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Posey goes yard twice in Giants 10-7 win

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San Francisco Giants hitter Wilmer Flores hits for a three run home run against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Connor Brogdon on Tue Apr 20, 2021 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Buster Posey did something in the second game of the three-game series that was last accomplished nearly five years ago.

Posey picked up his first multi-home run for the first time since 2016, as the San Francisco Giants came back to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-7 at Citizens Bank Park.

Tommy La Stella hit a home run, but the big punches by the Giants came in the top of the eighth inning, as they scored six runs in the inning to take the lead for good.

Alex Dickerson slammed a three-run home run and then Wilmer Flores slammed a three-run pinch hit home run to secure the Giants third straight win.

All 10 runs came via the long ball, as the Giants have hit 25 home runs through 17 games during the 2021 season.

Dickersons three-run home run gave the Giants their first and only lead of the game, and then just four batters later, Flores picked up his first pinch-hit of the season that gave the Giants their final three runs of the game.

The six runs scored by the Giants were the first six runs allowed by Phillies reliever Connor Brogdon, who entered the game with a 0.00 earned run average and left with a 7.36 era.

It was the first multi-homer game for Posey since May 18, 2016 against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Posey hit both of his home runs against former Giants farmhand Zack Wheeler, who was part of the Carlos Beltran trade with the New York Mets on July 11, 2011.

Logan Webb, who was activated off the injured list prior to the game after being placed on the list due to side effects from the Covid-19 vaccine went four innings, allowing four earned runs, seven hits, two walks and striking out four in just four innings of work.

To make room for Webb, Trevor Gott was designed for assignment, and closer Jake McGee was activated and pitched the ninth inning in the game. Sam Selman was sent to the alternate site after being called up to replace McGee.

Former Phillies pitcher Jose Alvarez pitched a perfect eighth inning to earn his first win of the season.

Brandon Belt was forced to leave the game with a right quad strain and will be re-evaluated by the team on Wednesday.

NOTES: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Curt Casali is the first Giants catcher to catch shutouts in four consecutive starts since Broadway Aleck Smith, May 6-24, 1901…the last Major Leaguer to catch shutouts in four consecutive starts was Pittsburgh’s Francisco Cervelli (five straight) in June 2015.

The last time that the Giants threw back-to-back shutouts was against the Colorado Rockies on September 14 and 15, 2018 at Oracle Park.

UP NEXT: Anthony DeSclafani closes out the road trip on Wednesday afternoon, as he takes the mound versus the Phillies, who will send Zach Eflin to the hill.

A’s Manaea goes the distance (7 innings) to get 7-0 shutout in front game over Twins

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Oakland Athletics’ Matt Chapman (26) and Matt Olson (28) make a celebratory reaction after Olson hit a grand slam off Minnesota Twins pitcher Jorge Alcala (66) in the fourth inning of game one of their MLB doubleheader at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 (photo from Bay Area News Group)

Minnesota. 0 – 6 – 2

Oakland 7 – 5 – 0

First game doubleheader

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–After an unexpected day off yesterday, due to Covid19 problems in the Minnesota organization, the Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins got around to the business of playing pandemic- inflected baseball with a pair of games scheduled to go seven innings each, beginning at 3:30 this afternoon.

34 year old right hander Matt Shoemaker brought a 1-0, 4.32 record with him to the mound for the Twinkies, while Sean Manaea, four years Shoemaker’s junior and throwing with his left hand, put his 1-1, 4.32 record on the line for the Athletics.

Eight of the nine batters Oakland’s southpaw would have to face in the visitors’ starting lineup were either right handed or, in one case, switch hitters. The home team brought an eight game winning streak with them to the Coliseum, while the Twins were 2-6 over their last eight contests.

Before the game, Stephen Piscotty was reinstated from the paternity list (congratulations) and was back patrolling right field at game time. Ka’ai Tom was designated for assignment. He’d gone one for 16 and scored one run in the nine games he’d played for the A’s.

