{"id":146912,"date":"2026-06-13T02:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/bryce-eldridge-caps-wild-giants-rally-from-9-1-deficit-with-walk-off-grand-slam-to-stun-nationals-i-want-to-be-the-face-of-this-franchise\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:33:33","slug":"bryce-eldridge-caps-wild-giants-rally-from-9-1-deficit-with-walk-off-grand-slam-to-stun-nationals-i-want-to-be-the-face-of-this-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/bryce-eldridge-caps-wild-giants-rally-from-9-1-deficit-with-walk-off-grand-slam-to-stun-nationals-i-want-to-be-the-face-of-this-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Eldridge caps wild Giants rally from 9-1 deficit with walk-off grand slam to stun Nationals: ‘I want to be the face of this franchise’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The San Francisco Giants<\/a> called up top prospect Bryce Eldridge<\/a> in May, hoping he could provide a spark to a sluggish offense.<\/p>\n

He delivered Wednesday beyond any reasonable expectations to cap one of the wildest finishes of this or any MLB season.<\/p>\n

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The Giants entered the eighth inning of Wednesday’s home game trailing the Washington Nationals<\/a> 9-1. They proceeded to score five runs in the eighth inning, then loaded the bases in the the ninth while facing a 10-7 deficit.<\/p>\n

Eldridge took the plate and delivered a walk-off grand slam to secure an 11-10 win and stun the visiting Nationals.<\/p>\n

‘I want to be the face of this franchise’<\/h2>\n

Needless to say, the rookie was mobbed by his celebratory teammates once he crossed home plate. Eldridge put the moment in perspective while speaking with reporters after the game.<\/p>\n

“I want to be the face of this franchise,” he said<\/a>, per NBC Sports Bay Area. “I want to be in that moment. I want to be that guy, so it was pretty special.”<\/p>\n

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How a 9-1 lead gets blown in 2 innings<\/h2>\n

The Giants looked down and out in this game, so much so that the local NBC Sports Network’s social media mockingly tweeted about an eighth-inning Rafael Devers<\/a> home run that cut Washington’s lead to 9-3.<\/p>\n

That home run followed a leadoff blast by Matt Chapman<\/a> for the second San Francisco<\/a> run of the game. Two walks, a double, an RBI groundout and a wild pitch later, the Giants had cut the deficit to 9-6 heading into the ninth.<\/p>\n

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Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz<\/a> didn’t record an out in the frame and was tagged with 5 earned runs on 4 hits, 3 walks and 2 home runs allowed after getting three outs in the seventh.<\/p>\n

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His replacements on the mound didn’t fare much better. After the Nationals added a run in the top of the ninth, Gabe Varland took the mound for Washington in care of a 10-6 lead.<\/p>\n

Varland allowed leadoff doubles to Luis Arraez<\/a> and Chapman that scored a run, then walked Rafael Devers. His day was done without recording an out. Mitchell Parker<\/a> took his place and immediately allowed a single to Jung Hoo Lee<\/a> to load the bases.<\/p>\n

Up to the plate stepped Eldridge for his heroics. He watched two sliders miss the plate for balls 1 and 2. When Parker delivered another slider over the plate for the third pitch of the at-bat, Eldridge unleashed and sent the ball into the right-field bleachers, just short of McCovey Cove.<\/p>\n

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