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Giants score a run in each of last four innings to beat Brewers 5-2

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Monday, April 21

Oracle Park San Francisco

By Lewis Rubman

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Time: 2:30

Attendance: 31,758

Although your San Francisco Giants started off on their recently completed grueling ten day tour of New York, Philadelphia, and beautiful downtown Anaheim like a house on fire, they cooled down when the weather got heated up in Orange County. The Giants started their homestand on Monday night with a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Sunday’s game, which began with Jason Verlander’s first satisfying start and ended with Ryan Walker’s sudden loss of control (with a little help from Lázaro Díaz behind the plate) to peter out with a 5-5 record for their paschal peregrination, this chilly Monday evening, in the first of a three game series against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Giants chose as their starter their current ace, Robbie Ray, who has a tendency to get into trouble early but right himself before the damage is irreparable.

Ray ran true to form, coughing up a couple of runs to fall behind, 2-0, but allowing the visitors only a single additional tally for the remainder of his five innings on the mound, leaving with the score knotted at two.

The runs he surrendered were earned, and they came on five hits, including ninth place batter Caleb Durbin’s two inning dinger that accounted for all of Milwaukee’s scoring. Ray threw 92 pitches in his abbreviated start; 37 of them were balls.

Ray struck out four and lowered his ERA from 4.19 to 4.07. Hayden Birdsong, originally a starter, but blossoming as a middle reliever, got the win, holding the brew crew to one hit and two walks in three frames. He, too, threw a lot of pitches, 49 (19 balls) while retiring four opponents on strikes.

He now owns a record of 1-0, 1.38). Wrapping up the victory and earning his third save on the season was Camilo Doval, trying to redeem his lost promise, and looking good, being credited with strikes on six of the seven pitches he threw in a hitless ninth.

Ray’s opposite number, the Brewers’ newly acquired Quinn Priester, Pittsburgh’s first round draft choice in 2019 and now with his third team since making his big league debut with the PIrates in 2023. From there he went to Boston in ’24 and then on to Milwaukee this March. He toed the rubber with a too good to be true mark of 1-0, 0.90 and left after four innings at a more down to earth but still outstanding 1-0, 1.93.

He, like Ray, allowed two runs, both earned. They came on four safeties and an equal number of walks. Priester was followed by a parade of five relievers over the game’s remaining four frames. They were Nick Mears, Grant Anderson, charged with the loss that dropped his numbers to 1-1,3.38.

The run came on Wilmer Flores’s 309 foot solo home run over the Hanwha Insurance sign in left center field. Jared Koenig (2/3 of an inning), Joel Payamps (1/3), and Craig Yoho (1), gave up a run apiece, except for Payams, who faced only one batter, Matt Chapman, who ended the Giants’ rally in the fifth with a fly to the warning track in dead center field.

Wilmer Flores and Tyler Fitzgerald were the only Giants to have multi-hit nights. The former hit the tie-breaking and ultimately game winning home run, and the latter managed to scratch out a pair of infield single. Matt Chapman did some nifty fielding, as did Patrick Bailey. Mike Yastrzemski, 이정후 (Jung Hoo Lee), whose seventh inning triple drove in one time Brewer Willy Adames, in the seventh, LaMonte Wade, Jr., and Bailey had one hit apiee.

The teams will go at it again Tuesday, evening at 6:45. Southpaw José Quintana (2-0, 0.71) will start against starboarder Jordan HIcks (1-2, 6.04)

San Francisco Giants podcast Morris Phillips: Giants Walker not too shaken up after Angels 4 run pile on; SF now just 2 games back of Padres in NL West

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Los Angeles Angels Jo Adelle second from right celebrates his winning double that beat the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the ninth inning at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on Sun Apr 20, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Morris taking a look at Sunday’s tough loss in Anaheim the Los Angeles Angels Jo Adelle hit a three RBI double that in four run ninth inning that beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 for a walk off hit at Angels Stadium.

#2 San Francisco closer Ryan Walker was trying to shut the door but was credited with a blown save that saw the four run ninth ending with the one run loss. It was just a tough way to end the game for the reliever with just one pitch.

#3 After losing a tough note like that and losing two out of three to the Angels do you see other clubs picking up on some of the Giants weak spots or the Angels for example just got a lucky break getting a walk off double like that?

