Giants Open The Season With A 6-5 Extra Inning Thriller Over The Miami Marlins

San Francisco Giants #62 Logan Webb (RHP) held the Miami Marlins scoreless for six innings while striking out three batters. Photo by Denisha DeLane/TGSportstv1.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The San Francisco Giants opened the season against the Miami Marlins and celebrated a thrilling 6-5 victory in the 10th inning. The clear skies and 75-degree weather were perfect for the first home opener in three years.

The Giants' Mayor London Breed, Grammy-nominated singer Brian McKnight, and baseball legend Barry Bonds sat together above the 3rd base dugout.

The crowd continued to chant, "Barry." They even honored the US Navy Leapfrog Parachute Team. A sold-out crowd of over 40,000 fans came out to see their beloved Giants raise the NL West banner.

They packed every seat in the stadium while descending in droves upon the local restaurants and bars. Life felt normal in the Bay Area. The Giants' pitching ace Logan Webb held Miami scoreless for six innings.

Miami pitcher Sandy Alcantra got into trouble in the 3rd inning, and Joey Bart scored the Giants' first run after a throwing error by Miami 3rd baseman Joey Wendle to lead 1-0.

Giants' Darin Ruf got the first RBI of the season by singling to right field and bringing home Bart, who made the score 2-0 and advanced to 2nd base on the throwing error.

In the 5th inning, the Giants' Bart scored for the 2nd time by hitting a deep bomb over the left-field wall to provide a 3-0 lead.

In the 7th inning, Logan Webb walked Miami's lead-off hitter on four straight pitches. Webb would exit the mound to a standing ovation, and Dominic Leone came into the game to replace him.

Miami Marlins #58 Jacob Stallings coming home to score after hitting a solo home run over the left-field wall. Photo by Denisha DeLane/TGSportstv1.

Leone gave up a two-run home run to Miami's Jacob Stallings and made the score 3-2. Both teams rotated pitchers over the next two innings.

In the bottom of the 8th, Giants' Brandon Belt extended the lead to 4-2 with a right-field home run into McCovey Cove.

With a 4-2 lead heading into the 9th inning, the Giants called upon reliever Camilo Doval to close the door. Marlins' Joey Wendel reached 1st base on a high bouncing ball over the mound.

The Giants should have turned a double play on the next ground ball, but a throwing error by second baseman Slater put a runner on second with one out.

Stalling singled in a runner, and the next batter, Jazz Chislom hit a two-run homer to left field, and the Marlins now led 5-4 going into the bottom of the 9th inning.

San Francisco Giants #39 Thairo Estrada tied the game 5-5 with a solo home run over the left-center field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning. Photo by Denisha DeLane/TGSportstv1.

The Giants' Thairo Estrada saved the day by hitting a home run tying the game, 5-5, and sending the game into extra innings.

In MLB, a runner starts the inning on second base in extra innings. Both teams had base-running errors in the 10th inning, as their players called out while in scoring position.

With two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Giants Slater redeemed his previous throwing error by hitting a walk-off double to secure the 6-5 victory.

Pitcher Jose Alvarez gets credit for the 1st win of the season for San Francisco, and this should be an exciting series.