Mike Moreland put the A’s ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the second with a line drive over the yellow line across the right field scorebord just to the right of the 382 foot marker. Sean Murphy, who had forrced Chapman out at second, was on base at the time. It was Moreland’s first round tripper and sixth and seventh RBI for the green and gold.

Moreland extended the lead in his next at bat, leading off the home fourth.. This time he went really deep, 405 feet to right center on a 92 mph slider that Shoemaker threw him on an 0-2 count. An out, a single, and a walk later, Shoemaker was out of the game.

He’d lasted a mere 3-1/3, in which he’d given up three runs (all earned) and still was on the hook for two more possible tallies. He hadn’t struck anyone out but had walked four batters and allowed four hits. Of his 67 pitches, 39 were strikes.

Shoemaker’s replacement, Jorge Alcalá, manmaged to get Laureano on a called third strike, but he walked Jed Lowrie to load the bases, and then surrendered a massive grand slam into the right field second deck by Olson. It was his fourth home run of the year and raused his RBI total to an even dozen, tying him with Lowrie for the team lead.

The two runs for which Shoemaker was on the hook now were on his record. He also remained on the hook for the loss, which left him at 1-1, 6.28. After Alacalá got his second strike out (Chapman) to end the inning, he was gone, and Luke Farrell made his first appearance as a Twin to open the fifth. Lewis Thorpe mopped up for Minnesota in the sixth.

Moreland and Olson’s power led the offense for Oakland, which also included four stolen bases, one each by Canha and Piscotty, and two by Andrus.

Manea was the winning pitcher, improving his record to 2-1, 3.04. He was credited with a complete game, the second of his big league career. His other CG was his 2018 no hitter against the Red Sox. In his seven inning stint today, Manaea gave up six hits and a walk. He struck out seven.

The teams will be at it again in a half an hour.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: A’s and Twins will restart series with doubleheader today at Coliseum

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The Detroit Tigers Will Castro slides behind Oakland A’s catcher Sean Murphy during the sixth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Apr 18, 2021 the A’s won the ball game 3-2 (AP News photo)

#1 After the tough start the Oakland A’s had at 0-6 the A’s look like contenders now after winning eight straight games.

#2 The A’s got two shutouts during their four game series with the Detroit Tigers the first shutout came on Friday when the A’s shutout the Tigers 3-0 behind A’s starter Frankie Montas and three relievers

#3 On Saturday starter Cole Irvin pitched six innings, four hits and the bullpen shut the Tigers out for the rest of the game.

#4 How much will the postponed game from Monday break the A’s momentum from their eight game winning streak going into today’s doubleheader.

#5 The Minnesota Twins organization is concerned about what is happening in their community with civil unrest, racial injustice and their Covid-19 protocols as a result they’ve had a number of games postponed.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez has all the play by play of Oakland A’s baseball on the Oakland A’s Spanish flagship station 1010 KIQI LaGrande San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

One Belt, Two Runs: Giants win 2-0 in Philly

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By Morris Phillips

Philadelphia fans will boo anyone at anytime. They’re pretty much known for that.

But it’s not all knucklehead behavior, there’s some common sense in there as well. So when it became clear that this was Gabe Kapler’s night, Philly fans relented.

The Giants, behind Brandon Belt’s bat and brilliant pitching, shut down the Phillies and stopped the boos, winning 2-0 at Citizens Bank Park on Monday.

Kevin Gausman survived six eventful innings to pick up the win and three Giants’ relievers finished the job, sparing Kapler any trips to the mound to incite the boo birds. The win, Kapler’s 200th as a manager, superceded all that huffing and puffing anyway.

“My feelings are I’m just kind of focused on doing a good job with the San Francisco Giants,” Kapler said when asked about his first return after two seasons managing the Phillies, “And that’s genuinely how I feel.”

What could have been all hyped up and agitated, was rendered mundane, first by Belt, who provided all the scoring in the third with a two-run shot off starter Chase Anderson. The slugger welcomed Anderson’s hanging breaking ball and redirected it 372 feet away beyond the right centerfield wall. But Belt’s blow didn’t portend a slugfest.

