Mexico City baseball an explosion colors and home runs for Giants, Padres

MEXICO CITY — With the colorful luchador masks dotting the sold-out stands, the vendors hawking cervezas and the mariachi band that serenaded a captivated crowd between the second and third innings…

MEXICO CITY — With the colorful luchador masks dotting the sold-out stands, the vendors hawking cervezas and the mariachi band that serenaded a captivated crowd between the second and third innings, there was no mistaking where the San Francisco Giants were playing baseball Saturday afternoon.

“I used to go to Candlestick Park as a kid,” he said. “It’s amazing. When they announced this game, I was like when do tickets go on sale? I’m absolutely going. Welcome the Giants to Mexico.” After falling behind 10-8, the Giants retook the lead in the seventh with another pair of consecutive homers from Blake Sabol and David Villar.

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