#4 The Giants concluded their road trip with the Angels that saw them going 6-4. The Giants are now just two games back of the first place San Diego Padres in the NL West playing the next 11 of 13 games at Oracle Park gives the Giants a shot at moving into first place. For Monday night the Brewers are starting RHP Quinn Priester (1-0 ERA 0.90) the Giants going with LHP Robbie Ray (3-0 ERA 4.19). On Tuesday night the Brewers will be starting RHP Freddy Peralta (2-1 ERA 1.91) for the Giants RHP Logan Webb (2-1 ERA 2.40)

Morris does the San Francisco Giants podcasts at his normal time slot Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Angels Pull Off Shocker Beating Giants In a Walk off 5-4 at the Big A

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San Francisco Giants starter Justin Verlander had a better outing on Sun Apr 20, 2025 but the relief pitching collapsed in the late innings as the Los Angeles Angels scored four runs in the ninth for a comeback win at the Big A in Anaheim (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

When it looked as if Justin Verlander would have his first win as a San Francisco Giant(14-8) it all fell apart in the ninth inning. The Los Angeles Angels (11-10) pulled off a late game rally beating San Francisco in a walk off 5-4. It was a complete shock with closer Ryan Walker stumbling from very close to the start of the inning. He walked a runner, allowed a couple of singles, hit Zach Neto driving in a run, loaded the bases twice and then the dagger double driving in three runners for the walk off. It was a complete disaster.

Game recap: This game was a pitching duel through the first four innings. Justin Verlander faced a huge challenge in the fourth inning when he loaded the bases via a Taylor Ward double followed by two walks. With two outs, Verlander went to work striking Logan O’Hoppe out and that was the inning getting out of a sticky situation and keeping Los Angeles off the scoreboard.

Hits were few and far between for both teams until the fifth inning. San Francisco was the first team up on the scoreboard taking a 1-0 lead. Willy Adames singled Heliot Ramos home as the Giants broke through for the first score of the game. The San Francisco lead was short-lived, however, when the Angels tied up the game in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run off the bat of Zach Neto.

The Giants extended their lead in the sixth inning hitting their first home run of the game, a two run homer giving San Francisco a 3-1 lead. Sam Huff knocked a long ball to center with David Villar on base. This was Huff’s first home run of the season.

Mike Trout came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth hitting a bullet that was miraculously corralled by Jung Hoo Lee in center field. Lee’s catch not only prevented a base hit but also had everything to do with keeping Verlander on the mound. Trout went on to strike out, his second strikeout of the game.

This game went into the seventh inning. With two outs the Giant’s Wilmer Flores came to the plate still in search of his first hit of the series. Flores walked and a least got on base but Luis Matos fouled out and the game went on to the bottom of the seventh inning.

After six innings Justin Verlander was relieved by Camilo Doval in the bottom of the seventh inning. Verlander had a great game allowing two hits, one earned run, two walks and six strikeouts now with a great chance to win his first game of the season.

Getting out of the fourth inning with the bases loaded and going on to pitch for two more innings had to be one of the highlights in this game along with the miracle catch we saw Jung Hoo Lee make in the sixth inning.

Neither team scored in the seventh inning. Through seven innings the Giants had seven hits, the Angels two. San Francisco’s Tyler Fitzgerald walked in the top of the eighth inning and the Giants had a base runner with no outs.

Fitzgerald advanced to second with Sam Huff walking and the Giants were threatening with two runners on base. The bottom of the batting order had set it all up for the top of the batting order with Heliot Ramos at the plate with only one out. Ramos hit into a fielder’s choice, Huff was thrown out at second and the Giants had runner’s at the corners. Willy Adames singled Fitzgerald home and the Giants had extended their lead to 4-1. The inning ended with a Jung Hoo Lee line out.

The Giants went quietly in the ninth inning and it would be up to Ryan Walker to finish off the Angels. It didn’t go quite as planned with Los Angeles putting two runners on base Mike Trout and Jorge Solar, with one out.

Logan O’Hoppe singled loading the bases and Walker was in deep trouble. Neto came to the plate looking for a second home run and the walk off. He didn’t get the home run but he got hit bringing in a run and an Angels 4-2 lead, the bases remaining loaded.

Jo Adell came to the plate and doubled driving in three runs and that was the ball game. Neto, Soler and Kevin Newman ( who ran for O’Hoppe) all scored with the third run reviewed and deemed a run. The Angels had pulled off a shocker in this 5-4 walk off.