Instead, Gausman settled in, Anderson didn’t allow anything else and batters on both sides squandered some choice opportunities. The teams combined to go 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position, but it felt like Gausman faced all 15, as the Giants’ ace wiggled out of jam after jam.

“He wasn’t lights-out stuff — I think he’ll tell you the same,” Kapler said of Gausman. “He was just a fighter today, and I think that’s the reason he was able to do what he did.”

In the fourth, Gausman was saddled with runners at second and third, no outs. But he executed Plan A, striking out Mickey Moniak and Nick Maton, hitters with little big league experience (26 at-bats combined) inexplicably hitting back-to-back in the Philadelphia lineup. Pinch hitter Brad Miller was next, and Gausman tricked him with a splitter that was grounded to third for an easy third out.

Matt Wisler, Camilo Doval, and Wandy Peralta each contributed an inning of scoreless relief and the Giants had back-to-back shutouts after Sunday’s 1-0 win at Miami.

Kapler’s 200th win came with the fourth-year manager stuck on 200 losses, giving him the unique distinction in Major League history of holding both totals at same time. But that is his history: finishing two games under .500 with the Phillies (2018) and Giants (2020), and exactly. 500 in Philadelphia in 2019. This season’s 10-6 start–ironically with Kapler’s starting pitchers and bullpen being deployed brilliantly and backing it up with their performances–reflects the growth, especially juxtaposed against his numbers from the previous seasons.

“Hopefully it’s a big win for him, his first time coming back to Philly,” Gausman said of his manager. “It was a good way to kind of set the tone for this series.”

The Giants and Phillies resume play Tuesday with the Webb/Wheeler matchup at 4:05pm. Logan Webb returns to the starting rotation due to Johnny Cueto’s injury to face Zack Wheeler, who was traded from the Giants’ farm system nearly a decade ago.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants pitch third shutout in a week; Alex Wood, relief core blank Marlins 1-0

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Miami Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson puts the tag on San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski (5) in the first inning of play on Sun Apr 18, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 Morris, the San Francisco Giants (9-6) on Sunday used five pitchers and the Florida Marlins (7-8) used four pitchers you would think both teams would be putting on a hitting clinic but just the opposite both teams were trying to stop any runs from scoring in the 1-0 Giants win.

#2 Taking a look at pitcher Alex Wood’s performance five innings, three hits not that he would be allowed but Wood looked like he could have got some late innings for the Giants.

#3 The bullpen has to get a lot of credit to hold the Marlins line up to no hits after Wood departed for the rest of the four innings.

#4 The Marlins starter Pablo Lopez went six innings giving up six hits and striking out nine batters before being lift on the Marlins side of the coin they got good starting pitching and great relief help but lost the game.

#5 Morris, the Marlins proved to be a worthy opponent beating the Giants in the first two games of the series but they sure found out why San Francisco has the second best record in baseball with some great pitching on Sunday. The Giants open up a three game series in Philadelphia starting tonight.

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Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: A’s win 8 straight; Twins games postponed from racial injustice and Covid-19 issues

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Manager Bob Melvin is none too surprised that the A’s had a seven game win streak after starting the season at 0-6. Melvin had said the team is too talented to be 0-6. (AP File photo)

On the podcast with Barbara:

#1 It’s not a matter of asking “who are these guys” with the recent eight game winning steak of the A’s but rather the question is more like “who are these guys” when the opened the season 0-6.

#2 A’s manager Bob Melvin knew all along that after breaking out of that opening week funk the A’s were good enough, smart enough to make things happen.

#3 In the four game series that the A’s (9-7) just completed against the Detroit Tigers (6-10) over the weekend the A’s threw two shutouts. A’s starting pitchers Frankie Montas and the bullpen on Friday threw a dandy after Montas who pitched six innings and surrendered just two hits left and three relievers shutout the Tigers the rest of the way for the 3-0 win.

