San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Carson Seymour (77) reacts as Baltimore Orioles’ Jackson Holliday (7) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Baltimore Orioles 11 (61-75)

San Francisco Giants 1 (67-69)

Win: Trevor Rogers (8-2)

Loss: Carson Seymour (0-2)

Time: 2:40

Attendance: 37,711

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–The Orioles snapped the Giants’ winning streak with an 11-1 blowout in a game that really turned out to be a dud Saturday night.

Friday night, the Giants put up a season-high 15 runs, and a season-high 18-hits in their sixth-straight win to get to just a game under .500. Saturday, the Giants looked to get back up to .500 after being seven games under just eight days ago. They also looked to tie their season-high of seven-straight wins.

Saturday’s game was on FOX, which meant we had ourselves a 4:15 p.m. start, and shadows coming in the third inning. That would potentially bode well for Carson Seymour, who made the start for the Giants. Seymour got off to a shaky start, but he was able to escape a pair of jams in the first and second innings.

The Giants were up against the Orioles’ ace, Trevor Rogers, who set down the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the first. The ball has been carrying at Oracle Park on this homestand, and with today’s gametime temperature at 80 degrees, that would continue to be the case.

Willy Adames took advantage of that, and with two outs in the bottom of the first, he hit a home run to left. It was Adames’ 25th home run of the season, and he became the first Giant to have 25 home runs before the start of September since Barry Bonds in 2007.

The Giants struck first, but as the shadows started coming in, they would not be able to help Seymour in the top of the third. Jeremiah Jackson hit a two-run home run to left-center with one out to put the Orioles ahead. That wasn’t it. Gunnar Henderson then singled to left, and Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run shot to center to make it 4-1.

Seymour ended up going three innings, and Tristan Beck took the ball for the fourth. Beck wouldn’t fare much better, as the Orioles scored three more runs to open it up to 7-1.

Though you gotta tip your hat to Beck. He ended up going three and two thirds innings, and made it so the Giants didn’t have to blow through their bullpen.

Rogers was just dominant for the Orioles. He gave up just one run and five hits over seven innings. He didn’t walk anyone, and he struck out five.

This was not on the Giants’ offense. Rogers was just that good, and this winning streak was going to come to an end at some point.

The Orioles scored another run off Beck in the top of the seventh, and three more off left-hander Matt Gage in the top of the eighth to make it a real laugher at 11-1. As a result, Bob Melvin brought in infielder Christian Koss for his fourth outing of the season, and Koss kept his ERA at a perfect zero with a 1-2-3 top of the ninth.

There just was not much to say about this game other than what I said in the lead: it was a dud.

Trevor Rogers gets the win, and Carson Seymour takes the loss

The Giants fall to 67-69. It was also frustrating, as with the Mets loss, the Giants could have just been five games back of the Mets for the third wild card spot in the National League with a win. The Giants remain six behind the Mets.

The Giants can take the series with a win in the rubber match Sunday. Justin Verlander, (2-10, 4.47 ERA), who has been pitching much better as of late, and who got his first win at Oracle Park against the Cubs on Tuesday, will take the ball for the Giants. Tomoyuki Sugano (10-6, 4.06 ERA) will take the ball for Baltimore.

First pitch will be at 1:05 p.m PT.

Giants News and Notes:

Randy Rodriguez has indeed elected to have Tommy John Surgery, and will most likely be out through the end of next season, though no official time table has been established for his recovery and return.

Rodriguez admitted that he started experiencing elbow problems in his rookie season last year, but he was able to pitch through them to go 3-5 with a 1.78 ERA, and go to the All-Star Game.

Rodriguez took over as the Giants’ closer after the Giants traded Camilo Doval to the New York Yankees on July 31. He converted three saves in five opportunities as the Giants’ closer.

Unfortunately, his season on the field also ended in the worst way possible, as he gave up the walk-off home run to William Contreras last Friday in Milwaukee.