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Giants back in win column defeat D-Backs 8-5 at Oracle Park

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San Francisco Giants’ J.D. Davis (7) is congratulated by Blake Sabol (2) and Joc Pederson (23) after scoring on a double by Michael Conforto against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Jun 23, 2023 (AP News photo)

Arizona (46-31). 010 120 010. – 5. 8. 0

San Francisco (43-33). 003 050 00x – 8. 12. 1

Time: 2:25

Attendance: 31,992

Friday, June 23, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–After going 10-0 since the end of their previous home stand, the Giants turned on a dime yesterday, losing 10-0 to the stumbling San Diego Padres. Tonight, facing the division leading Arizona Diamondbacks, Gabe Kapler’s crew had a chance to resume their rudely interrupted progress. They took advantage of the opportunity, winning, 8-5 and cutting a game off the D-Backs lead in the race for the NL West pennant.

Logan Webb, tonight’s starting pitcher for San Francisco, began the game as the team’s win leader with six. He also was the team’s leader in losses, again with six. His earned run average was 3.11. When the game was over, he was 7-6, but his ERA had risen to 3.16. He lasted seven full innings, throwing 98 pitches, 32 if them balls. Three of the four runs scored against him were earned, and they came on five hits, ne of the a four bagger. He struck out five and walked two.

The D-Backs chose ten year veteran Zach Davis, who was 1-3, 7.11 when he threw his first pitch. He needed to throw six more innings to reach his 1000th frame. He fell short of that milestone today, going four innings and allowing six runs, all earned but four posthumous, on six hits. He walked four and struck out two. He was charged with the loss and now is 1-4 with an ERA of 7.82.

After yesterday’s game, the Giants announced that they had bought outfielder Dalton Guthrie’s contract from the Phillies and assigned him to Sacramento. They found room for the newcomer on the 40 man roster by placing Mitch Haniger on the 60 day injured list.

Ex Giant Evan Longoria got a nice hand from the Oracle Park crowd when his first at bat was announced. It came in the top of the second, and Longoria’s reception immediately cooled off when he sent a 91 mph sinker 436 feet into center field, easily clearing the fence for his 10th homer and 20th RBI of the season and putting the visitors up, 1-0.

Michael Conforto’s two out double that rolled to the Bank of America advertisement just to the left of the 399 foot marker in center field turned the tables on the Snakes in the home third, making it 2-1 in favor of the hosts. Blake Sabol’s two bagger to the National Car Rental ad just to the left of the B of A sign plated Conforto and tacked another tally on to the Giant’s lead.

The Rattlers picked up an unearned run in the top of the fourth. With Christian Walker, who had walked, on first with two out, Alek Thomas hit a nubber in front of the plate. He beat Bailey’s throw to first for single and advanced to second when that throw sailed into right field. Thomas made it to second on the error, and Walker raced to third on the hit and scored on the error. That closed the gap to 3-2 in favor of the boys from the Bay.

Arizona resumed its attack in their next turn at bat. Jake McCarthy led off with a single that just slipped by a diving Isan Díaz at second and into right for a single. Ketel Marte followed with a double to right that zoomed tantalizingly close to Wade, playing first, putting two men in scoring position, Corbin Carroll hit a bounding ball to Wade, who got the force out at second, but Carroll beat out Crawford’s return throw to first, which allowed Perdomo to cross the plate with the tie breaking run. It now was 4-3, Arizona..

But not for long. Wade walked to open the bottom of the fifth. Marte couldn’t handle Pederson’s hard shot to second, which went for an infield hit. Wade scored from second and Pederson motored to third on Davis’s double down the line to left.

That ended Davies’ travails. Joe Mantiply relieved him and allowed the two inherited runners to core on Conforto’s double that landed just on the fair side of the right field foul line, close to the pole. Austin Salter pinch hit for Sabol and flew out to center, but Bailey smacked a homer over the National Car Rental sign, and – just like that – it was 8-4, San. Francisco.

Surprisingly, Mantiply stayed on for the sixth and set the Giants down in order. Drey Jameson took over for the Diamondbacks after the seventh inning stretch. San Francisco almost blew the game open against him, loading the bases. Then, with two away, Díaz, making his major league debut, sent towering fly to the back of the warning track in right, where McCarthy corralled it for the third out.

