Month: June 2021

Preview Oakland A’s-New York Yankees: Yankees and Steinbrenner not paying luxury tax to get the players they need

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New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is needless to say not very happy with the direction the Yankees have gone and the team has not been to the World Series since 2009. The Yankees are seven games back in the AL East (photo from nj.com)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s (43-27) are off on Thursday. On Friday, they will play three games against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. After New York, the A’s play four against the Texas Rangers and finish the trip with three against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park.

The Yankees are 35-32 and are in third place in the AL Eastern Division, seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays. Many people, press and fans alike, expected the Yankees to be the beasts in the East. The fans know the Yanks have not been to the World Series since 2009.

The drought is killing them. The Yankees’ front office, managerial staff, and players are feeling the wrath of the fans. People are questioning the decisions made by general manager Brian Cashman, manager Aaron Boone, and owner Hal Steinbrenner. The Yankees are the most valuable franchise in all of the sports. They are a money machine, yet Hal Steinbrenner seems not to want to pay the luxury tax to get the players they need.

The pitching matchups are set for the series. The A’s will send James Kaprielian to the hill Friday night. Kaprielian would love nothing better than send the Yanks down to defeat. New York sent Kaprielian to Oakland when they acquired Sonny Gray from the A’s.

James’ record is 3-1, and he has an ERA of 2.15. He has been especially tough on right-handed hitters, holding them to a .131 batting average. Righty Jameson Taillon (1-4, ERA 5.74) will pitch for New York on Friday night. On Saturday, Chris Bassitt will go for the A’s.

Bassitt is 7-2, with an ERA of 3.43. Bassitt has allowed four runs or fewer in each of his last 35 starts the past two seasons. Domingo Herman will go for the Yanks. Herman is 3-3, ERA 3.88. Sunday’s game will be a battle of lefties. Sean Manaea goes for Oakland.

Manaea is 6-2, ERA 2.99. Sean has allowed one run or less in nine of his last 14 starts. He is 1-0 in two career starts at Yankee Stadium. The big lefty has not allowed a run in 12 innings of work. Jordan Montgomery will pitch for the Yanks. Montgomery is 3-1, ERA 4.20.

The feared injury jinx has hit the Yankees hard. Righty Corey Kluber, who threw a no-hitter earlier in the season, is now on the 60-day IL. Lefty Justin Wilson is on the 10-day IL. Slugger Luke Voit has been on the 10-day IL and is almost done rehabbing his injury.

Centerfielder Aaron Hicks is out for the season. The Yankees will use Chris Gittens at first base. D J LeMahieu’s first two seasons with New York were fantastic.

He has a career .303 batting average and a .781 OPS. His numbers are way down this year. He is batting .262 with four homers and 19 RBIs. LeMahieu will be at second base. Glyber Torres will be at shortstop. Torres is having a tough time adjusting to the position.

He is better suited to play second base. He is hitting .263 with three homers and 23 RBIs. Gio Urshela will be at third base. Urshela is hitting .261 with seven round-trippers and 27 RBIs. Rougned Odor, the former Texas Ranger, and Tyler Wade can fill in if needed.

With the Aaron Hicks injury, the outfield has been a problem for New York. The Yankees will use Miguel Andujar or Clint Frazier in left. Frazier, finally getting an opportunity to play regularly, has not performed well. His batting average is an anemic .188. He has five home runs and 12 RBIs. Brett Gardner, now 37-years old, moved from left to center.

Brett is hitting .215 with two home runs and eight RBIs. The big man in the Yankee offense is Aaron Judge. Judge, 2017 Rookie of the Year with 52 homers, will be in right field. Judge, from Linden, California, has a .282 batting average to go along with 15 homers and 35 Ribbies. His OPS is .894. Judge is finally healthy. He has missed a lot of time over the last three seasons due to injury.

Giancarlo Stanton will be the Yankees’ DH Stanton was the NL MVP in 2017. The big guy blasted 59 homers that year. He joined the Yankees as a free agent in 2018. In 158 games that year, Stanton homered 38 times. He was injured in 2019 and 2020. In 2019 he hit three and four in 2020. This year, he has stayed healthy. So far, he is hitting .260 with 12 homers and 33 RBIs.

Gary Sanchez will handle most of the catching chores for New York. Sanchez has received a lot of criticism for his defensive work as a catcher. The Yanks have been working with him to improve. They keep him in the lineup as he is a threat to go deep at any time. Kyle Higashioka is the backup catcher.

