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the situation, it’s up there with some of my better plays.”

Crawford’s knack for clutch defensive plays is matched by Sandoval’s ability to deliver when the Giants need him most at the plate. After sitting on the bench for the first nine innings, the switch-hitter emerged to face D’backs reliever Yoshihisa Hirano in the 10th and promptly launched a go-ahead 415-foot home run into the left field bleachers.

“You expect good things to happen, that’s how good he’s been,” Bochy said. “That happened again today and it’s really incredible what he’s done off the bench for us. He’s playing unbelievable baseball.”