When it was looking so good for a San Francisco win it all fell apart in the ninth inning. It looked like Verlander would clock his first win and the way he pitched he sure deserved a win in this game. It was just a horrible finish for San Francisco closer Ryan Walker.

Game notes: Sunday afternoon under sunny skies the Giants and Angels met in the rubber match of their three game series. Although the first two games of this series had been sell-outs, there was still a nice crowd on hand for game three.

This has been a tight series with the Angels taking game one Friday night 2-0 and San Francisco hanging on for a win Saturday 3-2. Sunday’s game saw a couple of very good pitchers. Giants veteran Justin Verlander who was search of his first win as a San Francisco Giant and Yusei Kikuchi is also looking for his first win of the season. Kikuchi would fare a little better thanks to the Angels making a come back in the ninth inning scoring four runs for the win.

The Giants will now head home for a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers starting on Monday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco. It is sure to be a quiet flight home Sunday night and will thankfully be a short one. San Francisco will not have long to lament over this loss taking on the Brewers Monday night with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 PM. Robbie Ray (3-0 ERA 4.19) will take the mound for the Giants with a 3-0 win/loss ERA record. The Brewers will start Quinn Priester (1-0 ERA 0.90).

Giants Hang on To Level Series Beating Angels 3-2

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San Francisco Giants starter Landon Roupp was brining the heat against the Los Angeles Angels at the Big A in Anaheim on Sat Apr 19, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (14-7) took game two of their three game series with the Los Angeles Angels (10-10) 3-2. They had taken a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning.

It all changed thanks to Angel slugger Mike Trout who knocked two home runs out of the park and very nearly hit a third in the ninth inning. San Francisco stubbornly hung onto the one-run lead through the three final innings and came away with the win.

Game recap: Friday, the Angels took a 2-0 lead early in the game; Saturday it was the Giants who got the early lead in the first inning 2-0. Matt Chapman who had been quiet in game one hit a two run home run with Willy Adames on base, a great start.

The Giants built on that lead in the third inning when Willy Adames singled Mike Yastrzemski home but Adames was thrown out at second base trying to advance. Going into the fourth inning San Francisco had a 3-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning Mike Trout came to the plate, always a threat. He made good on that reputation hitting a 435 ft home run to left and the Angels were on the scoreboard. Trout struck again in the sixth inning, another solo home run and Los Angeles was within one run of the Giants 2-3.

Angels starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks finished five innings allowing four hits and three earned runs, two walks and only one strikeout. He was relieved by Reid Detmers who pitched 2.2 innings allowing one hit with two strikeouts. Ryan Johnson finished off the top of the eighth inning for the Angels and would try to do more of the same in the ninth inning.

San Francisco pitcher Landen Roupp had struck out nine batters through seven innings. He had allowed the two runs with five hits and only one walk. His command was impressive. He was relieved in the bottom of the eighth inning by Tyler Rogers who would try to protect the San Francisco lead. Rogers did a great job with a three up three out inning going into the ninth.

Leading by a single run, San Francisco badly needed an insurance run or two. They only had a single hit in the top of the eighth inning off the bat of Jung Hoo Lee as the Giants were still clinging to the 3-2 lead.

The ninth inning was more of the same for San Francisco three up and three down. Heliot Ramos lined out, LaMonte Wade Jr. flied out and Wilmer Flores grounded out. The Giants were living on the edge trying to hang onto the one run lead.

Giant’s closer Ryan Johnson would face the heart of the Angel lineup in the bottom of the ninth inning; the first batter at the plate Mike Trout who without doubt had the power to deliver a hat trick.

He very nearly had a third home run that was fielded by Jung Hoo Lee for the first out. In fact Johnson thought that ball was out of the park and you could see the relief on his face when it stayed in.

Logan O’Hoppe grounded out and the Giants were one out away from leveling the series. The Giants hung on when Nola Schanuel lined out for the third out and that was the ball game. San Francisco was really tempting fate in the ninth inning but a lot of credit to the Giants who held tight and shut the door on Los Angeles.

Game notes: Friday the Giants dropped game one in their series with the Angels at Anaheim Stadium 2-0. What was even more disappointing was that the Giants lost despite an amazing performance on the mound by Logan Webb.

