San Francisco Giants outfielders Michael Conforto (left) and Tyler Fitzgerald (right) try to track down the baseball on Cincinnati Reds Stuart Fairchild’s inside the park home run hit in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri May 10, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 Cincinnati Reds pinch hitter Stuart Fairchild hit an inside the park home run Fairchild slide to the right of San Francisco catcher Jackson Reetz tag to give the Giants an insurance run.

#2 Cincinnati starter Andrew Abbott pitched over five innings six hits two earned runs and two strike outs talk about some of the pitches Abbott was throwing to keep the Giants off balance?

#3 The inside the park home run was the first one hit at Oracle Park since the Tampa Bay Rays Luke Raley did it Aug 16, 2024. Raley was the sixth opposing player to do it and the 16th overall in San Francisco.

#4 Stephen talk about Casey Schmidt whose now taking he place of shortstop the injured Nick Ahmed?

#5 Patrick Bailey returned from concussion protocols. Bailey was on the 7 day IL. The Giants also recalled infielder/outfielder Brett Wisely from Triple A Sacramento.

#6 Stephen, talk about Saturday’s starters for game 2 of this series for Cincinnati LHP Nick Lodolo (3-1, ERA 2.79) and for San Francisco RHP Mason Black (0-1, ERA 10.38) first pitch 4:15pm PDT.

Stephen Ruderman is a baseball beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com