What a boneheaded mistake by the Pirates.  They actually allowed the Giants to get a double play on a walk !!   There were runners on 2nd and 3rd when the Pirate drew a walk.  The runner on 2nd thought the bases were loaded prior to the walk so he started heading to 3rd base.  The pitcher got the ball back fromt he catcher and trapped him in a run down.  After tagging him out, SF noticed they runner on 3rd make a break for home.  Yep, they got him out too.  They were winning 5-4 and ended up losing the game 7-5.   They would have had the bases loaded with 1 out.  Instead, SF got out of the inning on a walk !!!  [BLEEP] !!!

 

The Pirates, who had won three in a row, led 5-4 in the sixth when Chris Stewart drew a one-out walk with runners on second and third.

Machi (6-0) got the ball back from the catcher and noticed Travis Snider had left second base, apparently thinking it was a bases-loaded walk.

"Absolutely! It was 100 percent mental error on my part," Snider said. "Offensively, we could have made something happen. Honestly, I was thinking about getting to third base and if he walked I'd get to third. That's obviously not what you want to happen when you have first open. I take ownership for that mistake."

Machi threw to shortstop Brandon Crawford to trap Snider in a rundown. Crawford tagged Snider, then saw Gaby Sanchez stray off third and break for home.

Crawford threw to Machi, who tossed back to third baseman Pablo Sandoval to get Sanchez

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