Webb allowed the two runs in the second inning but was flawless for five innings striking out 12 batters which included striking out Mike Trout three times. San Francisco struggled big-time at the plate and got those bats working in Saturday’s game two.

The Giants only had four hits in game one and got a lot more in Saturday’s game. Landen Roupp took the mound Saturday for San Francisco. The Angels started Kyle Hendricks. Roupp went seven innings giving up five hits and two runs. Hendricks pitched five innings four hits and three earned runs.

The rubber game will be played Sunday afternoon on a beautiful 77 degree Easter with first pitch scheduled for 1:07 PM. The Giants Justin Verlander (0-1 ERA 6.75) will give it another go on the mound Sunday now in his 20th season and looking for his first win. The Angels lefty Yusei Kikchi (0-3 ERA 4.13) will start for the Angels. The Giants have struggled against lefties this season and will try to turn that around.

Despite Solid Pitching By Logan Webb-Giants Drop Game One to Angels 2-0; Halos Anderson pitches six innings of shutout ball

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San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb delivers to the Los Angeles Angels line up in the bottom of the first inning at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on Fri Apr 18, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (13-7) fell to the Los Angeles Angels (10-9) 2-0 in game one of their three-game series. Logan Webb had a spectacular game with no walks, 12 strikeouts stumbling a bit in the second inning.

Webb struck Mike Trout out three times. It was a tremendous outing for Webb but the Giants still got stuck with a loss. There was very little going on offensively for San Francisco coming away with only four hits.

Game recap: After a quiet first inning, the Angels had a very productive second inning. Three doubles and a Matt Chapman error had gave Los Angeles a 2-0 lead. Zach Neto doubled Nolan Schanuel home for the early 1-0 lead. Neto would go on to score when 3rd baseman Matt Chapman encountered a fielding error. Jo Adell and Schanuel also had doubles in the inning.

A pitchers duel got underway with six scoreless innings. Webb had a great start despite the two runs. He really pulled it together finishing six innings allowing four hits, one earned run, no walks and 12 strikeouts. He was relieved in the seventh inning by Randy Rodriguez. Webb had dismissed Mike Trout not once or twice but three times in the game.

The Angels Ty Anderson also had a good game going six innings allowing three hits, no runs, two walks and six strikeouts. He was relieved in the seventh inning by Brock Burke who allowed 1 hit and no runs.

Going into the eighth inning the Giants had to get something going. They were running out of time . The Giants had two walks in the inning but Matt Chapman and Willy Adames both struck out, Heliot Ramos lined out and that was the inning.

The offense for San Francisco had been extremely quiet. The Angels had five hits in the game, the Giants four. San Francisco had been on second base a couple of times in the game but their offense was for the most part pretty stagnant.

It all came down to the ninth inning for San Francisco. It was their final chance to get some offense going while Los Angeles would be looking to hang onto their 2-0 lead and finish off San Francisco.

The Angels Kenley Jansen would try to close this game out and take the first game of this three-game series. It was a three up and three out for San Francisco and Jansen got the job done for the Los Angeles win.

The Giants had wasted an incredible pitching effort by Logan Webb having trouble hitting off Angel pitcher Ty Anderson. It was just one of those night’s where not much was working.

Game notes: After splitting a series with the Phillies to start this past week, the San Francisco Giants headed out west taking on the Angels in a three game series Friday night. It was a 60 plus degree day with the promise of mid-Seventies over the weekend a far-cry from the horrendous conditions in Philadelphia.

Logan Webb was on the mound for San Francisco while the Angels started Ty Anderson. The Giants have been playing some very good baseball taking early leads as well as some come from behind wins. The Giants have slipped into third place with the Padres and Dodgers holding down the first two spots in the National League West. The loss Saturday didn’t help their position against the Dodgers and Padres in the standings.

Saturday the Giants will be looking to even the series with first pitch scheduled for 6:38 PM. San Francisco will send Landen Roupp (1-1, ERA 4.80) to start this game and the Angels will feature Kyle Hendricks (0-1 ERA 4.20) on the mound.

Giants Fall To Philadelphia 6-4 Ending In a Tie Series

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By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants fell behind in the first inning 5-1 and never recovered losing to the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 tying up their four game series at 2 apiece. Matt Chapman and Tyler Fitzgerald both had home runs, Chapman a 2-run homer and Fitzgerald a solo shot. The Phillies only had one more run in the eighth inning but it was enough for the win. Philly pitcher Christopher Sanchez was a huge part of this win striking out 12 in 7 innings in a brilliant appearance on the mound. He allowed four hits and 2 earned runs.

