Giants Big Third Erases Ports Early Lead

STOCKTON, Calif. – The Ports (24-35) took the early lead against San Jose, but could not keep up with the Giants’ (34-25) offense and dropped game two 15-5.

The Ports got on the board first with an explosive start, a Daniel Bucciero lead-off triple (3) and then a Bryan Andrade two-run home run (2) on a line drive to right field in a two-strike count for a 2-0 advantage.

Stockton had their early 2-0 lead quickly erased by Lorenzo Meola and Damian Bravo’s back-to-back home runs in the second and a tied 2-2 game.

The Ports would once again strike for two more, a Cesar Gonzalez solo home run (2) then a Max Durrington ground ball scored Edgar Montero for a 4-2 lead in the second.

The Giants were provoked by the early barrage, a seven-run third inning with nine hits for San Jose gave them a 9-4 lead. Another two in the fourth scored on another Bravo home run made it 11-4.

Max Durrington’s sacrifice fly in the fourth was the last run scored by the Ports, making it 11-5. San Jose’s offense produced four more in the remaining innings for a final score of 15-5, giving the Giants their second win of the series.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Josnier Parra struck out five in his 3.1 innings of work.

UP NEXT: The Ports play San Jose in game three of the series. Wednesday’s game is scheduled for a 7:05 PM first pitch. RHP Ben Bybee will take the mound for the Giants, and RHP Shotaro Morii gets the ball for Stockton.

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