San Francisco Giants third baseman Sabin Cebellos (2) shares congratulations from teammate after a Giants win from Wed Mar 11, 2026 against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadium. The Giants and the Chicago White Sox ended up in a 3-3 knot at Scottsdale Stadium on Thu Mar 12, 2026 (San Francisco Giants X photo)

By Stephen Ruderman

SCOTTSDALE AZ–The Giants ended up tied with the White Sox 3-3 in a nine-inning affair from Scottsdale Stadium.

If you are wondering why we ended up tied, spring training games rarely go extra innings these days. So let’s look at how we got here.

Trevor McDonald got the start, and went four innings, giving two runs on four hits. He walked one, and struck out four. Both runs came via the solo home run. Lenyn Sosa lined one out to left in the top of the second, and Derek Hill hit one out the other way to right in the top of the third.

Matt Gage, who is working on a new splitter here in camp, gave up a hit and struck out two in the top of the fifth. Keaton Winn, who has been pumping the gun this spring, gave up a hit and struck out a guy in a scoreless top of the sixth.

Will Brennan, who has had a sneaky-good camp, got the Giants on the board with a perfectly-placed ground ball base-hit up the middle in the bottom of the fourth. Matt Chapman then lined a two-out, two-strike base-hit to left off Eric Adler to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth. Chapman ended up going 2-for-3 tonight.

The White Sox scored a run off Tristan Beck in the top of the seventh to take a 3-2 lead.

Left-hander Juan Sanchez, who has an interesting herky-jerky motion, walked the bases loaded in the top of the ninth, but was somehow able to get out of it unscathed. In that inning, Darren Baker, who was over here from the White Sox’ minor league camp, stole second and third. The kid has got some real speed, and he could be quite valuable for a lot of major league teams.

Eric Haase walked with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Jarred Oliva then pinch-ran, and seemed to feel quite inspired by Darren, as he stole second and third as well. Jerar Encarnacion got Oliva in with a sacrifice fly to right-center to tie it, and that would turn out to be it for the night.

Giants make first four cuts:

Prior to the game, Manager Tony Vitello announced the first four cuts of camp. Among the casualties were right-handed pitchers Will Bednar and Trent Harris; catcher Diego Cartaya; and outfielder Bo Davidson, one of the Giants’ top prospects.

Birdsong sidelined with elbow trouble:

Giants’ pitcher Hayden Birdsong finally had his first solid outing of the spring on Tuesday, but is now being sidelined with a right elbow injury, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. According to Slussler, the Giants will defer to the team’s medical staff before any decisions are made.

Other notes:

Harrison Bader led off tonight in his return from the World Baseball Classic, and went 1-for-2 with a walk.

Rafael Devers went 0-for-4 tonight to make it 0-for-15 on the spring. Hey, he’s coming off an injury, and oh yeah, it’s Spring Training.

Daniel Susac, who is currently locked in the battle for the backup catcher’s role against Jesus Rodriguez, went 1-for-2 with a solid opposite-field base-hit to right and a walk.