MIAMI — Brandon Crawford stroked a career-high seven hits, including a go-ahead RBI in the 14th inning, as the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Monday night at Marlins Park.
Crawford became the sixth player in baseball history to get seven hits and the first since Rennie Stennett on Sept. 16, 1975 for Pittsburgh. Crawford became the first player to get seven hits in an extra-inning game since Cesar Gutierrez went 7-for-7 in a 12-inning game for Detroit on June 21, 1970.
San Francisco started its winning rally with a pair of two-out walks to Brandon Belt and Buster Posey off of reliever Dustin McGowan (1-3). Andrew Cashner, normally a starting pitcher, was then brought in, but Crawford lined a single to center to score Belt from second.
Crawford, who went 7-for-8, entered Monday with just six hits in his past 37 at-bats for a .162 batting average during that span.
The Giants (64-48), who lead the NL West, won despite leaving 18 runners on base. The Marlins left just five runners on base.
Miami (59-53) fell into a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals in the race for the second and final NL wild-card playoff berth.
The Marlins were led by left fielder Christian Yelich, who had three hits and four RBIs. Yelich hit an RBI double in the fourth, a solo homer in the fifth and a two-run single in the seventh.
Marlins starter Jose Fernandez, who struck out six and allowed one run in six innings, left with a 5-1 lead but got a no-decision after the Giants rallied for five seventh-inning runs against the Miami bullpen.
Fernandez was unable to get what would have been his career-high 13th win. But he tied Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals with a major-league-leading 198 strikeouts.
And even with the no-decision, Fernandez is 26-2 with a 1.62 ERA in his career at Marlins Park.
Giants starter Johnny Cueto, who joined Fernandez at this year?s All-Star Game, escaped with a no-decision after allowing five runs in five innings.
San Francisco had a scoring opportunity in the fourth, but it was thwarted by an ill-advised decision.
Crawford hit a leadoff double and tried to score from second on a two-out single to shallow right field by Cueto. But right fielder Giancarlo Stanton fired home to easily cut down Crawford.
Miami took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Martin Prado led off with a full-count walk and scored on Yelich’s opposite-field double to left-center. Giancarlo Stanton then hit a single to left, scoring Yelich.
San Francisco trimmed its deficit to 2-1 in the fifth. Denard Span hit a leadoff single and scored from first when Buster Posey sliced a two-out double that hit the right-center field wall on one bounce.
NOTES: Giants manager Bruce Bochy was feeling ill on Monday morning and checked into University of Miami Hospital, where he will be kept overnight. Bench coach Ron Wotus filled in for Bochy, who is one of 10 managers in MLB history to win three World Series titles. The other nine managers are in the Hall of Fame. … San Francisco LHP Josh Osich, who was 2-0 with a 2.20 ERA last year, was set to start his rehab from a strained forearm on Monday night at Double-A Richmond. … Marlins 3B Martin Prado, who left Sunday’s game after fouling a ball off his foot, was back in Monday’s lineup. … LHP Jeff Brigham, who was 2-0 with a 0.33 ERA in five starts at High-A Jupiter, was named Miami’s Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July.