Giants End Six Game Losing Streak

The San Francisco Giants ended their six game losing streak. It seems like all Giants games of late have been weird in some way. On Saturday the Giants won in 12 innings beating the New York Yankees 2-1. There were many good defensive plays by the Giants today and there were some odd, what the heck are you thinking plays too.

It was a win for the Giants, so let's focus on a few positive plays that made a win possible. On defense Angel Pagan makes a sliding catch and alertly throws to first for a double play. Watch the MLB clip of this play by clicking HERE.

Mac Williamson reaches into the stands to end the inning. Watch the MLB clip of the grab by clicking Here.

Williamson was active on offense too. In this MLB video he drives in the go ahead run in the 12th inning. Watch the clip by clicking HERE. In the 5th inning Mac hit a solo home run to tie the game 1-1. Watch the MLB clip by clicking HERE. It was a Big Mac day!

The bullpen got the job done too. There is no clip on MLB of the outstanding job Santiago Casilla did to keep the Giants in the game. He came in with two runners on base and literally kept the Yankees from getting a walk off win. With men on second and third base with less than two this was no easy task.  Casilla does not get enough credit when he works his magic.

Finally, Hunter Strickland saved the game in the 12th and the Giants losing streak is over. Watch Strickland end the game by clicking HERE.

Losing streaks are far from abnormal for any team. Most fans don't follow teams other than their own so it is easy to forget every team goes through these ups and downs of the baseball season. This six game losing streak will be forgotten with a future winning streak, especially if the Dodgers get into a losing streak similar to the one the Giants just snapped.

Jeff Samardzija  is on the mound vs Nathan Eovaldi Sunday afternoon in New York for game three of the series. For those on the west coast coverage starts early Sunday morning.

Go Samardzija! Go Giants!!!