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Yo, lemme tell ya somethin’ 'bout this ballgame right here…
October 8th, 1916 — Oracle Park — the place was packed, the crowd was buzzin', and what happened? The San Francisco Giants took some hits, went the distance, and came back swingin’ like a real champion. Just like me, Rocky Balboa. 🥊
The Cincinnati Reds? They came out hot, ya know? Threw a couple punches in the 1st inning — 3 runs. Boom. Just like gettin’ popped in the mouth before your gloves are even laced up. But what do the Giants do?
They got up.
Down 3-0? That ain’t nothin’. By the 3rd, the Giants answered back with three of their own, like a left-right-hook from the South Philly school of hard knocks. You gotta respect that.
Now listen, this kid Alex Baca? Fuggedaboutit. Three hits. A triple. A double. Two runs. This guy was everywhere. Hustlin’ on the bases, puttin’ pressure on the defense, grindin' like it was the fifteenth round at the Spectrum. This guy’s got heart, y'know? You don’t win games like this without guts — and Baca’s got ‘em.
And then in the bottom of the 11th, lights bright, crowd goin’ crazy — two outs, pressure boilin’, and here comes Joe Edwards. Bang! RBI single. Walk-off win. Crowd explodes. Reds go down. That's what we call a knockout punch, baby.
Final score: 6-5, Giants.
But it wasn’t just about the bats — Francisco Quintana, this guy comes in from the pen, throws four shutout innings, no hits, no walks. Ice cold veins. That’s the kinda stuff that wins championships, not just games.
The Reds? Hey, they threw some haymakers too. Ojeda with two doubles, Castaneda with a homer — they came to fight. But they made some mistakes, y'know? A couple errors, left some runners hangin’, and when it came time to dig deep? The Giants had more in the tank.
That’s the thing about this game, and life, y'know? It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep movin’ forward. And that’s what the Giants did.
They’re up 1-0 in the series, but it ain't over. Just like no fight’s over until the final bell rings. Reds are gonna come back swingin’, and the Giants? They better be ready.
Yo Adrian — they won. 🏟️👊🍂
Rocky out. 🐅🎤
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