Giants outlast Phillies in 14-inning marathon PHILADELPHIA -- The San Francisco Giants possess a knack for winning extra-inning games. Tuesday night -- and early Wednesday morning -- two unlikely players rose to the occasion. Shortstop Brandon Crawford's three-run, 14th-inning double broke a 5-5 tie, and Tim Lincecum earned his first-ever save to spark the Giants to a 9-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies that ended just before 1 a.m. EDT. The game lasted 5 hours, 46 minutes. "It was really fun," Lincecum said. "It shows a lot from our guys." Crawford smoked a double to left-center to snap a 2-for-22 skid, and catcher Hector Sanchez knocked in Crawford with a...
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