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Hunter Pence retooled his swing under the guidance of a hitting guru while rehabbing in the minors from a right thumb sprain.
A few days ago Authentic Erik Karlsson Jersey Kids , he went back to a few things from the old approach and adjusted his stance.
”A smorgasbord weird Hunter Pence swing,” San Francisco’s spirited outfielder said, poking fun at himself.
Pence certainly liked the result Sunday, when he hit a two-run double down the first-base line with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th inning to send
the Giants past the San Diego Padres 3-2.
”Still always a work in progress, you never completely figure it out and every day is different. That’s the fun of it,” said Pence, who has primarily
been a backup since returning earlier this month from a 40-game absence.
One of his teammates pulled open his uniform shirt in celebration, leaving only the top button intact. Pence said he might require a new jersey.
”Ecstatic,” manager Bruce Bochy said. ”It’s been a tough road for him.”
Brad Hand (1-4) got in trouble fast. He allowed Andrew McCutchen’s one-out double, then intentionally walked Buster Posey and hit Brandon Crawford with his
first offering. Pence followed with his 11th career walk-off hit and first since
another against Hand two years ago. Pence raised his arms once the ball got past
first baseman Eric Hosmer.
Cory Spangenberg had put San Diego ahead in the top of the 11th with a single.
Manuel Margot led off the game with a home run, and drew a leadoff walk in the 11th from San Francisco reliever Reyes Moronta. After Ty Blach (5-5)
relieved, Spangenberg singled off first baseman Brandon Belt’s glove.
A solo homer by each team was it until the 11th.
Belt hit a two-out double in the eighth against Kirby Yates. Padres right fielder Hunter Renfroe made a magnificent catch in foul territory on McCutchen’s
flyball, rolling into the first row of fans after the grab.
Posey doubled and singled for the Giants, who concluded a stretch of 17 straight games without a break.
Margot began the game with a 3-2 drive into the left-field bleachers for his second homer of the year. It was his fifth career leadoff home run after hitting
four last season. The Giants tied it on a leadoff homer by Gorkys Hernandez in
the sixth, his ninth after none in 2017.
McCutchen’s one-out single in the fourth was the Giants’ first hit off Padres starter Eric Lauer.
Giants rookie Dereck Rodriguez stuck out six and walked one over seven innings, allowing one run on four hits in his fifth major league start and third
at home – where he remains unbeaten.
STOCK’S DEBUT
The Giants’ rally spoiled a chance for victory by journeyman reliever Robert Stock in his long-awaited major league debut at age 28. He worked out of a tough
spot in the 10th after a call-up earlier in the day from Triple-A El Paso.
Joe Panik doubled leading off the 10th before Stock retired the side with a pair of strikeouts.
Stock’s parents were in the stands at AT&T Park in case he got the call.
”I think that knowing the trials and tribulations that some people go through over an entire minor league career as opposed to some people get there like
that, maybe makes you appreciate it more,” Stock said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: Travis Jankowski was a late scratch with left quadriceps soreness and Matt Szczur replaced him in left field. … C Austin Hedges went hitless in his
return from the disabled list. He was activated and started, batting seventh,
after being sidelined since May 1 with tendinitis in his right elbow. … RHP
Jordan Lyles, scratched in the bottom of the first Saturday just before his
scheduled start, was placed on the DL retroactive to Thursday with inflammation
in his pitching elbow. He will go home to San Diego and be examined Monday but
the injury isn’t considered serious – there is believed to be no structural
damage – and as of now the training staff didn’t plan to do any additional
exams, though manager Andy Green acknowledged that could change.
Giants: Bochy is encouraged by RHP Johnny Cueto’s first rehab outing as he works back from a sprained pitching elbow. Cueto went 3 2-3 scoreless innings
throwing 38 pitches with no walks for Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday and
rejoined the Giants on Sunday for a bullpen session. The plan is for another off
the mound in five days and likely two more rehab starts, and the next could be
with Class A San Jose. ”Right now he feels great,” Bochy said.
UP NEXT
Padres: LHP Joey Lucchesi (3-3, 3.86 ERA) takes the mound for the series opener at Texas, making his second start since returning from the DL for a right
hip strain.
Giants: Following their first off day since June 7 on Monday, LHP Derek Holland (5-7 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Jersey , 4.48) will pitch Tuesday night against Colorado looking to win back-to-back outings for the first time in 2018.
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In the topsy-turvy NFC playoffs, only the Falcons return from last year, and they sneaked in as the sixth and final team. They narrowly avoided the same fate
as the Cowboys, Seahawks, Packers, Giants and Lions – all sitting this one
out.
The top five seeds are newcomers, led by the Eagles. They are going with a backup quarterback and are making their first trip to the postseason party since
2013. The Vikings are back after a year away, hoping to become the first team to
ever play a Super Bowl in its home stadium .
