The Giants escaped jam after jam on Tuesday night at Chase Field, but the Arizona Diamondbacks finally got the best of them to deliver San Francisco a heartbreaking 5-3 loss in walk-off fashion.Left-hander Matt Gage was the Giants’ fifth pitcher of the game when he entered to face Ketel Marte with two outs and two on in the bottom of the ninth — and it took just two pitches for the D-backs second baseman to crush a game-ending, three-run home run into left field. Marte Madness pic.twitter.com/wMvhoy7BMC — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 20, 2026 After the brutal loss, manager Tony Vitello blamed himself for his bullpen management in the ninth, which also included a crucial catcher’s interference call on Daniel Susac that brought the switch-hitting Marte to the plate.“At that point [Caleb] Kilian had 25 pitches,” Vitello told reporters after the loss. “Went with a fresh arm, different look, and made the wrong decision, cost us the game. Not that Gage — I mean, he’s got as good of numbers as anybody on our team, and he’s gotten it done for us more times than not, but obviously it’s on...
Tony Vitello shoulders blame for Giants’ walk-off loss to D-backs: ‘It’s on me’
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