Giants Drive By Marlins

     The San Francisco Giants pushed by the Miami Marlins 4-3 at Oracle Park on Friday night. Miami lost just their second one-run game of the season. 

     The Marlins had their four-game winning streak snapped. The Giants were victorious and now have a four-game winning streak.

     San Francisco(21-23) moved out to a 1-0 lead during the fourth inning. Mitch Haniger doubled off the base of the left-center field wall for Michael Conforto to score. 

     Miami(23-22) jumped to a 2-1 lead in the top of the sixth. Bryan De La Cruz knocked in Jorge Soler and Luis Arraez on a double into the right-center field gap. 

     The Giants reclaimed the lead 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth with three runs. J.D. Davis hit a sacrifice fly to right field which brought in Lamont Wade Jr. on the play. Conforto followed with another sacrifice fly, this one a line drive to center, for Thairo Estrada to cross the plate. Three batters later, Giants rookie Casey Schmitt drove in Haniger on a base hit through the left side. 

     The Marlins closed it to 4-3 in the top of the eighth. De La Cruz smacked a solo home run to left-center field on a full count for his fifth homer of the 2023 campaign.