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Giants Launch New Series Rocking Colorado 8-2

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Drew Gilbert (62) is congratulated by teammate Heliot Ramos (right) after hitting a two run home run in the top of the third inning for the San Francisco Giants against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Mon Sep 1, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

After winning their last two series which included a sweep of the Chicago Cubs, the San Francisco Giants won game one of their series with the Colorado Rockies 8-2. They hit three home runs in the game. The first one off the bat of Rafael Devers, the second a two run shot from Drew Gilbert and the third.

The 26th of the year a two-run homer from Willie Adames. Gilbert had an outstanding game with four hits, two RBIs, three runs in four at-bats.

The Giants got ahead of it from the get go scoring the first run of the game in the first inning. Devers gave his team an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run to right and San Francisco had a great start to this game.

The Giants added to their lead in the third inning scoring two more runs. San Francisco’s Gilbert hit the Giant’s second home run of the game , his second career homer, with Patrick Bailey on base and a 3-0 lead.

San Francisco broke this game wide open in the fifth inning loading the bases a couple of times and when the dust had settled were cruising with a 6-0 lead going into the sixth inning. Christian Koss scored the first run in the fifth inning for a 4-0 lead. A Dominic Smith single allowed both Devers and Gilbert to score giving the Giants a 6-0 lead.

It was a rough fifth inning for Colorado starting pitcher Chase Dollander. After five innings he was relieved by Anthony Monlina. Molina had a very good sixth inning allowing a single hit and no runs.

Kai-Wei Teng had a very good game going 5 1/3 innings. He was relieved by Joel Peguero when he put runners on second and third. He had given up a lot of hits with nine but no runs and had eight strikeouts and no walks. It was an excellent outing for Teng.

The Rockies finally got up on the scoreboard scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kyle Karros grounded out to third for Colorado’s second out but allowed Brenton Doyle to score for their first run of the game. Colorado would score a second run when Yanquiel Fernandez doubled and Ezequiel Tovar scored and that would finish off the sixth inning.

The Giants would get those two runs right back in the top of the seventh inning. Willy Adames hit his 26 th home run of the season and it was “bye bye baby” with Drew Gilbert aboard and San Francisco pushed their lead back out to 8-2.

San Francisco took the 8-2 lead into the top of the ninth inning. An Adames single in the inning loaded the bases with one out. Matt Chapman came to the plate with the bases loaded now with 2 outs. Chapman has struggled latley against lefties and he did strike out for the third out.

The Rockies were three outs away from losing game one of this series. Colorado did not make much noise in the bottom of the ninth inning and went down one, two, three and that was the ball game 8-2 in favor of San Francisco. The Giants are now back at .500 getting a great start to this current road trip. This was San Francisco pitcher Teng’s best start of the season and a great start to this series.

Game notes : After blasting their way through the Baltimore Orioles in games one and three taking the series this past weekend, the Giants roared into Coors Field kicking off Labor Day starting another successful series against the Colorado Rockies.

The Giants did get soundly beaten in game two of their last series by the O’s 11-1 but did come back with a vengeance in game three with a 13-2 win and took alot of confidence into Coors Field playing much better ball.

Prior to their series with the Orioles they swept a playoff bound Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park. Monday the Giants starter Kai-Wei Teng went 5.1 innings, allowed nine hits, two earned runs, and struck out eight batters.

Rockie starter Chase Dollander pitched five innings, allowed five hits, six earned runs, three walks, and two strike outs. The Giants are running out of season with only 25 games left. They remain in third place in the National League West.

The Giants are still in a good spot five games behind for the last Wild Card spot as the season winds down with four teams ahead of them and virtually tied with the Diamondbacks for a spot with the St. Louis Cardinals still in the mix.

The wild card race in the National League is extremely crowded but the Giants are trying to stay in the fight. San Francisco has to continue to the kind of baseball they have recently enjoyed and cannot suffer any more lapses that they’ve seen not too long ago.

San Francisco will start Logan Webb in Tuesday’s game two. He has a 12-9 win/loss record and a 3.16 ERA. The Rockies will sent Kyle Freelander to the mound with a 3-13 win/loss record and a 5.28 ERA. First pitch for game two is scheduled for 5:40 PM.