Tyler Rogers allowed Arizona a run in the eighth. It came on Texas League double to center by Corbin Carroll that Crawford made a valiant try for but couldn’t quite catch it. Carroll went to third on Walker’s single to right and then scored on a force out by Lourdes Gurriel, Jr. SF still lead, but now it was 8-5.

If the Giants are leading. by the three runs in the top of the ninth at Oracle Park, can Camilo Doval be far behind? Not tonight, at least, he couldn’t. Thanks to his 100 mph + cutter and a great play by Crawford for the third out, he put the Diamondbacks down in order to earn his 21st save and reduce his ERA to 1.82.

The Giants had returned quickly to their winning ways and now, though still in second place, only two and a half games behind Arizona for the division lead.

Saturday, afternoon, the rivals will face off in the second of this three game series. Game time is 1:05. The pitching match up is Merrill Kelly (9-3, 2.90) for Arizona against the Giants starter TBA. I suspect a bullpen game is in the offering. The first 20,000 fans will receive a food themed Hawaiian style shirt.

Giants Win Streak Snapped at ten; San Diego clobbers SF 10-0 at Oracle Park

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San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos, middle, and Bryce Johnson, right, watch from the dugout during the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Jun 22, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Troy Ewers

SAN FRANCISCO–The San Francisco Giants (42-33) looked to complete a four game sweep against the San Diego Padres (36-39) and extend their winning streak to 11 games it was not to be as the Padres had their hitting shoes on snapping San Francisco’s ten game win streak at Oracle Park Thursday 10-0.

Thursday’s game by the bay was beautiful with a 61 degree sunny day as the backdrop with a huge crowd of 38,638 people, but the final score was ugly for the orange and black. Blake Snell (San Diego) and Alex Wood (San Francisco) were on the mound for their respective clubs and to say they had polar opposite outings would be an understatement.

Alex Wood started this game in the first inning by walking the Padres leadoff batter Ha-Seong Kim and then with one out walking Juan Soto. After Manny Machado lined out, with two outs and two men on, Gary Sanchez set the tone with a theee run home run that hurt the confidence of Wood instantly, but it wouldn’t be the only three run bomb Alex Wood would watch go into the stands today.

In the third inning Machado hit the second three run homer which scored Soto and Tatis Jr. making the game 6-0 for San Diego. After the top of the third Wood’s day was over and a pitching change was made. On the opposite end of the spectrum Padre starter Blake Snell was a stone cold stunner, pitching six innings allowing only three hits and throwing 11 strikeouts.

Two of the three Giants hits Snell allowed were by Patrick Bailey, but no offense occurred other than these three hits, not even a walk for the Giants. The scoring wouldn’t stop for the Padres. In the fourth inning Kim hit a homerun with one out on Jakob Junis’s first pitch of the game (Junis replaced Wood) making the score 7-0 and in the fifth inning.

San Diego put the dagger in the heart with a three run rally off four hits from Machado, Sanchez, Jake Cronenworth, and Nelson Cruz, which gave us our . The next four innings would go by quicker than a blink of an eye where each team basically would go down fairly quickly, the Giants ending the game with four straight 1-2-3 innings and by the end of the eighth innings Giants fans wanted to beat the traffic and started popping out of their seats.

Blake Snell was awarded the win (4-6) and Wood would gain a loss (2-2), but the Giants can’t dwell on this loss even for one day, because the next game is the beginning of a three game series with the NL West division leaders, the Arizona Diamondbacks and that game is Friday night.

On the mound for the Giants will be Logan Webb (6-6 ERA 3.11) and he will face Arizona’s Zach Davies (1-3 ERA 7.11) for a 6:45pm PT first pitch at Oracle. For the Giants this next series can really propel them to the top of the division, but the depth of this current roster seems to be in question as the injury bug hits key players in this home stretch.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants go for their 11th straight against Padres today at Oracle

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San Francisco Giants’ Blake Sabol, bottom, reacts after scoring against San Diego Padres catcher Gary Sanchez, top, during the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jun 21, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 Their assembly line approach to pitching earned the San Francisco Giants a hard fought 4-2 victory Wednesday night. Their opener this evening was, right hander Ryan Walker who went an inning with two walks and a strike out did manager Gabe Kapler get what he expected out of Walker as an opener?

