Giants win on walk-off hit in 10th inning

SAN FRANCISCO - Eduardo Nunez hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie started the winning rally with a leadoff double against Cody Allen (0-5) to celebrate his 30th birthday. Denard Span then reached on a bunt single that sent pinch-runner Kelby Tomlinson to third.

That set the stage for Nunez, who grounded a single to right through a drawn-in infield to give the struggling Giants a rare win.

Allen had escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the ninth by striking out Joe Panik and getting Gorkys Hernandez to fly out to right field. But he couldn't get the job done in the 10th as the first-place Indians lost for the fifth time in sixth games.

Sam Dyson (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

The teams traded runs with the Indians getting on the board first on an RBI triple by Brandon Guyer with one out in the third inning. But Ty Blach stranded him there and retired eight consecutive batters to keep the Giants close.

San Francisco then tied it in the sixth against Mike Clevinger when Guyer dropped Nunez's liner to right for a two-base error and Buster Posey hit a two-out RBI single for the Giants' first hit since the second inning.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Indians: RHP Corey Kluber is battling a sore neck and his health will determine when LHP Danny Salazar comes back into the rotation. Kluber will throw a bullpen session Wednesday before Cleveland makes a decision whether he can make his scheduled start Friday or needs extra time. Manager Terry Francona said Salazar, who has been on the DL since June 4 with a sore right shoulder, will make his next start in the majors.

Giants: 1B Brandon Belt returned to the lineup after missing two games in a row with a sore left wrist. Belt went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and a walk.

STRONG STARTS

Both starters fared well. Clevinger allowed one unearned run and three hits in six innings with seven strikeouts. He has now allowed four or fewer hits in 15 of 22 career starts.

Blach was almost as tough, giving up one run and seven hits in seven innings.

EMPTY SEATS

A night after their sellout streak ended at an NL-record 530 games, the Giants once again fell short of a capacity crowd with an attendance of 39,151.

UP NEXT

Matt Cain (3-8) starts the series finale after his planned move to the bullpen was interrupted before it even happened because Johnny Cueto got placed on the DL with blisters on his right hand. Carlos Carrasco (10-4) starts for the Indians.