The five new teams went a combined 32-48 in 2016 but 59-21 this season, providing hope to all those franchises and fans who are already preparing for
free agency and the draft.
The field features just two Super Bowl winners, the Rams at the turn of the century when they were based in St. Louis, and the Saints in 2010, when they
upset the Colts and Peyton Manning.
The Rams, in the playoffs for the first time since 2004, host the Falcons on Saturday in the showcase of wild-card weekend. The Saints, who ended a four-year
playoff drought, host the Panthers on Sunday.
Strength and weakness of each team:
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1. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (13-3). No Lombardis: lost Super Bowl 15 to Oakland in 1981 and Super Bowl 39 to New England in 2005.
Hope: The Eagles have the NFL’s third-ranked rushing offense with three productive backs: Jay Ajayi, LeGarrette Blount and Corey Clement. They’ll have
to rely on them more to take pressure off QB Nick Foles and a passing attack
that has struggled since second-year sensation Carson Wentz tore his left ACL in
December, a major blow to the Eagles’ bounce-back season .
Nope: Foles isn’t Wentz, who was a leading MVP candidate when he got hurt. But the offense still has plenty of pop and talent, and Foles has the ability to
get on a roll. He needs to develop more chemistry with receivers during the bye,
be more consistent and avoid mistakes. Otherwise, the Eagles could fall into the
trap that befell the Cowboys last year when Dallas became the first No. 1 seed
not to reach the Super Bowl since 2013.
The Dope: ”We’ve got some good work the last couple of weeks with Nick, and we’ll go back and evaluate all of that. We have to get better in the run game.
That helps any quarterback obviously, so we have to get better there. Then just
taking a look at what his strengths are, strengths and weaknesses. Everything at
this time of the year now becomes magnified even more going into the
postseason.” – coach Doug Pederson.
2. MINNESOTA VIKINGS (13-3). No Lombardis: Lost Super Bowl 4 to Kansas City in 1970, Super Bowl 8 to Miami in 1974, Super Bowl 9 to Pittsburgh in 1975 and
Super Bowl 11 to Oakland in 1977.
Hope: The defense , with all due respect to QB Case Keenum and the job he’s done. The Vikings ranked second in the league in both fewest rushing yards and
fewest passing yards allowed Mark Stone Jersey , so there’s not really a one preferred way to attack them. No team gave up fewer points, either. With Pro Bowl picks at each of the
three position groups yet a selfless attitude that’s kept individual players
from chasing splashy plays or padding statistics at the expense of the scheme,
coach Mike Zimmer’s unit will be a challenge for any opposing QB, especially in
Minnesota at raucous U.S. Bank Stadium.
Nope: There aren’t many culprits, but Kai Forbath will certainly be a person of interest. Vikings fans still wince thinking about stunningly missed field
goals by Gary Anderson (1998) and Blair Walsh (2015) that cost their team
seemingly certain postseason victories. Forbath has been better than his
predecessor Walsh, but he has missed eight extra points in 23 games with the
Vikings. He also missed five of 15 field goals over the last seven games of this
season.
The Dope: ”Guys have to understand that you have an opportunity here to do some great things and you have to take advantage of that opportunity. If you
don’t, you’ll probably regret it for the rest of your life.” – DE Brian
Robison.
3. LOS ANGELES RAMS (11-5). Last Lombardi: Super Bowl 34, beat Tennessee 23-16 on Jan. 30, 2000, while based in St. Louis.
Hope: The NFL’s most surprising comeback story shows few signs of ending prematurely. L.A. has the talent and smarts on both sides of the ball, with the
league’s highest-scoring offense led by QB Jared Goff and MVP hopeful RB Todd
Gurley. The Wade Phillips-led defense remains a strength with DT Aaron Donald
disrupting offenses weekly. Rookie coach Sean McVay has outsmarted his older
foes with impressive regularity.
Nope: They can’t act like they’ve been here before, because they haven’t. Only six Rams have any playoff experience whatsoever, easily the fewest in the
current field. McVay, Goff, Gurley and Donald have never been under the
postseason spotlight, where every mistake is magnified. So the big question is
whether they’ll continue to thrive under pressure or crater.
The Dope: ”There is a lot of value in experience. This is a very humbling business. … You try to learn from the experiences that you do have and not try
to repeat the same mistakes twice. But I think, for a younger team, we’ve
demonstrated a maturity throughout the course of the year.” – McVay, who was
born 20 days after the Rams last hosted a playoff game in Southern California on
Jan. 4, 1986.
4. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (11-5). Last Lombardi: Super Bowl 44, beat Indianapolis 31-17 on Feb. 7, 2010.
Hope: Although Brees passed for his fewest yards (4,334) since joining the Saints in 2006, he was as efficient as ever, setting a single-season record with
his 72 percent completion ra