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Dupere's Dazzling Debut Propels Giants To Walk-Off Win

July 17, 2022 - California League (CalL)
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Jared Dupere's RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning propelled the San Jose Giants to a thrilling 4-3 walk-off victory over the Visalia Rawhide on Saturday evening at Excite Ballpark. Dupere, who was making his home debut with the Giants, also homered as part of a three-hit night at the plate. San Jose rallied in extras answering Visalia's single run in the top of the 10th with a two-run bottom of the inning to secure their second walk-off win in three days. The Giants (49-37, 9-11 second half) have now claimed three of the first five games in the series against the Rawhide.

San Jose was looking to bounce back on Saturday after a blowout loss to Visalia the previous night. Nick Sinacola started on the mound and fired two perfect innings with four strikeouts to begin his outing. The Rawhide would then push across a single run in the top of the third against Sinacola as JJ D'Orazio led off with a double and scored on Jean Walters' one-out single to make it 1-0.

The Giants though immediately responded in the bottom of the third when Dupere, in his first-ever at-bat at Excite Ballpark, blasted a solo home run to deep right. It was his first homer in the California League and it tied the game 1-1.

An unearned run against Sinacola in the top of the fourth, however, would give Visalia back the lead. Wilderd Patino led off with an infield single and then stole second - his league-leading 53rd steal of the year. Moments later, Patino stole third and scored the go-ahead run when San Jose catcher Adrian Sugastey threw the ball down the left field line for an error.

Sinacola would then cruise for the remainder of his start tossing three scoreless innings over the fourth, fifth and sixth. He retired eight of the final nine batters he faced.

The score was still at 2-1 until the Giants scratched across a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game. Consecutive walks to Carter Williams and Hayden Cantrelle started the inning before a Yorlis Rodriguez sacrifice bunt advanced the runners to second and third. Alexander Suarez then brought home Williams with an RBI groundout to second to bring San Jose even at 2-2.

The game then remained deadlocked all the way until the 10th. Spencer Bivens fired two hitless innings out of the Giants bullpen in the seventh and eighth before Ofelky Peralta breezed through a 1-2-3 top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, Williams singled with one out, but was stranded when the next two batters were retired.

The Rawhide would then take advantage of their free runner at second base in the top of the 10th to reclaim the lead. With Peralta still on the mound, Jacen Roberson grounded out to second advancing the runner to third before D'Orazio's sacrifice fly to right put Visalia in front by a 3-2 margin.

San Jose though wasted no time in the bottom of the 10th using back-to-back hits to start the inning to score the tying and then winning run. With Rodriguez as the automatic runner at second base, Suarez led off by hitting a high chopper over the head of the third baseman Walters and down the left field line. The single easily scored Rodriguez to tie the game 3-3. Dupere was up next and he hammered an 0-2 pitch off the fence in the left field corner for a double as Suarez raced around the bases and scored the winning run to spark a walk-off celebration.

GIANTS NOTES

Walk-Offs: The Giants also won Thursday's game over Visalia in walk-off fashion (13-12 in 12 innings). San Jose now has four walk-off victories this season.

Dupere's Debut: Jared Dupere finished the game 3-for-4 with a single, double, home run and two RBI's. Dupere, who joined San Jose last week from the Arizona Complex League (Rookie-level), had played only two games with the Giants this season (both in Fresno last week) prior to Saturday.

Sinacola Sensational: Nick Sinacola pitched a season-high tying six innings in his start with only two runs (one earned) allowed. He gave up four hits, walked none, struck out six and set down 18 of the 22 batters he faced. Sinacola owns a 1.38 ERA (4 ER/26 IP) over his last five appearances.

Bullpen Shines: The relief duo of Spencer Bivens (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 SO) and Ofelky Peralta (2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 SO) combined to throw four hitless innings.

Williams Hit Streak At 10 Games: Carter Williams (1-for-3) extended his hitting streak to 10 games with his ninth-inning single. Williams has reached base in all 27 games that he's played with the Giants this season.

Mark Wilson Retirement Celebration: The Giants held a pregame ceremony on Saturday for former general manager Mark Wilson. Wilson spent 38 years with the team, including 30 as the GM before retiring in 2020. San Jose retired the number 38 in his honor becoming the second number retired at Excite Ballpark joining California League Hall of Fame manager Lenn Sakata (#14).

On Deck: The Giants conclude their series against Visalia on Sunday evening with first pitch at Excite Ballpark set for 5:00 PM. Seth Lonsway is San Jose's scheduled starting pitcher.

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