#2 Padres pitcher Yu Darvish showed his old brilliance over the first four innings he pitched but fell apart in the fifth, when the Giants batted around and roughed him up for four runs.

#3 Sean Hjelle picked up his second win of the season going four innings giving up three hits, two walks and five strikeouts. Talk about his command and coming in as the second Giants pitcher on Wednesday night.

#4 Comilo Doval picked up the save as the closer for San Francisco shutting the door on the Padres going one inning, one hit, two strike outs.

#5 Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski had to leave Wednesday night’s game with hamstring tightness he’s had the same injury before and hopes to avoid going on the IL. He’s been a crucial part of the teams offensive success.

#6 For this afternoon’s thriller at Oracle Park the Padres will start Blake Snell (3-6 ERA 3.48) going for the Giants lefthander Alex Wood (2-1 ERA 4.11) first pitch slated for 12:45pm PT.

Join Michael Duca for the San Francisco Giants podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants unstoppable win 10th straight 4-2 over Padres for sweep; SF rallies for 4 runs in fifth

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San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin, right, gestures while talking to umpire Manny Gonzalez during the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jun 21, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Diego (35-39). 000 000 110. – 2. 8. 0

San Francisco (42-32). 000 040 00x. – 4. 8. 0

Time: 2:48

Attendance: 33,332

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–Going for their tenth win in a row, the surging San Francisco Giants , entering the fray at 41-32, opted for the 11th time this season, to play a bullpen game. In the those earlier games, the Giants’ hurlers went 7-3, 2.93.

Their assembly line approach to pitching earned the Giants a hard fought 4-2 victory tonight. Their opener this evening was, right hander Ryan Walker. It was his second stint in that role. The other other start for the youngster came in the first of this three game series against the Padres on Monday, when he threw 28 pitches over 1-2/3 scoreless innings, giving up three his but no walks. Sean Hjelle replaced Walker after he had thrown another goose egg but, triue to his name, issued a pair of bases on balls.

San Diego went with the veteran Yu Darvish, now in the twilight of his distinguished international career. The native of Osaka, came into tonight’s contest at 5-5, 4.74 for 2923. The Giants last saw him on April 30, in the gut wrenching series the Giants and Padres played in Mexico City.

He showed his old brilliance over the first four innings he pitched but fell apart in the fifth, when the Giants batted around and roughed him up for four runs. In all, Darvish went six innings and gave up four runs, all earned on seven hits and two walks, He struck out six . His pitch count reached 101, 68 counted a strikes. He was charged with the loss, and his record now stands at 5-6, 4.84.

Hjelle blanked the Pads over two innings, helped by a couple of pitcher’s best friends, The more interesting one came in the fourth and enforced The Curse of the Leadoff Double. Manny Machado deposited a fly in the right field corner in start the frame. He tried to advance on Jake Cronenworth’s foul fly to left, but a Michael Conforto rifled a throw to Brian Crawford, who shot a perfect relay to JD Davis to nab the Manny You Love to Hate at third for the inning ending twin killing, allowing Hjelle to return to the mound in the top of the fifth in a game that still was tied at zero.. Hjelle was somewhat wild in. that inning, allowing a walk and throwing a wild pitch, but he kept San Diego. off the board to complete a very successful four inning stint.

San Francisco unknotted the tie in the bottom half of the inning. Luis Matos lead off by beating out Xander Bogaerts’ throw to first of his grounder to deep short the rookie center fielder’s second infield single in a many. at bats. He stole second on the next pitch, which was to Blake Sabol, who smacked a single off Bogaerts’ glove into left field, putting runners on the corners.

After David Villar walked, Crawford drove Matos home with a sacrifice fly to left.. With two down, Pederson singled to right, and Sabol tried to core from second. Home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott called him out. The Giants claimed that catcher Gary Sánchez had blocked the plate.

The reviewing umpires in New York agreed with them, and the call was reversed, giving SF a 2-0 lead. This displeased Padres manager Bob Melvin enough to get him thrown out of the game by Wolcott. The Giants’ onslaught continued. Mike Yastrzemski singled Villar home. Davis singled Pederson, who had gone to second on the previous play home, upping the SF lead to four.

