Walk-off! Patrick Bailey's ninth-inning heroics save SF Giants on night Joey Bart returns and phenom Kyle Harrison shines

Pittsburgh got its knocks against Harrison, but the young southpaw avoided surrendering a home run, something the Concord native had struggled with. Harrison had given up a long ball in four of his five other starts.

He was perhaps helped by the powerful winds swirling around Oracle, which made the violently flapping flags that crowned the top of the park sound like helicopters.

Center fielder Jung Ho Lee also helped the cause by sprinting across the diamond, losing his hat in the process, and snagging a difficult fly ball on the run in the top of the seventh. The feat of athleticism saved a double and drew roars of approval from the 37,110 that attended.

Bart made his return to the Bay Area but did not start despite hitting three home runs in 23 plate appearances. Henry Davis started in his place.

The Giants’ hot and cold offense was frigid against Pittsburgh’s Quinn Priester and his 8.31 ERA. Michael Conforto and Mike Yastrzemski’s singles in the second inning were the only offense San Francisco could muster through five.

The Giants had a golden opportunity in the sixth when Lee, who has struck out a MLB-low 8.6% of the time, slapped a single and LaMonte Wade Jr., who has reached base safely in 12 of 14 games against Pittsburgh, walked with one out.

Jorge Soler and Michael Conforto couldn’t bring them home, striking out swinging and weakly producing a grounder to first respectively.

Soler’s 0-4 day at Oracle is not surprise at this point, the offseason addition hitting a ghastly 7-50 at home.

Aroldis Chapman gave the Giants the chance they needed in the eighth inning. He gave up a Nick Ahmed single and two walks, and the only reason the bases weren’t loaded with Soler up to bat was because Ahmed got caught napping on a pickoff.

But with Lee and Wade on base after consecutive walks, Pittsburgh’s third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes showed why he snapped Nolan Arenado’s run of 10 straight gold gloves at the hot corner when he corralled a sizzling grounder and stepped on third for the final out.