#4 On Saturday’s game A’s starter Cole Irvin and three relief pitchers shutout the Tigers 7-0. Irvin went six innings and gave up just four hits.

#5 Tonight the Oakland A’s three game series against the Minnesota Twins (6-8) has been postponed until Tuesday as a doubleheader due the Twins having Covid-19 protocol issues.

#6 The Twins as an organization have been concerned and paid tribute regarding the recent murder of young motorist Daunte Wright 20 at the hands of 26 year veteran Brooklyn police officer Kim Potter , the Twins had postponed one of their games against the Boston Red Sox on Mon Apr 12th at Target Field out respect for Wright. The Derek Chauvin case is going to the jury if Chauvin is found guilty for involuntary manslaughter chances are Minneapolis could face heavy protesting and sports in Minnesota will most likely be further postponed.

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Oakland A’s special report: A’s vs Twins Monday game Postponed, Tentatively will play Doubleheader Tuesday

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The Oakland Coliseum will sit empty Mon Apr 19, 2021 as the game between the Minnesota Twins and Oakland A’s has been postponed and will be made up as a doubleheader on Tue 20th Covid protocols withstanding (file photo from the Hometown Fan)

A’s vs Twins Monday game Postponed, Tentatively will play Doubleheader Tuesday

By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–The Minnesota Twins scheduled to arrive in Oakland Monday for a three-game series against the A’s had to cancel their last two games Saturday and Sunday at Angel Stadium against the Anaheim Angels, when Kyle Garlic and another player, whose name was not provided, plus a staff member tested positive for covid-19.

The team was already without their regular shortstop Andrelton Simmons, also because of covid problems. MLB said the delay will enable the Twins to allow more covid testing on their players. A’s vs Twins Monday game has been postponed, they will tentatively play a Doubleheader on Tuesday.

The Minnesota Twins scheduled to arrive in Oakland Monday for a three-game series against the A’s had to cancel their last two games Saturday and Sunday at Angel Stadium against the Anaheim Angels, when Kyle Garlic and another player, whose name was not provided, plus a staff member tested positive for Covid-19.

The team was already without their regular shortstop Andrelton Simmons, also because of covid problems. MLB said the delay will enable the Twins to allow more covid testing on their players.

The A’s and Twins are tentatively planning a regular doubleheader at the Oakland Coliseum this Tuesday afternoon.

Not the news the hottest team in the American League wanted, the Athletics have won eight games in a row after sweeping the Detroit Tigers in a 4-game series at the Coliseum.

The A’s and Twins are tentatively planning a regular doubleheader at the Oakland Coliseum this Tuesday afternoon.

Notes: The top news story the hottest team in the American League the Athletics have won eight games in a row after sweeping the Detroit Tigers in a four-game series at the Coliseum.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead Spanish play by play announcer for the Oakland A’s flagship station 1010 KIQI LaGrande San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Is the Giants vs. Dodgers Rivalry being replaced?

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One of the most famous moments in the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers rivalry came in 1965 when Dodgers catcher John Roseboro (center) threw a ball past the ear of San Francisco Giants hitter Juan Marichal (left) and he came out swinging the bat on Roseboro’s head, Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax tried to intervene (ESPN still file photo)

Is the Giants vs. Dodgers Rivalry being replaced? 

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By Amaury Pi-González

 With the recent ascent of the San Diego Padres, who fully reloaded their team and spend big bucks during the off-season, it should be asked.  Is the Giants vs. Dodgers rivalry still tops in the National League. The SF vs. LA rivalry is one of the oldest in major league baseball, second only to the Yankees-Red Sox and in between the Cardinals and Cubs, and it continued when both teams moved to California in 1958.

From the early 1960’s Candlestick Park in the Bayview-Hunters Point, to the current Oracle Park something very interesting has been happening.  When the Giants host the Dodgers, Giants fans come out in droves to root their team and with the “Beat LA” chant you hear it all the time at Oracle.  

