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Bold season totals indicate player led league. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Things were brighter during the first half of the season. On May 29 Sanchez had one of the most noteworthy batting performances of his life, after he was almost given the night off in Chicago.
Not long before, he had been mired in a 5-for slump, but on the 29th he went 6-for-6 with four runs scored and three driven in, two of which were on a homer. The previous Pirate to have a six-hit game was Wally Backman 19 years earlier. The team, once again last in its division, had made major trades in June, and other clubs reportedly interested in acquiring Sanchez included Minnesota, Colorado, and San Francisco, 39 the latter two teams neck and neck in the NL wild-card race.
His batting average at the time of the trade was. Jack Wilson was traded the same day, to Seattle. Both had said they wanted to end their careers as Pirates, though both had also turned down two-year contract extensions two weeks earlier. Sanchez got into only 25 games for the Giants, who lost the wild-card battle to Colorado but finished with a record of , which had to make for a much more optimistic offseason for Sanchez than usual.
Before suiting up for the Giants in Sanchez spent the week of May in minor-league rehab stints. Rejoining the Giants, he played in games and hit. Finally he was able to enjoy being in a pennant race.
He was only 2-for but made a major contribution at a key moment. After the teams split the first two contests, the Braves led Game Three in the top of the ninth at Atlanta. When Sanchez stepped up to face rookie right-hander Craig Kimbrel in the top of the ninth, the Giants had the tying run on first but were down to their last out.
Soon enough Sanchez and the Giants were down to their last strike, but he grounded a single to center to keep the game alive. Aubrey Huff followed with a single off Michael Dunn to tie the game and Sanchez gave the Giants the lead on the next play by scoring on an error. The Giants hung on in the bottom of the ninth to win, They then won the fourth game to advance to the NL Championship Series.
In the World Series they faced the Texas Rangers. In the fifth he hit another double to put the Giants ahead for good. He added a third RBI in the eighth with a hit that was first ruled a double, then changed to a single plus an error by the right fielder. Sanchez became the first player to hit three doubles in his first three World Series plate appearances.
If that fourth hit had remained a double, he would have tied the record for the most two-baggers in a World Series game, held by Frank Isbell of the White Sox. His leap sent him onto his back, and he barely kept the ball in his mitt. He definitely made a lot of key plays for us tonight. Sanchez heaped praise on the strong starts by pitchers Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lincecum in the last two games. Sanchez continued with the Giants in He was hitting.
That game against the Reds turned out to be his last as a major leaguer. He tried to come back in early , and played in three games for the San Jose Giants in a rehab assignment from April 23 to He batted 4-for in what were his final games as a pro ballplayer.
On July 5 it was announced that back surgery would end his season. He was granted free agency on October Sanchez accumulated 1, hits as a major leaguer and finished with a batting average of. Otherwise, he spent time with his family, one result of which is coaching elementary-school students in baseball tournaments. It would be devastating for the Sanchez and the team if he continues ailing in his recovery.
Posey and all of the other Giants who are coming back from off seasons or minor injuries will undoubtedly find their footing. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox!
Your sports. Robert Watkins on Wednesday. Either way, the latest setback for Sanchez likely spells the end of his career with the Giants, which included a World Series championship in After undergoing labrum and rotator cuff surgery on Aug.
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