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Thursday afternoon the San Francisco Giants (13-6) took on the Phillies (11-8) in game four of their series looking to head off to their next series in Los Angeles Friday night in a more favorable climate and most importantly with a series win under their belt. After miserable conditions in the first three games of this series, the weather cooperated as game-time approached. The high today was forecast to be 62 degrees. Jordan Hicks took the mound for San Francisco looking to commandeer the game and take the series. The Phillies will start Christopher Sanchez in the final game of this series.

The Giant got on the board in the first inning. Matt Chapman singled Heliot Ramos home for an early 1-0 lead but the Giants would not score again until the sixth inning. Philadelphia had a very productive first inning taking a 5-1 lead. This was a great way for the Phillies to start the game however it was very early in the game with a lot of baseball still to be played. Their first five batters reached base on 4 singles and a walk. The Phillies could not have asked for a better start to the game. Kyle Schwarber had a 2-run single, Nick Castellanos had an rbi single and San Francisco pitcher Jordan Hicks threw a run-scoring wild pitch. Alec Bohm finished off the inning with a RBI triple.

It was a rough outing for Jordan Hicks who pitched through seven innings allowing 5 runs, 6 hits and four walks. After that opening inning Hicks calmed down and held Philadelphia scoreless until the eighth inning where they added one more run. Erik Miller had relieved Hicks in the eighth and allowed that additional run.

The Giants Matt Chapman hit a 2-run home run in the sixth inning and the Giants were within 2 runs of a tie game. The Phillies fought right back scoring a run in the eighth extending their lead to 6-3. They held on in the ninth inning allowing one San Francisco run winning the game by the score of 6-4 and leveling the four-game series.

Next up for the Giants will be a three-game series that gets underway tomorrow night in Los Angeles. They will take on the 9-8 Angels at Angel Stadium. Probable pitchers for the game will be Logan Webb for the Giants and Tyler Anderson for the Angels. The Giants will face Angels home run (6 home runs) leader Mike Trout. The Giants Wilmer Flores also has 6 home runs to his credit so far this season and he is always a threat when he comes to the plate. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 6:38 PM.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants looking to sweep four game series against Phils at Citizens Bank

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San Francisco Giants Heliot Ramos (front) and Jung Hoo Lee (back) share congratulations with teammates following Wed Apr 16, 2025 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Ballpark (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 San Francisco Giants Jung Hoo Lee hit for single, double, and had two RBIs as the San Francisco Giants clobbered the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Ballpark 11-4. Little doubt that Jung Hoo has been a big contributor.

#2 San Francisco continues to roll they are now 13-5 and picked up their third win in this current four game series.

#3 The Giants got RBI help from Mike Yastrzemski, Wilmer Flores, and Patrick Bailey each hit for two RBIs. They’re getting the hitting production.

#4 Phillies starter Aaron Nola got lit up and his record dropped to 0-4, he surrendered six earned runs and nine hits he was no mystery to the Giants.

#5 The Giants move onto game four of the series and will start Jordan Hicks (1-1 ERA 5.87) starting for the Phillies Christopher Sanchez (1-0, ERA 3.12) first pitch 1:05pm PDT. Morris how do you like the Giants chances at sweeping four games it’s one of the more difficult things to do in the Majors.

Morris Phillips does the Giants podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Take Game Three in Philly Series With an 11-4 Win; Phils hoping to tie series on Thursday

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San Francisco Giants Jung Hoo Lee slugs a double in the top of the fifth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia on Wed Apr 16, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

After losing yesterday’s game to the Philadelphia Phillies (10-8) the San Francisco Giants (13-5) came into game three of the series on fire winning it by the score of 11-4. They took a 4-0 lead in the first inning and even though Philadelphia tied up the game at 4-4 in the fourth inning, the Giants took back the lead in the fifth inning and never looked back.

Tyler Fitzgerald had three hits and two runs. There were no home runs from the Giants in this game but there were a slew of singles and doubles, 14 in total. Once again Jung Hoo Lee was one of the stars of the show with a single, a double driving in two runs.

Game recap: The Giants got a great start in the first inning of this game scoring four runs for the early lead. The first run was scored by Willy Adames off a Jung Hoo Lee single. Matt Chapman singled advancing Lee to second followed by a Heliot Ramos walk and San Francisco had the bases loaded.

Wilmer Flores walked advancing the runners and San Francisco had their second run of the game. Patrick Bailey would finish up the inning with a single that drove Chapman and Ramos home for a 4-0 lead.

It was really looking good for the Giants going into the bottom of the first inning. Unfortunately pitcher Robbie Ray had a disastrous inning. He loaded the bases and walked in two runners, Trae Turner and Bryce Harper cutting the Giants lead in half. 4-2.

Ray went on to walk four batters in the inning but finally collected himself and got out of the inning. He had thrown almost 40 pitches in the opening inning.

Robbie Ray remained in the game going into the fourth inning keeping the Phillies off the scoreboard. In the bottom of the fourth, the Phillies Bryce Harper with his first swing of the night hit the first home run of the game, a two run homer to right and the score was even at 4-4. After such a great start for the Giants this ball game was all even and the Giants would be looking to take back the lead.

Lou Trevino would relieved Robbie Ray in the fifth inning. It was rough going for Ray in this game going four innings, allowing six hits, four earned runs, five walks with six strikeouts.

San Francisco took back the lead in the fifth inning. Matt Chapman singled and Lee was able to score from second on a throwing error from Johan Rojas for a 5-4 Giants lead. Despite a very long first inning, this game was moving right along going into the sixth inning. Trevino had a great inning dismissing the Phillies three up and three down

With two runners on base and one out in the sixth, the Giants were trying to add to their lead. San Francisco loaded the bases with the one out and that was it for pitcher Aaron Nola. Jose Ruiz relieved Nola trying to get out of the inning.

Ruiz went on to walk Willy Adames for another San Francisco run followed by a Lee sacrifice that drove in Fitzgerald and the Giants had built their lead back up to 7-4. The San Francisco lead was in jeopardy when Philadelphia threatened in the bottom of the sixth with two runners on base and only one out.

Trevino struck out Kyle Schwarber and with runners at the corners he was looking for the third out and he got just that; the Giants had protected their 7-4 lead going into the seventh inning.

The Giants threatened to extend their lead in the seventh inning with two runners on base and no outs. Ramos had singled and LaMonte Wade Jr. walked. Wilmer Flores came to the plate and singled Ramos home giving San Francisco an 8-4 lead.

Tyler Fitzgerald doubled driving in another run followed by a Yastrzemski double driving in Fitzgerald and Flores extending their lead to 11-4 in a scoring marathon. The inning finally came to an end with the Giants absolutely crushing it. Giant relief pitcher Camilo Doval had a great inning with a strike out, fly out, and line-out.

Matt Chapman and LaMonte Wade Jr. both drew walks in the top of the eighth inning as Philly relief pitcher Carlos Hernandez was really struggling with throwing strikes. Hernandez got out of the inning after a bit of a shaky start and the Phillies had a lot of work to do going into the final innings. San Francisco relief pitcher Spencer Bivens breezed through the bottom of the eighth inning.

Bevins made short work of the Phillies striking out J.T. Realmuto in the bottom of the ninth for the third out to close out the game with the Giants taking the series lead 2-1. San Francisco had come away with a dominant win 11-4.

Game notes: It was another chilly, blistery day at Citizens Bank Park as the Giants (13-5) defeated the Phillies rather handedly 11-4 in the third of this four game series. The Giants won game one on Monday 10-4, the Phillies tied up the series winning game two 6-4 Tuesday.

San Francisco rallied in game two but came up a few runs short. In today’s game, Robbie Ray took the mound for the Giants going four innings, six hits, four earned runs, five walks and eight strike outs. The Phils Aaron Nola went 5.1 innings, with nine hits, and six earned runs, walking four and struck out eight.

Thursday afternoon the Giants will finish up the series with Philadelphia in game four. San Francisco will be more than thrilled to finish up this road trip and enjoy some much warmer weather in a series with the Los Angeles Angels the Big A in Anaheim that gets underway Friday night.

In Thursday’s game Jordan Hicks (1-1 ERA 5.87) will get the nod on the mound while the Phillies will be looking to tie up this series with starting Christopher Sanchez (1-0 ERA 3.12). First pitch for the final game of the series is scheduled for 1:05 PM.

Phillies Level Series Beating San Francisco 6-4; SF’s Verlander continues to struggle giving up 8 hits and 4 earned runs

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San Francisco Giants starter Justin Verlander (42) deals to the Philadelphia Phillies line up in the last of the first inning at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia on Tue Apr 15, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Philadelphia Phillies (10-7) evened up the four game series at 1-1 with the San Francisco Giants (12-5) winning game two 6-4 at Citizens Bank Ballpark. San Francisco had a bit of a rally in the eighth inning hitting three straight singles with no outs bringing one run in. It was Jackie Robinson Tribute night and every ball player wore number 42 in this one.

The Giants only scored the one run in an inning with not much possibility of a rally. It was a tough night for both teams with some crazy wind involvement that made this game very challenging.

The Phillies hit two homers in this game while the Giants were unable to hit any long balls. The Phillies had ten hits, the Giants had eight. Trailing 2-0 early in the game, the Giants tied the game in the fourth inning and went on to take the lead in the sixth before Philadelphia took the lead for the remainder of the game.

Game recap: The Phillies got on the board in the second inning taking a 2-0 lead. The first run was a J.T. Realmuto solo home run to left center and the early 1-0 lead. They would expand that lead off a Brandon Marsh sacrifice fly allowing Max Kepler to score from third base for a 2-0 lead.

As in their last series, San Francisco had been doing a great job coming from behind. In the fourth inning the Giants tied up this game 2-2. Casey Schmitt singled both Chapman from third and Wilmer Flores home from second for the tie. Both Chapman and Flores had stolen bases to get into scoring position. The Schmitt single could not have been timed more perfectly.

San Francisco would take the lead briefly 3-2 in the sixth inning. Wilmer Flores grounded out and Jung Hoo Lee scored from third base; on top of the Phillies for the first time in the game. That lead did not hold for long as the Phillies went on to load the bases in the bottom of the sixth. They not only tied the game but took the lead by inning’s end 4-3.

J.T. Realmuto singled driving Kyle Schwarber home for the 3-3 tie. They would follow that run up with another run to take the 4-3 lead. Bohm singled Castellanos home as the sixth inning came to an end.

The Phillies relief pitching was doing a great job in the sixth and seventh innings. In the seventh inning Jordan Romano closed out the top of the seventh three up and three down. They would be looking for some insurance runs and they got right on task.

The first at bat Bryson Stott tripled with Trea Turner and Bryce Harper to follow. Turner grounded out to shortstop for the first out but slugger Harper knocked the Phillies second home run of the game out of the park, a two run homer, giving the Phillies a 6-3 lead going into the eighth inning.

The Giants started a rally in the eighth inning hitting three singles in a row with no outs. Heliot Ramos, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee all had hits. The Lee single drove Ramos home and the score was 6-4 in favor of the Phillies.

With one out San Francisco had runners at the corners. Wilmer Flores struck out and the Giants were down to their last out in the inning. Casey Schmitt almost hit a long one but came up just short, the ball caught deep in the warning track. San Francisco was oh so very close to taking the lead in this game.

San Francisco relief pitcher Spencer Bivens dismissed the Phillies three up and three down in the eighth inning giving the Giants a chance going into the ninth inning trailing 6-4. One of tougher pitchers in the league to hit came in to try and close for the Phillies Matt Strahm.

Mike Yastrzemski flied out, Patrick Bailey struck out and San Francisco was down to their final out. Tyler Fitzgerald popped out and that was the ball game the final score of 6-4 with the Phillies leveling the series.

Justin Verlander went 5.2 innings allowing eight hits and four earned runs walking three with only one strikeout. Relief pitcher Hayden Birdsong had a struggle allowing two hits, two runs, and one walk in the seventh inning.

Game notes: The Giants took on the Phillies in game two of their series Tuesday amid some very gusty conditions as a cold front blew through at the start of the game and dissipated as quickly as it came in. After a brief respite from the wind the gusty conditions came back and remained throughout the game.

This was another game with great attendance for Philadelphia 38,119 on Tuesday after Monday night’s game with 40,636 fans watching the Giants beat the Phillies 10-4.

The Phillies got a more productive game today with a two run win over San Francisco. Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo 5.1 innings, five hits and three earned runs, and struck out four hitters. Giants starter Justin Verlander had another tough start this time surrendering eight hits and four runs in 5.2 innings of work.