However, when it is the other way around, when the Giants played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Dodger fans are just there to root for their team but show not much passion against the Giants, the Giants became like any other team that is playing at Dodger Stadium.

Obviously there is a contingency of Giants fans that make the trips to LA as well as Dodgers fans who reciprocate. Maybe it is because Giants fans are more passionate, or is it an envy factor?  The Dodgers have won six World Series since they moved from Brooklyn to LA, while the Giants three in SF since they moved from the Polo Grounds in the Big Apple.  

Could it be the envy of success the main factor for Giants fans who hate the Dodgers with a passion?  It is all good, competition and passion should be part of the game. It is true that Dodgers fans usually leave games earlier at Dodger Stadium, it is the culture, LA is a car culture, the long commute, millions of cars in the freeways all the time, it is understandable.  

Most of the time the Giants vs. Dodgers rivalry has been a great one from New York to California. With some rare exceptions of violence among fans, most of the time is has been a healthy rivalry. Today the San Diego Padres, who have never won a World Series since they began as a major league franchise in San Diego in 1969, are considered one of the elite clubs in the game. 

All because, this past winter the San Diego Padres were the busiest team in baseball acquiring great talent, with the ownership opening their check books, definitely they are a team looking to go all the way and win that elusive first World Series. Padre’s shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. is one of the great talents in the game today and a franchise player who generates emotion and passion with his flair and style of play.

Yet, with all that talent the Padres have the pressure now to perform and win, because although on paper they look very solid, you do not play on paper, you play on the field. The Padres could replace the Giants as the ‘número uno’ rivalry against the Dodgers in the next few years.

Things evolve, there is a new generation of fans in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, the tradition of the rivalry still remains, while San Diego is soon becoming a hot bed for baseball. Yet, the Padres have not won the hardware they need to brag a little, like the World Series trophy.

 This 2021 season the Padres are going for it and the Giants are trying to compete inside a division the Dodgers have owned for eight consecutive years. No, the Giants are not rebuilding per say, but in a couple of years guys like Posey, Crawford, Belt and so on could be gone and then they will have to work on a system where they can content with the Dodgers.  

The Padres look much stronger than any other team in the western division, except the Dodgers. There is a re-alignment of rivalries starting this 2021, one is the Dodgers vs. Padres, and in the American League the old Yankee vs. Red Sox is more now, the Yankees vs. Rays. My grandfather Armando used to tell me, “Amaury, time changes things, nothing stays the same.”  He was correct. 

Amaury Pi Gonzaelz is the Spanish lead play by play announcer for the Oakland A’s on 1010 KIQI LaGrande San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s win streak hits eight, sweep the Tigers with 3-2 walk off job

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By Morris Phillips

OAKLAND–The A’s tried to give Sunday’s contest away, but it was the Tigers that actually booted it, on Jeimer Candelario’s fielding error in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Mitch Moreland’s sharply hit ground ball got under Candelario’s glove and body, allowing Matt Olson to score from second base, in the A’s 3-2 win at the Coliseum.

What appeared to be an unlikely mistake with the game on the line gained greater context in the recent history between the two clubs in which the A’s have dominated, winning 22 of 23 since June 2015. Simply, disaster strikes Detroit when facing the A’s, and the Tigers’ new manager A.J. Hinch is merely catching up to the facts.

“Everything that kind of could go wrong did go wrong in this four-game series,” Hinch said. “We didn’t hit and then ultimately we just couldn’t finish them all off.”

Before the game’s deciding play, the A’s did plenty to damage their hopes, especially in leaving a baserunner stranded at third base in the fourth and eighth innings, as five Oakland hitters failed to hit the ball past the infield, and three of the five struck out. Overall, the A’s were 0 for 7 with a runner in scoring position, along with Mark Canha getting picked off first base in the second, and Aramis Garcia hitting into a double play in the fifth.

But while the A’s shot themselves in the foot on the basepaths, starter Chris Bassitt was keeping the A’s afloat with his first exemplary outing of 2021.

