San Francisco Giants Michael Conforto runs the bases after slugging a two run home run off Colorado Rockies pitcher Connor Seabold in the bottom of the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jul 9, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 Stephen, Giants get the long ball from Michael Conforto and Austin Slater each had two run home runs on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park in their 5-3 win.

#2 Blake Sabol has been making good contact of late and Saturday was no exception Sabol slugged an RBI single to contribute towards the cause.

#3 The Giants started pitcher Ryan Walker who threw for two innings and gave up two runs and was relieved by Alex Wood who went five scoreless innings and picked up his first win of 2023.

#4 One of the big topics has been AI in baseball and your listeners know you do some part time umpiring away from podcasting and covering the Giants Stephen how realistic is it that you see umpires in MLB being replaced by AI umpires and auto umpires.

#5 Starters for today’s contest: Left hander Colorado Rockies Kyle Freeland (4-9 ERA 4.93) Right hander Logan Webb (7-7 ERA 3.38) first pitch at 1:05pm

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