It took the San Francisco Giants four games to realize they were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates and not the 1927 New York Yankees this season. With their confidence back after a big win Tuesday, the Giants came through with three late runs and a clutch pinch-hit RBI double by Dominic Smith to beat the Pirates, 4-2.

Smith ran his hitting streak to 11 games after driving in Jung Hoo Lee with the go-ahead run in the 9th. Lee led off with a double, then scored when Smith turned on an 0-2 cutter from Dennis Santana (3-4) and sent the ball into the right-field corner. Two pitches later, Patrick Bailey singled Smith in for the final 4-2 margin of victory.

It was the second time on this road trip that Smith pinch-hit and delivered the game-winner, after Friday’s 10th-inning game-winner in New Yo

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