called up to the Giants earlier in the month and without a doubt, his biggest swing of the bat in a Giants uniform as it stands right now. That's one of the biggest hits of the year for the Giants going to go to his bench and Michael Conforto Conforto to deep right. The Giants go back to 4 to 1 of the 10. Michael Conforto is a pitch hitter makes it 4 to 1 and all of a sudden it's home run derby here in Oakland out of the 10th inning. Ace trail at 4 to 1. Here's Max Schuman who's one for three ground ball. No, it's through into center field. Wiseley couldn't corral it and Butler comes home and scores. That is a good start battling back from a 41 deficit, relatively routine ball and Wiseley just missed it and that's how they get the time run to the plate and he just won four straight pitches. Brent Rooker with two on and in the bottom of the 10th down, two runs is coming, swing. That's a base hit you Schuman at third and the bases are loaded for J JB Blade. Still nobody out one too. He got it with the sinker, front door sink and a big, big first out on Duar with two hits and four at bats. He got him with the slider two down and there's the Ryan walker slider and he got a hard to go after it two down in the tens who has one of the two grand this year for the A he and the game, ryan walker, the final game the Giants will ever play here at the Coliseum was a thriller and they find a way to get it done. They beat the A's 4 to 2. What a game.