It appeared the San Francisco Giants were going to come away with a 7-6 victory on Monday night at AT&T Park, until Jake Lamb changed that with one heroic swing for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
With two outs in the top of the ninth, a 2-2 count, and the crowd on their feet, Lamb sent a Santiago Casilla offering high and deep into the San Francisco night. The ball stayed in the air for a while (compared to your usual flyball), and barely cleared the 25-foot Levi’s Landing brick wall in right field. But that was enough to tie the game 7-7.
Here’s video of the dramatic moment, with Diamondbacks play-by-play man Steve Berthiaume on the call:
“Yeah, I think I blacked out for a second.”
–@JakeLamb18 on this huge, game-tying home run.https://t.co/xpWvhDpBrv
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) April 19, 2016
And Lamb wasn’t done crushing the ball, as he added an RBI double off the center field wall in the 11th inning.
Thanks to Lamb’s clutch efforts, the Diamondbacks got a huge 9-7 comeback victory in 11 innings.