The Yankees are 4-6 in their last ten games. They have won the last two over the Toronto Blue Jays. The teams are playing the third game of the set Thursday night in Buffalo, the temporary home of the Blue Jays.

Oakland is hot right now. The A’s were 8-1 on the last homestand. They have won six in a row. Ramon Laureano returned from a stint on the 10-day IL and led the team to an 8-4 win over the LA Angels Wednesday in Oakland. Laureano robbed Justin Upton of a home run in the fourth inning. He then hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth to get the A’s offense going. The A’s were trailing 4-0 when Laureano homered.

The A’s are hoping to continue playing well. Matt Chapman and Elvis Andrus appear to have snapped out of their early-season doldrums as they both come through with key hits. Mark Canha has been a steady presence all season long. Canha, in the leadoff spot, has shown a knack for getting on base.

He has a lot of pop in his bat, too. Matt Olson is leading the team in homers and RBIs. Other key contributors have been Laureano, Tony Kemp, Sean Murphy, Mitch Moreland, Seth Brown, and Stephen Piscotty. The A’s starting rotation has been solid, and the bullpen has come through many times this year.

Playing in New York has to be fun. The A’s want to do well to start the 10-game road trip. Let’s hope they win at least two of the three games.

Giant Adieu: SF not longing to see the D’Backs leave town after four-game sweep

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By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–The Diamondbacks came to town Monday in a bad way. Four days later, they’ll depart in a historically, poor fashion.

The Giants handed Arizona a fourth straight defeat on Thursday afternoon, 10-3, setting a dubious record for the D’Backs with their 23rd consecutive road defeat. Arizona broke the record set by the ’63 Mets and ’43 Philadelphia Athletics, and they haven’t won a road game since April 25.

The Giants piled up the hits for the fourth straight day–54 hits total in the series, but on Thursday, only one was a home run. Curt Casali had the homer, three hits total and four RBI, and Steven Duggar joined him in the three-hit club. Mike Yastrzemski, Brandon Belt and Mauricio Dubon each had two hits.

The Giants increased their lead in the NL West to 2 1/2 games over the Dodgers with the win, and six games over the Padres. The Giants (44-25) are a season-best 19 games above .500 and 22-9 at home.

Kevin Gausman logged eight innings to win for the eight time this season. He allowed four hits and two runs, while striking out six and walking just one batter.

After embarassing Arizona on Tuesday with a comeback from down 7-0, and beating them soundly on Wednesday, 13-7, the Giants rolled to a 6-0 lead after five innings on Thursday. The D’Backs contributed to the Giants largesse with a couple of defensive mistakes, and when they finally put up a couple of runs in the seventh, they gave them right back in the bottom of the frame.

The Giants host the Phillies on Friday night with Johnny Cueto facing Caleb Smith at 6:45pm.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Habs squeak by to even series with Knights with 3-2 win

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The Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Alec Martinez (23) tries to put one on net but Montreal Canadien goalie Carey Price (31) is in front of the net to deflect the shot in the second period of game 2 at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas Wed Jun 16, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The Montreal Canadiens opened game 2 with three straight unanswered goals that stood up as the Vegas Golden Knights could only answer back with two goals for a 3-2 win to tie the series 1-1.

#2 Mary Lisa how important is it for the Canadiens to strike early with two quick goals in the first period to grab the early game lead.

#3 One the goals that was scored was from Tyler Tiffoli who has been a difference maker in these playoffs for the Canadiens he scored the Habs first goal of the game.

#4 Canadiens goalie Carey Price stopped 29 shots faced 31 and allowed two goals. The Knights scored one in the second period and one in the third but just couldn’t pull off a third goal on home ice to tie it up.

#5 Game 3 moves to Montreal on Friday night at the Belle Centre with the series tied at 1-1 the Canadiens have had a lot of luck at home how important is home ice for the Habs going into game 3 against a team like the Knights?

Join Mary Lisa for the Stanley Cup post season podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Ramon does it all with glove and bat; Ohtani hits 19th for Angels

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The Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani goes deep for his 19th home run of the season against the Oakland A’s in the second inning on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at the Ring Central Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, The Oakland A’s (43-27) really did a job on the Los Angeles Angels (33-35) sweeping them at the Coliseum the A’s move up in the AL West standings three games over second place Houston.

#2 In Wednesday afternoon’s game a huge contribution from A’s centerfielder Ramon Laureano who made a great catch and hit a home run in his return off the injured list.

