Yastrzemski got the Giants on the board and evened the score at 1-1 in the second inning as he plated Matt Chapman with a sacrifice fly off of Spencer Strider. He then roped a two-run double to right off of Strider in the fourth inning that tied it at three runs apiece. The 34-year-old outfielder then raced around to score the go-ahead run on an error by second baseman Ozzie Albies. Yastrzemski finished the afternoon 1-for-2 and is now hitting .232/.329/.369 with five homers, 20 RBI and five stolen bases on the season.

Yastrzemski got off to a great start this year, but he last homered on Apr. 30 and is hitting .234/.322/.309 this month. Still, the Giants have a bunch of slumping hitters, and it’s unlikely that Yastrzemski’s struggles will cost him playing time.

The Giants are loading up on right-handed hitters against southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez, so Yastrzemski will get a breather. Heliot Ramos is leading off, and Luis Matos will take Yastrzemski’s place in the lineup in left field.

Cincinnati was up 6-1 at one point, but the Giants charged back to tie it in the eighth and then won it on Yastrzemski’s fifth career walkoff homer. He’s batting .344/.462/.594 through 10 games this season. That’s pretty good for someone the Giants were thinking about non-tendering over the winter. Yastrzemski stuck around by accepting a modest $1.35 million raise before the non-tender deadline.