SAN FRANCISCO – With one swing, Patrick Bailey belted the ball over the right field wall to give the Giants win No. 13. He also, at least for one night, should have erased any doubts over whether the team made the right choice when deciding to roll with Bailey as the everyday catcher.
With onetime catcher of the future Joey Bart watching from the Pirates dugout in his return to Oracle, it was his replacement who gave San Francisco a 3-0 victory on the second walk-off home run of Bailey’s career.