Giant mistake by Reds
San Francisco avoids sweep on error
Posted: October 10, 2012 at 4:26 a.m.
San Francisco third baseman Pablo Sandoval applies the tag to Cincinnati’s Brandon Phillips as umpire Chad Fairchild waits to make the call. Phillips tried to take an extra base on a ball that got past Giants catcher Buster Posey in the first inning.
Hardly able to get a hit, the San Francisco Giants used a misplayed grounder to prolong their NL playoff series. Third baseman Scott Rolen’s two-out error in the 10th inning gave the Giants the goahead run Tuesday night in a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn’t shake 17 years of home postseason futility.
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Sports, Pages 21 on 10/10/2012
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