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Roberson: Giants open up six game road trip in Colorado; SF now 5 games back for Wild Card

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San Francisco Giant Rafeal Devers (16) gets a third inning single off Baltimore Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Aug 31, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Roberson for Marko Ukalovic:

#1 San Francisco Giants Rafael Devers hit a home run, doubled and hit for two RBIs as the Giants won in a landslide on Sunday 13-2 at Oracle Park in San Francisco winning two out of three in the series.

#2 Giants starter Justin Verlander struck out ten hitters over five innings of work and threw 121 pitches his highest amount of pitches since June 2018.

#3 Verlander who has a Hall of Fame career for the 73rd time struck out ten hitters career and it was the first time since Oct 4, 2022 that he had ten since facing the Philadelphia Phillies on Oct 4, 2022. No doubt he was pitching against the Orioles who just struggled to get a hit off Verlander.

#4 The Giants Dominic Smith got a base hit for an RBI off Orioles pitcher Corbin Martin in the sixth inning where the Giants scored three runs. Also Devers, Heliot Ramos, and Drew Gilbert had three of San Francisco’s 16 hits.

#5 The Giants head to Colorado and Coors Field to open up a three game series against the Colorado Rockies Monday. Starting pitcher for the Giants RHP Kai Wei Teng (1-3 ERA 8.78) will be opposed by RHP Chase Dollander (2-11 ERA 6.55) for a 1:10pm first pitch.

Michael Roberson filled in for Marko Ukalvoic does the San Francisco Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Not done yet–Giants rout Orioles 13-2, now 5 out in NL Wild Card

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander is congratulated upon entering the dugout after pitching five innings against the Baltimore Orioles at Oracle Park on Sun Aug 31, 2025 (Bay Area News Group photo)

By Vince Cestone

SAN FRANCISCO–The San Francisco Giants, all but left for dead, are not done yet, as they beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-2 at Oracle Park on Sunday afternoon.

With the New York Mets losing 5-1 against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon, the Giants pulled to within 5 games of the third National League Wild Card spot.

The Giants still have an uphill road to climb, with a 1.9% playoff chance, according to Fangraphs, but with the Mets playing the next three games against the 80-58 Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park and the Giants playing the lowly Colorado Rockies for the next three games, the Giants have a chance to cut that deficit down to three or four games.

Even if the Giants ultimately fall short, an improbable late-September playoff push could prove to be a valuable experience for the likes of younger players Luis Matos, Drew Gilbert, Casey Schmitt, Jung Hoo Lee, and Heliot Ramos.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Here’s what happened in Sunday’s game.

The Giants started off with a bang, as Rafael Devers crushed a home run to get the Giants going in the first inning. That’s all the Giants would need as Justin Verlander earned his third win of the year, going five shutout innings, amassing 10 strikeouts.

Devers would end up going 3-for-5 with a home run and double. He was a triple short of the cycle.

Verlander wasn’t perfect though–he pitched through two walks in the first inning and a walk and single in the second and fifth innings. His best inning came in the fourth when he struck out the side.

“He’s a battler,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “He threw a lot of breaking balls today against a team that hits the fastball pretty good. So, going into games, it’s not like he’s not prepared…it was nice to be able to get him another win.”

The Giants offense came through for Verlander, which wasn’t the case for much of the year. The Giants scored 13 runs on 16 hits for the future Hall of Famer.

The Giants tacked on two more runs in the third inning and four more in the 4th inning. The Giants four-run, fourth inning rally included six hits and a two-run triple by Drew Gilbert, who was acquired in the Mets trade for ace reliever Tyler Rogers.

With the help of an error by Orioles shortstop Luis Vasquez, the Giants added three more runs in the 6th inning.

San Francisco wasn’t done–scoring three more runs in the eighth inning off of Orioles catcher Alex Jackson, a position player who came into pitch with the score 10-0 Giants.

The Orioles would score two runs in the ninth inning off of reliever Spencer Bivens.

Melvin says it was important for the Giants to finish August strong, ending the month with a 5-1 homestand, including a sweep of the Chicago Cubs.

“We needed to play better,” Melvin said. “We needed to play better at home too. So, to sweep the Cubs and take two out of three here, swing the bats better, score some runs, you know, going into Colorado feeling good about ourselves offensively…we think we’re in a much better place.”

Giants third baseman Matt Chapman left the game in the 6th inning after fouling a ball off of his foot. He was down for about a minute but got back up and finished the at-bat. He walked, but Casey Schmitt pinch ran for him, likely as a precautionary measure with the score being 8-0 Giants at the time.

