Giants’ Panik doubles in 13th to sink Cubs 6-5

SAN FRANCISCO – Joe Panik doubled in the 13th inning to score Brandon Crawford from second base and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Monday night to stay alive in their N.L. Division Series.

Crawford doubled to lead off the Giants’ half of the inning and Panik drove a ball deep to right field off former Seattle Mariner Mike Montgomery.

Earlier, Kris Bryant hit a tying, two-run homer off Sergio Romo in the ninth inning and Albert Almora Jr. made a game-saving catch moments later to send the game into extra innings.

With the Cubs ahead 2-0 in the best-of-five playoff, Chicago starter Jake Arrieta hit a three-run homer in the second inning, the first by a pitcher off Madison Bumgarner in his seven-year big league career.

That ended Bumgarner’s postseason scoreless streak at 24 innings. The left-hander had also thrown 24 straight shutout innings with the Giants facing postseason elimination, a separate string that was snapped as well.

Buster Posey hit an RBI single for the Giants in the third and Brandon Belt had a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman relieved with two on in the eighth, trying for the second six-out save of his career, and wild-card star Conor Gillaspie tripled to give San Francisco a 4-3 lead.

Crawford added an RBI single, but Bryant’s home run off the top of the left-field fence tied the score in the ninth.

Almora made a diving grab in deep right field on Posey’s sinking liner in the bottom half and doubled up Belt at first base for an inning-ending double play.