#3 The A’s piled it on in the sixth inning with six runs off Angels reliever Tony Watson who coughed up six earned runs on five hits.

#4 The A’s couldn’t contain the Angels star designated hitter Shohei Ohtani who slugged his 19th home run of the season on Wednesday and is second in the American League in home runs behind the Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero who has 22.

#5 The A’s will open a three game series against the New York Yankees on Friday night at Yankees Stadium in the Bronx the A’s will be start James Kaprielian (3-1 ERA 2.51) the Yankees starter James Tallion (1-4 ERA 5.74).

Join Jerry each Thursday for the A’s podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants rout Diamondbacks 13-7 at Oracle Park

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San Francisco Giants Buster Posey connects for a three run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning as Diamondbacks catcher Stephen Vogt watches at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jun 16, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The San Francisco Giants continued to torment the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night at Oracle Park. The Giants won as they routed the Snakes 13-7. The Giants, having come back from a 7-0 deficit to beat Arizona 9-8 Tuesday night, continued to torment the hapless D-Backs. The Giants banged out 13 hits, including five more home runs to send the D-Backs down to their 13th loss in a row and the 22nd consecutive road loss. 

Torey Lovullo’s team put two runs on the board in the top of the first. Giants’ starter, Anthony DeScalfini, gave up a double to Josh Rojas. Ketel Marte followed with a single. Lamonte Wade, playing in leftfield, mishandled the ball, and Rojas scored. Marte went to second. Eduardo Escobar doubled to drive in Marte with Arizona’s second run.

The Giants stormed back in the bottom of the first. They put four runs on the board to go ahead 4-2. Wade started the rally with a single to center. Wade stole second. The Snakes’ starter, Merrill Kelly, walked Mike Yazstremski. The Giants’ Buster Posey blasted his twelfth dinger of the year to put the Giants ahead 3-2. Kelly walked Brandon Belt. Belt went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Jason Vosler’s double. The Giants led 4-2 after one inning. They would not relinquish the lead.

Lovullo brought in Keury Melli to pitch the fourth for Arizona. The Giants plated four runs. Steven Duggar led off the inning with a home run. Melli retired DeScalfini for the first out. The next hitter, Lamonte Wade, also homered to make it 6-2. The G-Men weren’t finished. Melli walked Yaz, and Buster singled to put men on at first and third. Brandon Belt walked to load the bases. Donovan Solano singled to drive in Yaz and Posey. The Giants led 8-2 after four.

The onslaught continued in the bottom of the fifth. Ryan Buchter was now pitching for Arizona. Steven Duggar walked to start the rally. Wilmer Flores, pinch-hitting for pitcher Anthony DeSclafini, homered to make it 10-2. Buchter walked Yaz. Posey singled to sent Yaz to third. Brandon Belt blasted an Earl Weaver special(a three-run dinger) to propel the Giants to a commanding 13-2 lead.

Giants’ Manager Gabe Kapler brought Conner Menez into the game to pitch the sixth. Arizona roughed him up for five runs. The key blow was Asdrubal Cabrera’s homer. 

The Giants’ Jose Alvarez pitched the seventh and eighth and did not allow a hit. James Sherfy pitched a scoreless ninth to seal the win for the Giants.

Game Notes: With the win, the Giants are now 43-25 for the year. They have a two-game advantage over the LA Dodgers in the race for the NL West division lead. The Snakes fall to 20-49. 

The hitting stars for the Giants were Buster Posey with three hits, three ribbies, three runs scored, and a home run. Lamonte Wade had two hits, and one of them was a solo dinger. Brandon Belt drove in three with a home run. He finished the night with two hits. Steven Duggar had two hits, too. One was a solo homer.

The Giants face the Snakes again on Thursday. The game will start at 12:45 pm. The Philadelphia Phillies are in town for three starting Friday night.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Baseball Umpires to check Pitchers’ Balls

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Former Cleveland pitcher Gaylord Perry was checked often for using foreign substances and doctoring baseballs which is now the case this season with the use of the spider tack baseball used by some MLB pitchers (file photo from Hobart Pulp)

Baseball: Umpires to check Pitchers’ Balls

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

Being a few days since California “was opened” due to Covid, there is a new scandal brewing…… in baseball. Beginning this Monday June 21, MLB umpires will be enforcing new guidelines around pitchers using foreign substances on baseballs during games.

According to MLB, umpires will be urged to check the pitcher regularly and ask for the ball if they suspect the baseball has an unusually sticky feel to it. Also, when an umpire notices a pitcher going to his hat, glove, belt, or any place on his uniform or body to apply what may be a foreign substance, he will be checked.