Tyler, the left handed Rogers brother, defended that cushion in the top of the sixth. His successor in the seventh, Luke Jackson, allowed the Padres their first run, scored by Hae-Seong Kim after he had reached first on a force out, duly challenged and confirmed, and stolen second. Grisham’s single to center brought him home.

Brent Honeywell, Jr., kept it. a 4-1 game in the bottom of the seventh.

Tyler, the right handed submariner, Rogers came to pitch the top of the eighth and immediately gave up back to back singles to Juan Soto and Manny Machado. Soto ended up scoring the Padres’ second run. Croneworth’s sacrifice fly to center brought hit home.

Adrián Morejón was the third Padres hurler, He set the Giants down in order in the eighth, which set the stage for Camilo Doval – who else – to attempt the save. He earned it, his 20th of the year and brought his ERA down to 1.87.

The win went to Hjelle. His record now stands at 2-1, 7.79.

The series. will be wrapped up tomorrow, Thursday. Game time is 12:45. Blake Snell (3-6, 3.48) will be on the mound for San Diego. San Francisco will counter with Alex Wood (2-1, 4.11)

He was a Giant? Roger Metzger-By Tony the Tiger Hayes

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Roger Metzger black and white photo for autographing (photo by the San Francisco Giants)

Roger Metzger – SS – 1978-80 – #16

He Was a Giant?

By Tony the Tiger Hayes

For the first decade of his professional baseball career Roger Metzger was known as a quintessential “good field, no hit” shortstop. But after joining the Giants in mid-1978, the trajectory of not only his playing career, but his life, changed forever.

For the Cubs and Astros from 1970-78, Metzger, a career . 231 hitter, was a steady if unspectacular performer who could without question schedule a short vacation with the family during the annual All-Star Game break as the likes of Dave Concepcion and Larry Bowa lined up to tip their caps on the foul lines for mid-Summer Classic introductions during that era.

Metzger could usually also count on playing for a team without a shot at the post-season.

But that changed – at least for a few months – when San Francisco acquired Metzger from Houston in a trade deadline deal.

For the first five months of the 1978 season the Giants were a surprise legitimate contender for the National League West title.

After joining the Orange & Black Metzger would spilt time at shortstop the rest of the season with incumbent starter Johnnie LeMaster.

While San Francisco would eventually finish in third place in the West in ‘78, six games back of the Dodgers, Metzger thrived with the Giants, playing his typical stellar defense up the middle and batting .260 in 75 games after hitting just .220 in 45 games that season for the Astros before the deal.

Why Was He a Giant?

After a rather blah fourth place finish in 1977, the Giants came out blazing in 1978. Slugger Jack Clark blossomed into an All-Star, first baseman Mike Ivie scalded the baseball with a number of memorable hits including a magnificent pinch-hit grand slam against the Dodgers and cross bay trade acquisition Vida Blue gave the club an instant pre-fab ace and star attraction.

The club would stay near or atop the western division though out the summer of ‘78.

On June 15, the shocking Giants led the West by 2.5 games over the Reds when they acquired Metzger in a straight cash deal.

Before & After

Originally a first round draft pick of the Cubs in 1969, Metzger made his MLB debut just a year later, appearing in one game with Chicago in 1970. But with Don Kessenger established as their starting shortstop the Cubs dealt Roger to Houston the following offseason. The deal came as a blessing to Metzger who would not only be returning to his native Texas to play, but was joining an Astros team that was looking to upgrade defensively at shortstop.

The untested Metzger was immediately installed as the Astros starting shortstop, playing in 150 games as a rookie. Though Metzger would bat just .235, the speedy youngster took full advantage of the spacious Astrodome and led the NL with 11 triples. He would repeat the three bagger feat again two years later.

While Metzger’s overall batting average typically hovered just south of .250 and he possessed virtually zero power (just five career homers in more than 1,200 big league games), Metzger was also among the best defensive shortstops in the game during the ‘70s.

He won the NL SS Gold Glove Award in 1973, when he led the Senior Circuit with a .982 fielding percentage (just 12 errors) in 149 games. He had an even better statistically fielding season in 1976, but lost out in the Gold Gold voting to the more hyped Concepcion of the World Champion Reds who captured the fielding award every year from 1974-77.

He Never Had a Bobblehead Day. But…

In his third game with San Francisco, Metzger batted 2-for-4 and drove in two runs in a 3-0, Ed Halicki shut-out over Tom Seaver and the visiting Reds (6/21/78). In the fourth inning, Metzger laced a bases loaded single to center field off Seaver to score Clark and Willie McCovey.

That game would spark the hottest batting streak of Metzger’s career. After a three hit game in a 6-5 win at Pittsburgh which increased the Giants divisional lead to 3 games (7/15/78), Roger had batted .410 in over his first month (22 games) with the Orange & Black and temporarily replaced LeMaster as the Giants starting shortstop.

Giant Footprint

After his inspiring 1978 Giants debut, the club didn’t hesitate to bring Metzger back in 1979. While the club fell on its face with a disappointing fifth place finish, Metzger was his typical steady self, batting .251 in 94 games as a backup.

Just 32 years old, Metzger seemed to have a few more years left of pro ball. But during the winter offseason of ‘79, disaster struck Metzger. While involved with his beloved wood working hobby, Metzger accidentally severed parts of four fingers (index to pinky) on his fingers on his right hand with an electric table saw.

A dotting father of two sons, Metzger had been making a wooden playhouse for his kids as a Christmas gift in his Brenham, TX workshop.

“The saw hit across the grain the wrong way,” he told the New York Times. “I was pushing the wood with my left hand and guiding it with my right. When the saw grabbed the wood, the wood’s momentum pulled my right hand into it.”

Metzger, his right hand jammed into a bucket of ice, along with the severed tips in another container of ice, rushed to a local ER. Sadly, reattachment surgery could not be performed.

Despite the catastrophic injury to his throwing hand, Metzger soldiered on.

With former big leaguer Carlos May – who lost part of his thumb as a Military Reservist before resuming his playing career, as a role model, just three months later, Metzger reported to Giants spring camp.

Metzger stunned onlookers as he casually played catch with teammate Tom Griffin, who stood 70 yards away, on the first day of spring training.

“I couldn’t tell the difference,” said fellow shortstop LeMaster. “The guy has as much determination as anyone I’ve ever seen.”

Metzger though was cautious about his ability to hit at the big league level. The injury forced him to abandon switch-hitting and focus purely on left-handed batting.

“It’s the top hand that supplies the power,” Metzger noted. “I have to doubt whether I can hit right-handed.”

Miraculously, Metzger wound up making the Giants opening day roster in 1980 as the club’s utility infielder.

Roger would appear in 28 games, including seven starts at shortstop. In 69 innings on defense, he was charged with just one error.

Metzger was correct however about his batting. With his damaged hand, the valiant Giant could muster just a .074 average (2-for-27). He was released by the Giants on August 16.

Yastrzemski magic in the tenth propels Giants to their eighth victory in a row 7-4

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Photo courtesy of San Francisco Giants. Yastrzemski celebrates his walk off hit at home plate on 6/19/23.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN FRANCISCO- The Giants winning streak was brought up to eight tonight by a Yastrzemski walk-off homer in the tenth as they beat the Padres 7-4.

Getting the start for the Giants was right hander Ryan Walker in his first ever start while for the Padres right hander Michael Wacha started.

First pitch was thrown at 6:45 p.m. and Adrian Johnson would be the one calling the balls and strikes in tonight’s game.

This game got off to an interesting start as Fernando Tatis Jr. lead off the game with a double. Then Tatis got caught trying to steal third despite originally being called safe. After Tatis was called out Juan Soto then launched one into left field that was deep enough to get over the wall making it 1-0 Padres. The homer was Soto’s 12th of the season.

After Manny Machado grounded out Xander Bogaerts drew a walk thankfully though for Walker Jake Cronenworth brought the inning to an end by grounding out.

The bottom of the first and entire second inning passed by rather quietly with each team only getting a hit apiece. In the second Taylor Rodgers came in for Walker who finished his night going 1.2 innings and giving up three hits, one homer, and walking one hitter.

In the third with Jakob Junis now on the mound San Diego threatened once again as Tatis reached on a rare error by Brandon Crawford and Machado hit a single. Bogaerts would kill the momentum though by grounding into a double play keeping the score 1-0.

With Junis still pitching in the fourth Cronenworth lead off the inning with a single followed by Gary Sanchez striking out. With Rougned Odor now hitting he got a double and with runners now on second and third Ha-Seong Kim got them both home with a base knock. Junis was able to get the next two hitters out but the damage had been done as the score was now 3-0.

The Giants couldn’t get a response going in the bottom of the fourth as they went down in order. In the top of the fifth Keaton Winn came in to replace Junis who finished with 1.2 innings pitched, four hits given up, and two earned runs.

The first batter Winn had to face was Soto who had already homered in the game. Despite the different pitcher it did not seem to matter to Soto who took the first pitch thrown at him and crushed it over the left field wall once again. The homer was Soto’s 13th of the season and made it 4-0.

This time in the bottom of the inning the orange-and-white got a rally going as with two outs David Villar responded by homering to left center field making it 4-1. Lamonte Wade Jr. also got a base hit but Joc Pederson flew out bringing the inning to a close.

Following up the fifth the Giants kept the momentum going as Mike Yastrzemski smashed one over the right field wall getting his ninth homer of the season. The homer made it 4-2 and despite the Giants not being able to get anymore runs in the inning the winds had certainly shifted.

The seventh and eight went by quickly as neither team got a hit though Tim Hill did take over for Wacha in the seventh inning. Wacha finished with six innings pitched, four hits given up, two earned runs, and two hitters walked.

With Winns able to close out the top of the ninth it all came down to the bottom of the inning for the Giants to formulate a comeback.

The inning got off to a good start as Blake Sabol who was pinch-hitting for Michael Conforto drew a walk. Yastrzemski then got a base hit putting runners on the corners with no outs. Feeling the pressure Luis Garcia who had come in to close the game for the Padres threw a wild pitch that got Sabol home. Now it was only a one-run game at 4-3 with still zero outs.

Luis Matos then flew out to center field but it was deep enough to get Yastrzemski to third. J.D. Davis then drew a walk to once again put runners on the corners with only one out. With Patrick Bailey up all he needed to do was put a ball in play to tie the game up. Bailey would do just that as he hit one to right field that was deep enough to get Yastrzemski home tying the game 4-4.

The Giants kept the lineup moving as Villar and Casey Schmitt drew walks loading the bases. Pederson had the opportunity to walk it off but was not able to as he struck out meaning extra innings were on the way.

In the tenth Tatis was the runner at second and Soto lead things off. Kapler did not let him see a pitch though as he intentionally walked Soto bringing up Machado. Camilo Doval was now on the bump and him and Machado got into a battle at the plate. Doval managed to get the win over Machado and then took care of the rest setting up a big end of the tenth.

The Padres responded in the bottom of the tenth by intentionally walking Thairo Estrada with Pederson on second. Sabol then laid a perfect bunt to advance both Estrada and Pederson. With Ray Kerr on the mound for the Padres he faced down Yastrzemski who had that late game swagger about him like he always does. With the count 3-1 Kerr threw a fastball right down the plate that Yastrzemski did not miss.

The smack of bat on ball was all you needed to hear as Yastrzemski had just walked it off to get the Giants their eighth victory in a row. The home run was a splash hit which was number 102 and Yastrzemski’s tenth home run of the season.

Doval got the win which brought his record to 2-2 while Kerr took the loss.

“Everybody’s gonna talk about Yas and for good reason that was a clutch of an at bat as it gets and he had several of them in the game,” manager Gabe Kapler said after the game.

The Giants next game will be the second of this three game home series against the Padres and the first pitch will be at 6:45 p.m.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Giants go for 8th straight win tonight against Padres to open series

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Ryan Walker looks for his third win against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on Mon Jun 19, 2023 (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

On the Giants podcast with Stephen:

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers for the sixth time between the franchises since they both moved to the west coast in 1958.

#2 The Giants turned up the offense in this three game series with a combined 29-8, the Giants clobbered the Dodgers in the second of the series on Saturday night 15-0.

#3 Stephen talk about the two errors committed on the Giants on the same play with five fielders trying to get the runner on a run down at Dodgers Stadium. There was also some bad base running on that play.

#4 The Giants also are on a seven game win streak which started back on Jun 11 against the Chicago Cubs and the Giants went onto sweep the Cardinals in three games in St Louis and Dodgers in Los Angeles in three games.

#5 Giants pitcher Logan Webb said that the Giants couldn’t be more happy with this road trip and they played really good baseball.

#6 The Giants host the San Diego Padres, the Padres Michael Wacha (7-2 ERA 2.89) for the Giants Ryan Walker (3-0 ERA 1.23) a 6:45 pm PT.

Stephen does the San Francisco Giants podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants hope to keep win streak going open series with Padres tonight

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San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos (29) returns to the dugout after scoring off of a single hit by Blake Sabol during the sixth inning at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Sun Jun 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers for the sixth time between the franchises since they both moved to the west coast in 1958.

#2 The Giants turned up the offense in this three game series with a combined 29-8, the Giants clobbered the Dodgers in the second of the series on Saturday night 15-0.

#3 Marko talk about the two errors committed on the Giants on the same play with five fielders trying to get the runner on a run down at Dodgers Stadium. There was also some bad base running on that play.

#4 The Giants also are on a seven game win streak which started back on Jun 11 against the Chicago Cubs and the Giants went onto sweep the Cardinals in three games in St Louis and Dodgers in Los Angeles in three games.

#5 Giants pitcher Logan Webb said that the Giants couldn’t be more happy with this road trip and they played really good baseball.

#6 The Giants host the San Diego Padres, the Padres Michael Wacha (7-2 ERA 2.89) for the Giants Ryan Walker (3-0 ERA 1.23) a 6:45 pm PT.

Join Marko for the Giants podcast Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Sweep Dodgers Take Over Second Place In NL West in four run 7-3 win

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San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos (29) doubles during the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Sun Jun 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

Giants Sweep Dodgers Take Over Second Place In NL West in four run 7-3 win

By Barbara Mason

Sunday afternoon the San Francisco Giants (39-32) swept the Los Angeles Dodgers (39-33) at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles 7-3.

Neither team scored in the first three innings of game three. In the fourth inning the Giants took up where they left off in yesterday’s game scoring two runs. Michael Conforto hit a sacrifice fly and LaMonte Wade Jr. scored for the 1-0 lead. Yastrzemski singled Joc Pederson home for a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth the Dodgers James Outman singled and David Peralta scored. It was a close game 2-1 going into the fifth inning.

San Francisco got another run in the fifth taking a 3-1 lead. Brandon Crawford scored when Wade Jr. grounded out. The Dodgers kept this game close; Freddie Freeman scored off a Peralta single but they were still trailing 3-2.

The Giants blew this game open in the sixth inning. They scored four runs with Conforto, Yastrzemski, Luis Matos and Blake Sabol all crossing home plate for a 7-2 lead. San Francisco had a couple of singles and one double in the inning. Each team had seven hits but it was the Giants that held the significant lead going into the eighth inning.

San Francisco held the 7-2 lead going into the bottom of the ninth inning. The Giants were three outs away from the sweep. The Dodgers loaded the bases in the inning but it was too little too late and the Giants had not only the sweep but their seventh win in a row and a move in the NL West to second place. The Giants did walk a run in.

It was a solid game for S.F. pitcher Logan Webb who went seven innings allowing eight hits and two runs. Those two earned runs would be all that the Dodgers would get through eight innings. The Giants did everything they needed to do to sweep the Dodgers finishing a most successful road trip.

Notes: San Francisco won the first game of the series on Friday night after trailing by the score of 4-0 going into the seventh inning. It was another come from behind victory and the Giants who had to go 11 innings to get the win.

In game two on Saturday night the Giants saw something that the Dodgers had not seen since 1898. The Giants shut Los Angeles out to the tune of 15-0, the worst shutout loss for the Dodgers since they were in Brooklyn.

San Francisco will return home to take on the San Diego Padres in a four game series that will begin Monday night. The Giants are undecided as to who will take the mound in this game. The Padres will send Michael Wacha in this game with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 PM. Wacha has a 7-2 win/loss record and a 2.89 ERA.

Giants get a huge night from their offense against the Dodgers winning 15-0

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Photo courtesy of San Francisco Giants. Lamonte Wade Jr. watches his homer against the Dodgers on 6/17/23.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

The second game in their three game weekend series against the Dodgers couldn’t have gone much better for the Giants as they won by a final of 15-0.

