Giants Roar Back, Even Series in Buffalo

There are nights when baseball feels like a pendulum, slow, steady, and inevitable. Game 2 between the New York Giants and Buffalo Braves was one of those nights, the kind where momentum swings until it finally snaps in one direction and stays there.

When the dust settled, the Giants had found their rhythm, their power, and their confidence, turning a midgame deficit into a thunderous 10–5 victory that evened the series at one game apiece.

The evening began with promise for Buffalo. Jackson Merrill gave the home crowd an early jolt in the second, sending a two-run shot into the right-center seats. Alec Bohm followed with an RBI single, and the Braves, up 3–0, looked ready to tighten their hold on the series.

But baseball rarely sticks to the script.

In the top of the third, New York’s lineup came alive. Matt Chapman doubled to start the rally, Luis Arraez singled home a run, and Aaron Judge’s infield hit kept the inning alive.

Then came Kyle Tucker, who laced a two-run double into the gap to give the Giants a 4–3 lead and chase starter Bryce Miller from the game before the inning was through.

Buffalo briefly reclaimed control in the fifth when Randy Arozarena’s two-run homer reignited the crowd and put the Braves ahead 5–4. For a few minutes, it felt like the balance had returned.

And then came the sixth.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. tied the game with a leadoff home run. Altuve doubled, Chapman singled him home, and Arraez added another RBI knock. Then, with two men on and one out, Aaron Judge stepped in and delivered the swing that changed the night, a towering three-run homer that sailed over left-center, punctuating a six-run inning and silencing 30,000 hopeful fans.

From there, the Giants never looked back.

Sean Manaea was the quiet hero, throwing five innings of calm, controlled relief, two hits, no runs, four strikeouts, restoring order after the chaos of the early frames.

Judge finished 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs, and two walks, while Tucker and Arraez chipped in with timely hits. For Buffalo, home runs from Arozarena and Merrill were bright spots in an otherwise frustrating night.

The Braves’ bullpen couldn’t contain New York’s surge, and by the final out, the energy in the park had shifted from thunder to hush.

Game 3 moves to New York, where the Giants will try to ride their rediscovered momentum and Buffalo will attempt to reclaim the grit that got them here.

In a postseason built on adjustments, both teams just got a fresh reminder: no lead is safe, and no inning is small.

Final Line:

Team	R	H	E
New York Giants	10	14	1
Buffalo Braves	5	8	0

Winning Pitcher: Sean Manaea (1–0),

Losing Pitcher: Bryce Miller (0–1),

HR: Altuve (NY), Judge (NY), Gurriel Jr. (NY), Arozarena (BUF), Merrill (BUF),

Series: Tied 1–1