Walk-off grand slam caps SF Giants’ biggest late-inning comeback win ever
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- Bryce Eldridge hit a walk-off grand slam to cap a 10-run, two-inning comeback.
- Giants erased an eight-run deficit by scoring 10 runs across the eighth and ninth innings.
- The Giants avoided getting swept by the Nationals with their late-game heroics.
In spectacular fashion, the San Francisco Giants erased an eight-run deficit by scoring 10 runs in the final two innings of Wednesday afternoon’s home game against the Washington Nationals, capped by a walk-off grand slam from young star Bryce Eldridge for a historic 11-10 victory.
Eldridge’s blast put an exclamation point on the biggest late-inning comeback since the Giants moved to San Francisco nearly 70 years ago, making all sorts of other history along the way. Eldridge, 21, is believed to be the youngest player in MLB history to hit a walk-off grand slam, according to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic.
Wednesday’s win marked only the second time the Giants had won a game after trailing by eight runs entering the eighth inning since 1901, according to NBC Sports Bay Area’s TV broadcast. The other predates the Giants’ move to San Francisco in 1958, coming by way of a 10-8 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sept. 8, 1947.
“That is truly unbelievable,” NBC Sports Bay Area color analyst Mike Krukow said on the TV broadcast, his voice cracking from excitement. “It’s certainly the biggest hit in Bryce Eldridge’s career, and we’ll never forget it.”
The home run was the fourth of Eldridge’s career and his first career grand slam. It comes as Eldridge, once the Giants’ top prospect, has seen his career bloom in the past few weeks — a recent offensive surge has him hitting just below .300 with an on-base plus slugging percentage over .900. Eldridge has even earned National League Rookie of the Year buzz for his recent performances.
How did historic comeback happen?
The comeback began in the bottom of the eighth inning, when the Giants were down 9-1 at Oracle Park. After losing the first two games of the series, including an extra-inning loss Monday after coming into the ninth inning with a two-run lead, the Nationals appeared to be about to sweep the struggling Giants, who entered the game 27-41 for the second-worst record in the National League.
The Giants slimmed the deficit to 9-6 by the end of the eighth, with all five runs charged to Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz, who threw a scoreless seventh frame before getting chased without recording a single out in the eighth. Matt Chapman and Rafael Devers hit back-to-back home runs to start the bottom of the inning before the Giants’ two hottest bats, Jung Hoo Lee and Eldridge, both walked to continue the improbable comeback.
Lee extended the longest active MLB hitting streak to 18 games with two hits Wednesday, while rookie Eldridge showed up when it counted late in the game, reaching base twice during the late-game rally.
The Nationals scored one run in the top of the ninth off a solo shot from Curtis Mead before the Giants got right back to it with the meat of their order up again.
No. 2 hitter Luis Arraez doubled and then Chapman did the same, driving in Arraez. Devers walked and Lee hit a single, bringing up Eldridge with the bases loaded, nobody out and his team down 10-7.
Eldridge, a Virginia native who grew up a Nationals fan, delivered the grand slam on a 2-0 slider from Mitchell Parker.
“I think the mind’s a powerful tool, and I saw it before it happened,” Eldridge said in a postgame interview with NBC Sports Bay Area studio analyst Shawn Estes. “So that was pretty cool. Just looking for a pitch to drive, and I got one hanging, and I’m glad I did what I’m supposed to do with that pitch.”
This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM.
