Joe Nathan’s first Giants win since 2003 couldn’t have been bigger

For the San Francisco Giants, the weird developed into something good on Friday night. They outlasted the Diamondbacks, 7-6, in a 12-inning, five-hour game that had pitchers coming out of the woodwork. After using nine pitchers in a nine-inning loss on Wednesday, Giants manager Bruce Bochy limited himself to eight here. It was the sixth though that threw perhaps the most important inning of the Giants season.