Tonight's game story: Gio wins 16th.
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- Sweet 16: Gio Gonzalez (+18.5%) hangs on the 5.2 IP, walking 2 and only striking out 3, but only giving up 1 run.
- Making it count: "Left Side" Danny Espinosa (+18.9%) is only 1-4, but it's a two-run dinger for the lead (+19.9%).
- Bam! Bam! Bryce Harper (+9.0%) triples in the eventual winning run in the 3rd (+9.9%) and cranks a solo shot off the facing of the second deck above the out of town scoreboard to tack on in the 5th.