​  It’s safe to say that Wednesday night was the best night of Victor Bericoto’s young major league career. On a night where he gunned down a runner at home plate, the 24-year-old rookie hit a two-out 9th inning home run off Oakland Las Vegas Sacramento Athletics closer Elvis Alvarado (3-3) to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory.Bericoto’s team trailed 1-0 going into the final inning, thanks to a home run by Max “No Not That One” Muncy, who went deep in the 8th inning to break a scoreless tie. Erik Miller (1-0) pitched out of a jam in the top of the inning, aided by some fine outfield defense, which set the stage for the Giants’ dinger party in the bottom half.First, Rafael Devers treated an Alvarado four-seam fastball like it was a story about him refusing to come out of the game for a pinch-runner, and his bat was the media. Devers blew it all out of proportion, launching the ball 416 feet into center field. Take that, organic eatery!Then Alvarado hung a slider to Bericoto, and he blasted a rainbow God’s promise to humanity a secular, parabolically-arcing home run 445 feet over the wall, delighting Giants fans and reminding A’s fans what a truly punishing experience supporting their ungrateful team can be.It’s a shame that starter Tyler Mahle couldn’t get his second win of the season after throwing 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out four, walking two, and giving up two hits. Mahle retired the first nine batters he faced, didn’t give up a hit until the 5th inning, and generally enjoyed his best outing in seven weeks, before his injured list stint for a totally-real ailment that wasn’t just cover for Mahle, well, sucking ass.The Giants helped out Mahle on defense Wednesday night. In the 4th inning, Casey Schmitt started a double play with a backhanded stop and flip to Willy Adames. One batter later, Jung Hoo Lee chased down a long drive while crashing into the right field wall.It’s been a brutal series for Lee so far. He’s crashed into a wall and been clotheslined by the second baseman thanks to an errant throw while stealing second. Jacob Wilson had to barehand another wild throw to protect Lee while he stood on second on a different play. Early in Wednesday’s game, Lee almost got drilled with a foul ball while minding his own business in the dugout.Later, Lee crashed into a chain-link fence on a different part of the right field wall while robbing pinch-hitter Jonah Heim with two out and two on in the top of the 9th inning. Perhaps Lee struck a deal with the baseball gods, where he became unstoppable at the plate in exchange for the ballpark actively trying to kill him.In the 5th inning, Mahle escaped a two-on, one-out jam with a rarely-seen 4-7-2 double play. Schmitt snagged a Lawrence Butler line drive, then threw wildly to second trying to double Wilson off second. When the throw bounced into left field, Wilson tried to score, on      ​Read More