http://0rz.tw/yIWwX Lots to 2nd guess: Giants give up lead, win on E Two-out rally aided by Braves' gaffe as SF takes series lead By Chris Haft / MLB.com | 10/10/10 8:27 PM ET ATLANTA -- The Giants were down to their final strike at one point Sunday. But before the evening ended, they revived their season. Overcoming their own bullpen shortcomings and seizing upon the Braves' weakened relief corps, the Giants rallied for two ninth-inning runs to defeat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2, in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. The Giants grabbed a 2-1 edge in the best-of-five series and can advance to the NL Championship Series with a victory Monday. The worst-case scenario for the Giants is having to face Atlanta in a fifth and deciding game Wednesday at AT&T Park. In came left-hander Mike Dunn to face Aubrey Huff, who laced an 0-1 pitch to right field for a single that scored Ishikawa. "That ninth inning, emotions are running high, especially when Huff got the big hit we were looking for to tie the game," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "That's what you want to do. Then, of course, scoring the winning run, especially in this situation, it's a great feeling down there." Right-hander Peter Moylan confronted Buster Posey, whose ground ball scooted through Conrad's legs and into right-center field. That enabled Sanchez to score the tiebreaking run. "That's a momentum swing," said Giants closer Brian Wilson, who rebounded from a blown save in Friday's Game 2 to preserve Sunday's victory. "The guys stayed focus. We had 0-2, two outs, base hit up the middle, another hit. I did nothing, actually, tonight. I basically went out and got the final three outs, but the story today is [Jonathan] Sanchez's performance and the way the team came back right there." Neither team's bullpen distinguished itself after starters Tim Hudson of the Braves and the Giants' Sanchez excelled. Sanchez struck out 11, a franchise postseason record by a left-hander, and took a one-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the eighth inning. Then Alex Gonzalez opened with a sharp single to right-center field. This was the same Gonzalez whose two-run, eighth-inning double in Game 2 tied the score. The embattled Conrad popped up a bunt attempt, prompting Bochy to replace Sanchez with right-hander Sergio Romo. The Braves, who had intended to send right-handed-batting Troy Glaus as a pinch-hitter, replaced him with Hinske, who whipped a 2-2 pitch over the right-field wall down the line. It was deja vu all over again for Romo, who allowed back-to-back singles that launched the Braves' big eighth-inning rally in Game 2. The NL's toughest pitcher to hit during the regular season, Sanchez allowed nothing that even resembled a hit for 5 1/3 innings until Hudson lined a clean single to right field. Before that, the most threatening balls hit off Sanchez were leadoff drives by Matt Diaz and Rick Ankiel in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively, that right fielder Cody Ross caught a couple of steps in front of the warning track. Hudson allowed only four hits and an unearned run in seven innings. The Giants put more runners on base in the first two innings (seven) than they did for eight innings against Hudson on Aug. 7 (five), when he limited them to three hits. But the NL's Comeback Player of the Year demonstrated his resolve by nearly blanking San Francisco anyway. Mike Fontenot put the Giants ahead in the second inning by yanking a leadoff triple and coming home on Conrad's second fielding error of the game. Jason Heyward, leaping for Fontenot's drive, actually had the ball in his glove a couple of inches below the top of the wall, but couldn't hold on and was shaken up on the play. Ross, the next hitter, lifted a popup to short right field that Conrad reached but mishandled. Fontenot, who didn't tag up, scored easily. Conrad also mishandled Freddy Sanchez's first-inning grounder after Torres singled to open the game, giving the Giants an instant rally. Undaunted, Hudson struck out Huff. With a 1-2 count on Posey, the Giants tried a double steal, but Brian McCann threw out Torres at third base. Posey and Pat Burrell walked to load the bases before Juan Uribe's weak fielder's-choice grounder to third base ended the inning. Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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