Getting his first start since May 31st due to being on the IL was Alex Wood while for the Dodgers Bobby Miller got the start.

San Francisco got runners in scoring position early as Joc Pederson managed to get to third after being walked. Michael Conforto then flew out to center field ending their early chance for runs in the game.

The bottom of the first and the top of the second then went by quietly with no hits. In the bottom of the second Jonny Deluca got the first Dodgers hit with a single but the blue-and-white weren’t able to do anything with the hit.

In the third the Dodgers threatened once again Michael Busch doubled and then Freddie Freeman was hit by a pitch. Once again though Wood was able to escape unscathed as Will Smith popped out to end the inning.

The fourth inning went by as well rather quickly and things looked to be setting up for another pitchers duel between these California rivals.

Then the fifth inning saw Luis Matos get things going with a walk and with Patrick Bailey up to bad Matos stole second. Miller then would then try to pick off Matos on second but with no one on the bag the throw went to the outfield which was got Matos to third.

With Matos on third Brandon Crawford singled on a line drive to right field making it 1-0 San Francisco. The damage did not stop there as Casey Schmitt got hit by a pitch and then Lamonte Wade Jr. came up to bat with two on and only one out. Wade did not waste the opportunity as he absolutely smoked a pitch from Miller to right field getting a three-run homer bringing the score to 4-0 Giants.

Thairo Estrada also got a double in the fifth but the damage would be limited to four runs as the Dodgers looked to respond in the bottom of the inning.

In the bottom of the fifth despite a hit from Busch the Giants got out of the inning as Austin Barnes grounded into a double play.

The top of the sixth inning started out similarly for the Giants as Mike Yastrzemski walked as the lead off hitter in the inning. Matos then got a single and with a Crawford single the Giants extended their lead to 5-0. After Miller got Schmitt out Alex Vesia came in to replace him with two outs in the top of the fifth.

Miller finished the night with 5.2 innings pitched, seven hits given up, seven earned runs, and five strikeouts.

With Vesia now on the mound J.D. Davis came in to pinch-hit for Pederson with the bases loaded and only two outs. Davis had been out of the lineup since Tuesday due to an ankle injury but he did not skip a beat in this at bat. As Vesia made a mistake with his first pitch and Davis launched it over the center field wall getting a grand slam and blowing this game wide open. The score was now 9-0 after back-to-back big innings from the Giants who really flexed their offense on the field.

In the top of the sixth Tristen Beck replaced Wood who finished the night with five innings pitched, only giving up three hits and striking out four hitters.

Becks’s outing did get off to a rough start as he gave up a hit to both Freeman and Mookie Betts but after that he was able to close out the inning.

Now in the seventh the Dodgers essentially waved the white flag taking out both Freeman and Betts. Nick Robertson now came in to pitch for Vesia who finished with a line of 0.1 innings pitched, one hit, two earned runs, and one walk.

Despite the big lead the orange-and-black did not slow down as Conforto singled to lead off the inning. After Yastrzemski struck out Black Sabol came in to replace Conforto in the game. Matos then continued his great night with another single and Bailey doubled after bringing their lead to 11-0.

Crawford then doubled keeping offense going and with Wade getting a single the score was extended to 12-0. Davis struck out swinging to end the inning mercifully for the Dodgers.

To finish out the game the Dodgers called on Bryan Hudson to replace Robertson who was making his MLB debut.

In the ninth the Giants did not stop swinging the bat as Matos walked and then David Villar doubled. Schmitt then grounded out but it was still enough to get Matos home making it 13-0. Wade was not done either as he singled bringing Villar home. On the play Busch made a throwing error to first meaning Wade automatically advanced to second. Davis then singled brining Wade home and extending their lead to 15-0.

That run ended up being the last run of the game as Beck closed out the ninth and the Giants won 15-0.

Of note in tonights game was Matos who in 3 AB’s got four runs two hits and drew two walks. Crawford also had an exceptional night with two runs four hits, and two RBI’s going 4-4 on the night. Not to be forgotten as well was Wade who in five AB’s got three hits, three runs, five RBI’s, and one HR.

The Giants next game will be the last of this three game road series against the Dodgers which will be tomorrow at 1:10 p.m.