{"id":3336,"date":"2025-09-20T04:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2025-09-20T04:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:55:10","slug":"justin-verlander-throws-7-scoreless-innings-as-giants-win-in-extras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"Justin Verlander throws 7 scoreless innings as Giants win in extras"},"content":{"rendered":"


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PHOENIX — Justin Verlander<\/a> delivered the start the Giants needed, and the offense finally broke through in the 11th inning as San Francisco held on for a 5-1 win<\/a> over the D-backs on Wednesday afternoon to end a tough series at Chase Field on a high note.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After D-backs right-hander Brandon Pfaadt shut out the Giants on one hit for nine innings, Jerar Encarnacion, Christian Koss and Rafael Devers came through in the 11th as San Francisco snapped a four-game losing streak.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe needed to win this game, there\u2019s no doubt about that,\u201d manager Bob Melvin said. \u201cCertain games are a little more important than others, and I don\u2019t know that any was more important than today.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Giants remain tied with the Reds at two games behind the Mets for the third and final National League Wild Card spot<\/a>. The D-backs are the first team on the outside looking in, 1 1\/2 games back of New York.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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San Francisco was able to withstand Pfaadt\u2019s gem because Verlander held Arizona scoreless on three hits and two walks over seven innings, marking the first four-start stretch of the veteran’s career with one or zero runs allowed. In the past 125 seasons, the only other pitcher age 42 or older to do so was Roger Clemens, in 2005.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI get to talk about something about [Verlander] and a milestone and him passing somebody — Gaylord Perry, Walter Johnson — almost every start now,\u201d Melvin said. \u201cAnd that just kind of signifies who he is as a pitcher and how he continues to pitch at such a high level.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s been a remarkable turnaround for Verlander, who sat at 1-10 with a 4.55 ERA after giving up seven runs (six earned) against the Padres on Aug. 21. But he never stopped battling, trying to fight his way out of one of the toughest seasons of his career.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Verlander said something clicked for him in a bullpen session about a month ago, leading to a different attack angle and some more deception at the sacrifice of a little velocity.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cEvery day you come to the field, for four months, asking what\u2019s the way out of this,\u201d Verlander said. \u201cHow do I make the adjustment? What do I need to do? What\u2019s wrong? Because clearly, something\u2019s wrong.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThen, I had a new thought in a bullpen about a month or so ago, and the game results have been what you see. So I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t give up.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What we\u2019ve seen is a 0.36 ERA and 0.92 WHIP with 23 K\u2019s over his past four starts, covering 25 innings.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Giants needed every bit of that on Wednesday, as the offense had been held to two hits over the past 18 innings entering the 11th. But where the offense struggled, the defense stepped up, helping Verlander buy some time while San Francisco waited for the big hit.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cJV, just an incredible outing. What he\u2019s been doing, it\u2019s kind of unhuman,\u201d center fielder Drew Gilbert said. \u201cSo, you know, if we\u2019re not playing our hardest behind him, I don\u2019t know what we\u2019re doing.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gilbert made a few impressive plays on Wednesday, but none better than a racing catch on Jake McCarthy\u2019s drive to the right-center gap with two outs in the fifth to keep the game scoreless.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI gotta be honest, when I first saw the trajectory of the ball and saw where he was playing, I didn\u2019t think he was going to catch it,\u201d Verlander said. \u201cBut he made up some ground and made a great play. Great route, great read.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Verlander waited for the rookie to give him a fist-bump as they went into the dugout.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cForty-two years old and giving it everything he\u2019s got. All you can ask from a guy is to care like he does and be a great teammate like he is,\u201d Gilbert said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to throw your body on the line and make a play for a guy like that.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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With 10 games left and three teams to pass, time is running short on the Giants\u2019 postseason push. They\u2019ll all need to show some of that Verlander relentlessness down the stretch.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cOur destiny is not in our hands. It\u2019s not anything that we can control,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat we can control is trying to win as many games as possible and then see what\u2019s what. We\u2019ve been a streaky team all year, and when we find a way to get on a hot streak, we can go through anybody.\u201d\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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