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Diaranson 21 Juli 2021
Posey comes through in return as Giants defeat Dodgers 7-2

(AP) — Buster Posey Gausman’s fastball down “I was really quick toward
picked up right where he the right-field line on the home plate,” he said. “I can
left off. first pitch of the at-bat for usually fix a mechanical ad-
his eighth homer against the justment during games but
The star catcher hit a two- Giants this season. Muncy is for some reason I couldn’t
run homer his first time the sixth Dodgers player, and tonight.”
up Monday night after first since Ron Cey in 1978,
missing two weeks with to go deep at least eight times Gausman issued back-to-
a bruised left thumb, and against the Giants in one year. back walks to Muncy and
the San Francisco Giants Turner to load the bases in
defeated the Los Angeles Turner followed with a drive the second inning but got out
Dodgers 7-2 in the opener into the center-field seats. of the jam with a strikeout of
of a pivotal four-game se- It was the second time this Will Smith.
ries between the NL West month and seventh time this
rivals. season the Dodgers went Gonsolin yielded three runs
back-to-back. on five hits in 3 1/3 innings
“I was wondering how that with four walks and three
first at-bat was going to go Thairo Estrada — taking ond of five Giants relievers, San Francisco got breathing strikeouts. Only 39 of his 80
after the long layoff. In Bust- over at shortstop after All- got the win. San Francisco’s room in the seventh. Jason pitches were strikes.
er’s case, he is so important Star Brandon Crawford was bullpen retired 11 straight Vosler drove in Posey on a
to this team, and having his placed on the injured list due Dodgers batters until AJ Pol- sacrifice fly with the bases When asked where his com-
presence behind the plate to a strained oblique — had lock led off the ninth with a loaded to make it 4-2. Estra- mand is at the moment, Gon-
sometimes could even miti- the key hit with a two-run single. da followed with a two-run solin said it’s “really bad.”
gate some potential rust at double. double to left and came home
the plate,” Giants manager “When you get to the ’pen when Austin Slater laced a TRAINER’S ROOM
Gabe Kapler said. “To see him The Giants’ bullpen also you’ve got to kind of go for double down the right-field
come out, step up to the plate came up huge by allowing the jugular and those guys line. Giants: 2B Tommy La Stella
and hit a big home run for us one hit and one walk in six kept us at bay tonight,” (left hamstring strain and
was incredibly impressive. I innings after Kevin Gausman Dodgers manager Dave Rob- BETTER LATE THAN right thumb) started hitting
thought he had great at-bats pitched a season-low three erts said. NEVER again. The plan is to have
throughout the night.” innings. The All-Star right- him back in rehab games to-
hander — second in the ma- With one out in the first, According to Sportradar, this ward the middle or end of
With the win, the Giants jors with a 1.84 ERA — was Posey took advantage of a was the first time in the 2,526 this week.
expanded their lead to two activated from the Family hanging slider from Tony regular-season games of the
games over the defend- Medical Emergency list after Gonsolin (1-1) on a full Giants vs. Dodgers rivalry Dodgers: INF Gavin Lux was
ing World Series champion he missed the weekend se- count and launched it into the that both teams hit back-to- placed on the 10-day injured
Dodgers. San Francisco has ries in St. Louis after his wife left-field stands for his 13th back homers in the first in- list due to a left hamstring
been in first place since May Taylor was hospitalized due homer of the season. Posey ning. strain. OF Zach Reks was re-
31. to pregnancy complications. drove in LaMonte Wade Jr., called from Triple-A Oklaho-
who led off the game with a FOR STARTERS ma City to fill the roster spot.
Posey and Wilmer Flores hit “They really picked me up double.
back-to-back homers in the right there. To come in and Gausman, who allowed two UP NEXT
first inning to give the Gi- shut down that lineup, es- Two pitches after Posey’s runs on three hits with three
ants a 3-0 lead, The Dodgers pecially the way they were homer, Flores went deep to strikeouts and five walks, San Francisco LHP Alex
countered in the bottom half swinging it, was impressive,” right for his 10th of the year. threw 80 pitches in three in- Wood (8-3, 3.67 ERA) is 2-0
with solo shots by Max Mun- Gausman said about the San It was the sixth time this sea- nings. Despite being away with a 2.25 ERA this month.
cy and Justin Turner. Francisco bullpen. “That was son the Giants hit back-to- from the team, he threw a Los Angeles had not an-
the reason why we won the back home runs. bullpen at LSU on Saturday nounced a starter.
It remained 3-2 until the sev- game.” and felt good in his pregame
enth, when San Francisco The Dodgers quickly re- warmups, but couldn’t carry
broke it open with four runs. Jarlín García (2-2), the sec- sponded. Muncy crushed that through to the game.

Tom Brady, champion Buccaneers visit Biden at White House

(AP) — President Joe Brady was front and center, given out at Raymond James
Biden welcomed Tom accompanying Biden, coach Stadium — the Buccaneers’
Brady and the Super Bruce Arians and owner home and where they won
Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Bryan Glazer into the cer- the Super Bowl — Biden
Buccaneers to the White emony, which included jokes turned to dozens of players
House on Tuesday, the about age and the election behind him and said: “If you
first visit by the reign- and a push from the presi- don’t have a shot, get one,
ing NFL champions since dent for players to get vacci- OK? Get one, get one, get
2017. nated against the coronavirus one. You’re saving lives, help-
if they hadn’t already. ing us get back to our lives
It was Brady’s first visit since and our loved ones.”
2005 with the New England Brady, the seven-time Super
Patriots when George W. Bowl champion, put on quite White House press secretary
Bush was in office. Brady has the comedy routine, compar- Jen Psaki did not directly an-
won the Super Bowl during ing the Buccaneers’ run to swer when asked if the Buc-
four different administra- Biden’s election victory. caneers provided informa-
tions but skipped visits by the tion on which team attendees
Patriots in 2015 with Barack Biden was presented with the were vaccinated. As of Friday,
Obama and 2017 with Don- traditional gift of a No. 46 10 NFL teams had reached
ald Trump. jersey — which Glazer said the threshold of 85% of their
was appropriate since Tampa Bradley Pinion from the morning to talk about voting traveling party fully vaccinat-
The Patriots as a team chose Bay is heading into its 46th team’s social justice commit- rights. ed, though it was not imme-
not to attend after winning in season as a franchise. tee met with Vice President Talking about how nearly diately clear if Tampa Bay was
2019. Players Donovan Smith and Kamala Harris on Tuesday 200,000 vaccine doses were one of them.