The five-hour, 34-minute game featured 17 different pitchers, but before Miami's 'pen squandered a 5-1 lead in the seventh, Jose Fernandez turned in another solid home start. He held the Giants to one run on six hits over six innings in a no-decision. The right-hander has now thrown six or more innings for a team-leading 17th time this season.
San Francisco right-hander Johnny Cueto didn't have his best stuff, and Miami made him pay. The veteran lasted five innings, yielding five runs on six hits, two of which were home runs. Cueto is still winless in the second half, as he's gone 0-3 with a 5.02 ERA in five starts.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Back-to-back: The Marlins hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to extend their lead to 5-1. Prado lined a 3-2 pitch over the left-field wall for a two-run shot, and two pitches later it was Yelich going yard, a solo blast to right-center that cleared the 392-foot sign.
Rally time: The Giants must've been glad to get Fernandez out of the game after six innings. In a five-run seventh, San Francisco pounded six straight hits, including Hunter Pence's game-tying RBI single. The Giants then took the lead on Brian Ellington's first pitch to Eduardo Nunez -- a wild pitch that allowed Crawford to scurry home. The hits with men on were a welcomed sign considering the team was hitting just .170 with runners in scoring position over its previous 10 games. San Francisco finished 6-for-21 with runners in scoring position and left 18 on base.
Long ball strikes again: For a team that has had trouble limiting home runs of late, things looked promising for the Giants until the fifth inning. In the blink of an eye, Cueto surrendered back-to-back blasts to Prado and Yelich, marking the second time in as many starts Cueto's given up two home runs. Since the All-Star break, San Francisco has allowed a National League-most 35 home runs in 22 games.
Glovely: Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria made a most improbable play to end the 11th inning and leave the Giants with the bases loaded and nothing to show for it. On a hard-hit ball in the hole between short and third, Hechavarria laid out and not only made an incredible stop on the edge of the outfield grass, but in the same motion threw back to second base for the force out there to keep the score tied at 7.
Patrick Pinak is a reporter for MLB.com based in Miami and covered the Giants on Monday.
Glenn Sattell is a contributor to MLB.com based in Miami and covered the Marlins on Monday.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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