Grand Slam - Brandon Crawford's Slam In Debut Lifts Giants

(05-28) 04:00 PDT Milwaukee

As Brandon Crawford circled the bases, slapping his / her hands and wrists between earliest in addition to second, he acquired not any idea what his singular excellent designed regarding his teammates, company plus a group of followers however within shock - no, expressing your emotions - around Buster Posey's devastating injury.

With time, he might know the actual catharsis your dog provided. In the actual shine from the moment, a 24-year-old shortstop who was playing Class A baseball a couple nights previous realized only that your dog accomplished a feat that also a children's imagination wouldn't conjure.

In their primary major-league game, along with third at-bat, Crawford struck a awesome bust while in the seventh inning Friday nighttime against Shaun Marcum, among baseball's stingiest pitchers, allowing the particular Giants a two-run lead plus ultimately a new 5-4 victory. Their losing talent concluded at three games.

"That was an important moment regarding him, but a larger point in time regarding this group thinking about what exactly we have now gone through," successful pitcher Tim Lincecum said.

How may possibly Crawford comprehend the big-picture meaning of his / her slam, any time he / she called the second "unreal" as well as mentioned following on from the game, "I nevertheless form of have jitters related to it."

Crawford is the sixth player that has a awesome bust around his / her initial major-league game. One belonging to the people seemed to be Bobby Bonds, around 1968.

Crawford's slam hasn't been the only real "are people joking me?" moment. The Giants maintained the particular acquire when Posey's replacement, Eli Whiteside, picked up a collision in your own home plate along with Milwaukee's semi-truck of your first baseman, Prince Fielder.

The Giants led 5-3 in the eighth if your Brewers loaded the bases with a pair of outs. When Jonathan Lucroy singled for you to left, Ryan Braun jogged property from 3 rd plus all people inside crammed Miller Park understood of which Fielder could well be despatched home in the bid to connect your game.

Whiteside understood it, seeing that does Cody Ross, who created a superb one-hop throw. Ross publicly stated with a Posey "flashback," however this kind of participate in seemed to be and so much different.

With this toss coming from kept field, Whiteside could see all the picture. The chuck ended up being hence speedy receiving home, and the hop hence high, Whiteside likewise could remain erect along with create for Fielder.

Whiteside ended up being proper on the plate, too, so Fielder experienced very little solution although to slam into the catcher, which he would with a new fierce shove. Whiteside subsequently proved a side not seen before, inside public, anyway. With his or her uncovered give keeping their baseball glove shut, he slammed his hands into Fielder's chest.

After the actual "out" call, Whiteside thrown the actual shot previous Fielder toward this mound dismissively, having attitude. Fielder walked at a distance using your sly smile.

"If he has coming from you, you comes from your pet a little," Whiteside said. "There's absolutely no procedure in the ebook that states you cannot have the idea to him."

If Crawford's slam permitted this Giants to help exhale, Whiteside's licence plate let them exult. Or inside Aubrey Huff's words, "That fired people up."

Huff let go up the particular successful rally having a leadoff dual beyond earliest base. Nate Schierholtz's individual to facility in addition to Miguel Tejada's walk, solely his seventh that year, packed the particular bases.

Brewers pitching coach Rick Kranitz been to the pile as Crawford went towards plate, 0-for-2. Marcum threw one pitch, a curveball, and Crawford directed the idea in the Giants' bullpen throughout right-center, where Javier Lopez retrieved the item with the kid.

With the actual tying function at second, Brian Wilson struck away Rickie Weeks having some sort of slider to bring in his / her 14th save, in per game of which manager Bruce Bochy left which has a fifth-inning ejection spanning a "safe" call in your house plate, much more stress about recent events. He publicly stated seeing that much.

Before this game, Bochy gave their players the "we have got to gift on" speech.

"We talked about some sort of very few things," he / she said, "the decrease of Buster, precisely how significant it'll be to transfer forward. That's just what Buster might want. We ought to uncover the way very good we all might be without Buster. We must response which question."

Buster Posey

Catcher pronounces he is almost certainly accomplished with regard to season, but is not going to change positions. A1

GM Brian Sabean says San Francisco isn't wanting to earn fresh catcher. B5

Big beginning

Players having a huge slam inside their initial major-league game:

Bill Duggleby, Phillies, April 21, 1898

Bobby Bonds, Giants, June 25, 1968

Jeremy Hermida,* Marlins, Aug. 31, 2005

Kevin Kouzmanoff,* Indians, Sept. 2, 2006

Daniel Nava,* Red Sox, June 12, 2010

Brandon Crawford, Giants, May 27, 2011

* Grand slam throughout initial major-league at-bat

Source: Elias Sports Bureau

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