Game three in this four game series will get underway with first pitch scheduled for 3:45 PM PDT Wednesday. Robbie Ray will take the mound for San Francisco with a ( 3-0, 2.93 ERA). The Phillies are slated to start Aaron Nola with a (0-3, 5.51 ERA).

Three Homers A Huge Part of Giants Win In Game One Vs Phillies 10-4

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San Francisco Giants Landen Roupp delivers a pitch to the Philadelphia Phillies line up in the bottom of the first inning at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia on Mon Apr 14, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (12-4) got off to a great start in their series with the Philadelphia Phillies (9-7) winning game one 10-4. The Giants knocked three balls out of the park off the bats of Tyler Fitzgerald, Willy Adames and Mike Yastrzemski. Beside the home run, Fitzgerald had two additional hits and San Francisco had gotten off to a great start in this series.

Game wrap: It was a hot start for the home team as the Phillies took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Trea Turner doubled Bryson Stott home for the early 1-0 lead. They built on that lead off a Nick Castellanos single driving Turner home extending their lead 2-0.

The Phillies finished off the inning with another run when Max Kepler grounded into a fielder’s choice to third and Kyle Schwarber scored. With the 3-0 Philadelphia lead the Giants had some work to do and they got on it early.

San Francisco got going in the second inning after a quiet start in the first inning. The hit-a-thon got underway with a Wilmer Flores single driving Heliot Ramos home followed by Patrick Bailey grounding into a fielder’s choice and LaMonte Wade scoring on a Philly error.

With the score 3-2 in favor of Philadelphia, the home runs starting flying out of the park, the first one a Tyler Fitzgerald shot to left with Flores and Bailey on base. Their second home run of the second inning was an Willy Adames hit to right center, a solo, and the Giants had taken a 6-3 lead.

Neither team would score until the bottom of the fifth inning; a Philly solo home run off the bat of Nick Castellanos, and the Phillies continued to trail going into the sixth inning 6-4 but they had made up a little ground.

Giant pitcher Landon Roupp finished the game going five innings allowing six hits, four runs, three walks and eight strikeouts. Roupp was relieved in the sixth inning by Randy Rodriguez. Erik Miller took over on the mound in the seventh inning.

San Francisco created a little more breathing room in the the top of the seventh inning keeping the Phillies at bay and taking an 8-4 lead. Mike Yastremski hit the Giants third home run of the game with Tyler Fitzgerald on base.

San Francisco already had nine hits through seven innings. The top of the Philly batting order came to the plate in the bottom of the seventh. Brice Harper singled and a Castellanos walk gave the Phillies an opening with two outs.

The Phillies had left a lot of runners on base so far in this game and they continued on this path to close out the inning leaving Harper and Castellanos stranded. San Francisco relief pitcher Erik Miller had gotten out of a sticky situation going into the eighth inning.

Tyler Rogers came in from the bullpen taking over to start the bottom of the eighth inning. It was a Tyler Rogers kind of inning; three up three down and the Giants were three outs away from winning game one of the series.

San Francisco added to their lead in the top of the ninth inning. Mike Yastrzemski doubled Fitzgerald home and the Giants extended their already healthy lead to 9-4. Matt Chapman got another run batted in, Yastrzemski scoring, and with the lead 10-4 in favor of the Giants, the Phillies had one more chance in the bottom of the ninth.

San Francisco was three outs away from winning game one of the series. Camilo Doval closed the game with a three up three down inning to finish off the Phillies 10-4. The Giants are now 8-2 on the road.

Game notes: After winning their series over the weekend against the New York Yankees, the Giants were back on the field Monday taking on the Phillies. This series got underway in much more temperate conditions than in New York, a welcome relief for San Francisco and also welcomed by the fans.

The stadium was buzzing with 40,000 plus fans on a Monday night. The Phillies had lost their weekend series to the St. Louis Cardinals. In Monday’s matchup, the Giants sent Landon Roupp who pitched five innings and gave up six hits and four runs struck out eight hitters. For the Phillies Taijuan Walker pitched five innings, giving up six hits and four runs and five strike outs.

Giants and Phils do it again in game two of the series with starting pitcher for San Francisco starter Justin Verlander RHP 0-0 ERA 6.92 he’ll be opposed by the Phillies starter LHP Jesus Luzardo (2-0 ERA 1.50). First pitch for this game is scheduled for 3:45 PM PDT at Citizens Bank Ballpark.