Bassitt went six innings, striking out eight, and retiring 14 of 15 in one stretch. The 32-year old veteran relied heavily on his mid-90’s cutter throughout, and caused Detroit’ batters pause with occasional curves and changeups. After being uncharacteristically wild at Arizona, Bassitt controlled his space by starting 15 of 25 batters with strikes, and issuing just two free passes.

“I thought he threw great,” manager Bob Melvin said of Bassitt. “We just didn’t score enough, didn’t support him enough early on. But he only ends up giving up two runs and keeping us in the game.”

The sixth inning offered the Tigers an opportunity they couldn’t refuse or squander, that after an amazing streak of 23 scoreless innings dating back to the first inning on Friday. Candelario drew a leadoff walk, then Willi Castro singled. With two outs, and after both runners advanced, Harold Castro delivered a two-run single and the lead to the Tigers.

Castro’s master stroke effectively ended Bassitt’s afternoon as well, but it didn’t end Detroit’s misfortune at the Coliseum.

In the bottom of ninth with the game tied following Sean Murphy’s solo shot, the sun demanded it make an impactful, cameo appearance. Victor Reyes was cast as the victim, unable to locate Olson’s fly ball as it landed harmlessly 20 feet to his right. That set the A’s up with the potential game-winning run at second base 6with one out. After Matt Chapman struck out, and Murphy walked, Moreland entered as a pinch-hitter batting lefty against left-handed reliever Gregory Soto.

And Moreland made it work.

The A’s were hoping to continue their mastery of AL Central teams on Monday, but the Twins are dealing with COVID issues on multiple fronts and they were shutdown Saturday and Sunday against the Angels, then not cleared for Monday in Oakland. The hope is the Twins’ positive tests will cease and they can resume play with a Twins-A’s doubleheader on Tuesday.

The A’s hope so: they’ve won 69 of 89 since June 2017 against the Twins, Tigers, White Sox, Indians and Royals.

Wood throws a gem in Giants debut 1-0 over Marlins

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Alex Wood throws for the San Francisco Giants against the Miami Marlins at Loan Depot Park in Miami on Sun Apr 18, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Alex Wood made a great impression in his debut wearing the Orange and Black of the San Francisco Giants.

Wood, who signed a one-year contract worth three million dollars in the off-season, went five innings, allowing three hits and not walking a batter, as the Giants salvaged the finale of the three-game series with a tough 1-0 victory over the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park.

The left-hander, who resides in the Miami area in the off-season made his debut after being shut down in the middle of spring training with a back issue and looked great in his first start as a member of the Giants.

Alex Dickerson drove in the only run of the game in the top of the third inning that Tommy La Stella from third base. La Stella reached third base with two outs, as Jesus Aguilar was unable to field the ground ball hit by Brandon Belt to first base.

Tyler Rogers was placed in the closers role and pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up his first save of the season, as the Giants picked up the third shutout in the last seven games.

The Giants bullpen, which lost the past two games retired the last 13 batters of the game to get the victory.

Camilio Doval, who was brought to the big club after Johnny Cueto was laced on the 10-day injured list with a right lat strain and threw a perfect seventh inning, including getting Adam Duvall to strikeout to end the inning.

Austin Slater made the play of the day in the bottom of the third inning, as he dove to his left to rob Pablo Lopez of extra bases.

Lopez, who saw his record fall to 0-2 on the season struck out a career-high nine in six innings, as he allowed an unearned run.

NOTES: Closer Jake McGee and Logan Webb were placed on the injured list due to lingering effects from the COVID-19 vaccine.

Buster Posey sat out the game with a bruised left elbow that he sustained in Saturdays game, when he was hit by a pitch against Sandy Alcantara and the x-rays were negative.

Wood was activated prior to the game and Chadwick Tromp was called up from the Alternate Training Site.

UP NEXT: Kevin Gausman will head to the mound on Monday evening at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, as the Giants open a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies.