Giants OF Joc Pederson talked to Barry Bonds before three-HR game
The San Francisco Giants' wild 13-12 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night was due in large part to Joc Pederson hitting three home runs -- making him the first in the franchise to do so since Barry Bonds.
Coincidentally, Pederson had a lengthy discussion with the home run king prior to Tuesday's game.
"It sounds cliche, but Barry Bonds was here and he talked to me and Lamonte Wade Jr. for quite a while," Pederson said in a post-game interview with NBC Sports Bay Area. "We were just talking... It just kind of freed my mind up. The way he talks about hitting helped me out a little bit. I'm still kind of speechless [about] the whole process."
Pederson's third homer of the evening was perhaps his most impressive. San Francisco had blown a late 8-2 lead over New York by allowing a seven-run eighth inning to make it 11-8. Pederson then tied the game up with a three-run shot in the bottom of the inning that sailed over the outfield seats and into McCovey Cove.
The Bay Area native, who was 4-for-46 in the month of May prior to Tuesday's game, also had an RBI hit in the ninth to help push the Giants past the Mets.
The Giants close out the series against the Mets on Wednesday.
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