Players caught will be ejected and suspended (with pay) for 10 games, even if the opposing manager doesn’t request inspection. Major League Baseball is responding to a season with: 1-Record strikeouts, 2-League batting average more than half-century low at .235 and 3-Spin rates of the ball.

This represents more responsibility for baseball umpires, who will be policing these new guidelines. MLB is not de-funding the umpires, but giving them more power. MLB investigated numerous complaints from players, tested balls, plus collected data during April and May.

Spin rates on the ball that provides pitchers with an unfair competitive advantage over pitchers and hitters who do not used foreign substances. All this has also translated to less action on the field. There have been six (6) no hitters this year (one of 7 inning thrown by Madison Bumgarner) but MLB doesn’t recognizes that as a no hitter because is less than 9 innings. The record is eight (8) no hitters in 1884.

This April, Trevor Bauer, now with the LA Dodgers and the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner reacted sarcastically to the report on his twitter account. He also noted that many baseballs were being collected from games across baseball, not only from him.

More recently after the MLB announced on this new guidelines he told the MLB network that pitchers use the ‘rosin bag’ (a sticky substance extracted from the sap of fir trees) and is used by pitcher to improve their grip on the baseball and keep their hands dry, but Bauer said many pitchers use the rosin bad and it gets mixed with their sweat.

Gaylord Perry is 82 years old, born in Williamston, NC. He pitched for 22 years won 314 games, with 6 different teams, first pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues, with the Indians in the AL in 1972 and with the Padres in the NL in 1978 5 times All Star, five season with 20 or more wins, inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown in 1991.

He wrote the book “Me and The Spitter” an autobiographical confession by Gaylord Perry. This is one of Gaylord Perry’s quotes: “I’d always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though; it wouldn’t be professional.” See you at the park.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame Museum and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s get six run sixth sweep Angels 8-4 at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s Ramon Laureano fist bumps with third base coach Mark Kotsay in the fourth inning after hitting a home run at the Oakland Ring Central Coliseum on Wed Jun 16, 2021 (AP News photo)

Los Angeles 4 – 9 – 0

Oakland 8 -10 -0

By Lewis Rubman

Wednesday June16, 2021

OAKLAND–Five days ago, Cole Irvin pitched six beautiful innings at the Coliseum, shutting out the Kansas City Royals on two singles . Then, with Oakland leading 3-0, Salvador Pérez homered off the Oakland southpaw, followed by singles by Andrew Benintendi and Jorge Soler.

Yusmeiro Petit rode to Irvin’s rescue and retired the next two batters, but an error by Elvis Andrus, whose walk off single ended up winning the game for the A’s two innings later, opened the door for Benintendi to score KC’s second run of the inning.

In the next episode, Pérez blasted an encore home run off of Jake Diekman to tie the score, robbing Irvin of credit for what would have been his fifth win of 2021. His record had stalled at 4-7, 3.70.

Today, bolstered by the Oakland A’s (43-27) Ramón Laureano’s return to the line up, Irvin went for that fifth victory, facing the LA Angels (33-35), who sent Griffin Canning (5-4,5.22) to the mound.

Canning last saw action a week ago, when he held Kansas City to one run on five hits and two walks over 6-2/3 innings in a 6-1 victory over the Royals at Angel Stadium. Before today, he had a career record of 1-3, 4.88 against the green and gold. Last year, it was 0-2, 6.75.

There would be no win number five for the A’s lefty today. He left the game, trailing 4-2 with two men on and two down in the sixth. He had thrown 81 pitches, 55 for strikes, and surrender four runs, all earned on nine hits, including one homer.

He walked two and struck out two, and was on the hook for the loss. That went to Los Angeles’ Tony Watson after Oakland came back to defeat the fallen Angels 8-4..

The Angels gave Irvin a rude greeting. Justin Upton slammed his first pitch of the game up against the Kaiser Permanente sign between the 388 and 362 foot markers in right center field for a two base hit. He advanced to third on Shohei.

Ohtani’s ground out to Elvis Andrus, playing in the shift, and scored on Max Stassi’s single to left through a drawn in infield. Stassi went to second on another single to left, this one byo José Iglesias. Taylor Ward followed with yet another single to, you guessed it, left that brought Stassi home.

Jared Ward broke the monotony by sending a blast to deep left field, where Mark Canha made a spectacular leaping grab at the wall. Phil Gosselin drove in another run, scored by Iglesias with one more single, this one to center.

It looks as if the A’s might mount the start of a come back when Taylor Ward mishandled Matt Olson’s two out single to right and the A’s first baseman hustled to second, where umpire Mel Lentz called him safe. The umpires reviewing the play in New York called him out, Taylor to Stassi, covering.

The Angels padded their early lead with Ohtani’s 19th home run, a first pitch shot over the right field wall.

Laureano made two noteworthy catches in the top of the fourth. He made a long distance running catch of a liner off Lagares’s bat to open the inning and an excellent leap to pull Upton’s drive back from over the right center field fence to end the frame, the first one in which Irvin didn’t allow a runner to reach base.

In the A’s half of the inning, Laureano extended his stellar perormance, puting the Athletics on the board with a 404 foot blast on an 88 mph that left his bat at 107 mph before landing in the left field seats. It gave him an even dozen round trippers in his injury shortened season.

Irvin hung in there, benefiting from the Lefty Gomez method of successful pitching (clean living and a fast outfield) as the A’s slowly changed what looked like would be a rout into a ball glame.

Kemp walked with one down in the fifth and reached third on Aramis García’s seeing eye single to right and then scored when Canha beat out the relay from second on what would have been a double play for som without his hustle and speed. The scoreboard now read 4-2.

In the top of the sixth, Burch Smith took charge of Oakland´s pitching. He hurled 1-1/3 innings of perfect relief, earning himself his first win against no loses before turning the ball over to Sergio Romo, who pitched a 1,2, 3 top of the eigthth.

Canning was out of the game when the A’s next came to bat. He had worked five innings, in which he had yielded two earned runs on three hits, one of which went yard, two walks, and a hit batter. 45 of his 69 pitches were counted as strikes.

Canning’s replacement, Tony Watson, blew LA’s lead. He gave up back to back to back to back singles to Olson, Jed Lowry (batting for Moreland), Chapman, and Chad Pinder (recovered from his recent beaning and batting for Brown) that tied the game at four.

A conceded walk to Andrus, followed by Kemp’s single to center and the A’s were ahead 5-4, the bases were loaded, Watson was in the shower, and Steve Cishek was on the mound. His first pitch to García was a wild pitch, making the score 6-4.

Canha jrounded into a fielder’s choice that plated Andrus, and Laureano’s fly out to center moved Kemp to third, which ended Cishek’s failedattempt to stop the hemorage. José Suárez came in and struck out Lowrie to staunch the flow.

After Smith’s effective outing, Sergio Romo pitched a perfect eighth, giving way to Lou Trivino, who joined Smith and Romo in not having allowed anyone to reach base safely.

The A’s will resume play in the Bay Area on June 25 when they’ll take on the Giants in the first of a three game week end series at Oracle Park. After a day off, they’ll wrestle with the Rangers in another three game series and battle with Boston before taking off for Houston.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Dave Zizmor: Former 49ers QB Mullens heads to Philadelphia; plus more

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Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens prepares to throw against the Dallas Cowboys on Sun Dec 20, 2020 in Arlington TX. Mullens will join the Philadelphia Eagles and is expected to be their third string quarterback. (AP News file photo)

On the 49ers David Zizmor podcast:

#1 Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens has signed on with the Philadelphia Eagles Mullens seeing an opportunity especially when the 49ers has signed on top draft pick Trey Lance.

#2 On Lance he’s noted for his speed and his ability to carry if needed lots of talk that Lance is talented and highly touted.

#3 I know we asked you about Lance last week but there’s been a lot talk and written about Lance being the starting quarterback can you see that happening.

Join David for the 49ers podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Aces blow out Liberty, 100-78

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Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) dribbles around New York Liberty guard/forward Betnijah Laney (44) during a WNBA game at Michelob Ultra Arena on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

By Shawn McCullough

The Aces won their fourth straight game in a 100-78 victory over the New York Liberty at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay.

The Liberty kept the game close in the third quarter, but the Aces pulled away in the fourth with a 10-2 run to open the quarter.

Las Vegas got a career high 32 points off the bench from guard Kelsey Plum, who went 11 for 16 from the field, including 3 for 6 from three-point range.

Liz Cambage recorded a double-double, scoring 14 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, while Dearica Hamby added 16.

Last season’s WNBA MVP, A’ja Wilson, scored just 10 points.

With the win, the Aces improved to 9-3 and moved into sole possession of second place in the WNBA standings, 1.5 games behind the Seattle Storm.

The Aces will again play the New York Liberty at home on Thursday.

Las Vegas Aces – http://aces.wnba.com

Game Notes:

  • The Aces shot 55.6% from the field.
  • Las Vegas turned the ball over 15 times.
  • The Liberty were led by Jazmine Jones off the bench with 17 points.

Game Starters:

F – 22 A’ja Wilson
F – 3 Riquna Williams
C – 8 Liz Cambage
G – 0 Jackie Young
G – 12 Chelsea Gray

Aces Injury Report:

Angel McCoughtry—Out, right ACL

Yastrzemski hits a grand slam to give the Giants a dramatic victory 9-8

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San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski, second from right, celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run that scored LaMonte Wade Jr., from left, Brandon Belt and Curt Casali in the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jun 15, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Mike Yastrzemski came with the biggest hit of the game when the San Francisco Giants needed it the most.

Yastrzemski hit a grand slam that landed into McCovey Cove that propelled the Giants to an unbelievable 9-8 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park.

This was the seventh straight win for the Giants over the Diamondbacks and are now 12-2 since the beginning of the 2020 season and have outscored them 74-41 during that time.

Things did not start good for the Giants, as Zack Littell could not get a batter out and the Diamondbacks jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Sammy Long came on to replace Littell, and the Diamondbacks added three more runs in the top of the second inning to take a 7-0 lead.

These are not the Giants of yesteryear, as they began to mount their comeback in the bottom of the second inning.

Donovan Solano drove in the first run for the Giants, as he grounded out to Josh Rojas at second base that allowed Wilmer Flores to easily score from third base and then Steven Duggar hit a two-run home run to cut the Diamondbacks lead down to 7-3.

Former Oakland As outfielder Josh Reddick added what turned out to be the last Diamondbacks run of the night, as he grounded out to Long that allowed Asdrubal Cabrera to score from third base.

The Giants began to mount their comeback, as Solano drove in his second run of the game, as he pulled the ball into left field that scored Brandon Belt to cut the lead in half.

Jason Vosler then got the Giants within three, as he beat out an infield single to score Solano.

Then the Giants came up with could be one of the biggest innings of the season, as Belt doubled to right field, then Solano singled on a 2-0 pitch and after Mauricio Dubon flew out to left field and then Lamonte Wade, Jr., grounded into a force play and Gabe Kapler gambled, as he sent his last pinch hitter on the bench and Curt Casali drew a pinch-hit walk to bring Yastrzemski to the plate and on the fourth pitch he saw from Humberto Castellanos, Yastrzemski hit his first career professional grand slam to give the Giants a dramatic comeback victory.

Jimmie Sherify pitched a perfect eighth inning, as he picked up his first win of the season for the Giants.

Tyler Rogers nailed it down in the top of the ninth inning, as he set the Diamondbacks down in order with a strikeout to pick up his ninth save of the season.

Littell last just six batters, as he allowed four runs on four hits, walking two and not striking out a batter and then Long came on to replace Littell.

Long ended up going five innings, allowing four runs on five hits, walking one and striking out three before giving way to Conor Menez, who allowed two hits and struck out two in his only inning of work and then Jarlin Garcia gave up a hit and strikeout in his only inning of work before Sherfy came on in the top of the eighth inning.

It was a tough no-decision for Alex Young, who went four innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking one and striking out two.

The Diamondbacks bullpen let them down, as they were unable to get the Giants out, as they the trio of Conor Martin, Joe Mantiply and Castellanos went the final four innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, including that grand slam to Yastrzemski that proved to the game-winning hit.

NOTES: This was the biggest comeback by the Giants since they trailed the Cincinnati Reds 8-0 at Great American Ballpark on May 3, 2019, and ended up winning 12-11 in 11 innings.

When he hit a home run on Monday night, Brandon Crawford reached another milestone, as he became the quickest Giants shortstop since at least 1901 to reach 15 home runs in a season, as he reached the plateau in the Giants 66th game of the season.

Sadly, this was the 21st consecutive loss on the road for the Diamondbacks, and their 12th loss in a row overall.

Their last win away from Chase Field for the Diamondbacks came on April 25 against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park, as Madison Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter; however, the no-hitter does not count as a no-hitter in the MLB record book.

UP NEXT: Anthony DeSclafani looks for his seventh win of the season, as he heads to the mound on Wednesday night, while Merrill Kelly goes to the mound for the Diamondbacks.