The Giants have a golden opportunity to make up more ground in the Wild Card standings for the next three games. If they’re going to make a late-season push to get back into serious playoff contention, now is the time.

San Francisco plays the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field at 1:05 p.m. PDT on Labor Day. Giants rookie right-hander Kai-Wei Teng (1-3, 8.78 ERA) will take on the Rockies’ right-hander Chase Dollander (2-11, 6.55 ERA).

For the Giants, go time is now.

San Francisco Giants game wrap: Trevor Rogers dominates, and Orioles snap Giants’ winning streak with 11-1 laugher

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

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Baltimore Orioles 11 (61-75)

San Francisco Giants 1 (67-69)

Win: Trevor Rogers (8-2)

Loss: Carson Seymour (0-2)

Time: 2:40

Attendance: 37,711

By Stephen Ruderman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Giants News and Notes:

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

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

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

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

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman: Giants Rodriguez needs Tommy John surgery; Seymour gets the start for SF against O’s tonight

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San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:

#1 San Francisco Giants closer Randy Rodriguez will need Tommy John surgery. Rodriguez was placed on the 15 day IL last weekend. Ryan Walker will assume the closer duties for the remainder of the season.

#2 The Giants win Friday night was their sixth straight starting last week Sat Aug 23, 2025. The Giants most consecutive wins is seven which happened on June 4-11.

#3 The Giants have hit home runs in 12 straight game for a total of 24 in that stretch. The streak started back on August 17th.

#4 On Friday every SF player got a hit in the line up this is the first time that’s happen since the Giants did it against the Pittsburgh Pirates on August 5th.

#5 Giants infielder Dominic Smith hit a his first career splash hit for his eighth home run of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning. Smith is hitting .433 since being called up back on Aug 21st.

#6 The Orioles are a struggling bench they have lost five straight, they are in dead last in the AL East and they got lit up by the Giants for four runs in the first inning on Friday. Starters for Saturday night’s contest for the O’s LHP Trevor Roberts (7-2 ERA 1.40) for the Giants RHP Carson Seymour (0-1 ERA 3.74). Roberts has the best record on the Orioles starting rotation. How do you see this match up tonight at Oracle Park.

Stephen Ruderman is a San Francisco Giants beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants win sixth-straight in dominant fashion, set season high in hits and runs in 15-8 win over Orioles

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San Francisco Giants’ Dominic Smith, center, celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants demolished Orioles pitching Friday night, knocking the ball all over the yard. They set a new season high in hits and runs scored and took game one from the struggling Baltimore Orioles.

Friday night 40,043 fans packed Oracle Park hoping for the team to keep the good vibes going against the Baltimore Orioles behind starter Robbie Ray. Ray entered Friday night 10-6, 2.93era, and as one of the Giants more consistent starters. He suffered a bit of a scare before the game had even started. 

During his warm-up pitches, Ray stopped his wind-up and looked to the dugout to get some attention. It appeared that they were examining his throwing hand. “Yeah, I just had some skin rip off my finger but, uh, everything underneath was fine. It wasn’t raw or anything so it was a non-issue”, said the lefty, who managed to stay in the game and issued a lead-off walk (Jackson Holiday) who came around to score on a two-out double by Ryan Mountcastle. That was it for the Orioles in the first. 

Ray’s final line was 4.1ip, 6h, 6er, 3bb, and 5k. 

In the home half of the frame, the Giants showed the same fight they’ve shown the last week of play and had a big answer to the Orioles lone run. It took Orioles starter Dean Kramer five batters to record an out, and at that point the Giants had a 2-1 lead. The hits kept coming in the home first and the Giants put up four runs for a comfortable lead 4-1 lead. 

An entertaining start to the night for Giants fans at Oracle Park, and it was only the beginning of a rowdy Friday night. 

Ray set the Orioles down in order in the second allowing the offense to continue their momentum. Three straight singles (Lee, Adames, and Smith) brought home another run. Matt Chapman then drove in another on a sacrifice-fly to center field and the Giants lead was 6-1. 

The third inning brought an Orioles counter of three runs to cut the deficit to just two. That was the closest they’d get. 

In an absolutely miserable night for Baltimore where just about everything that could’ve gone wrong did, a combination of poor pitching and three errors contributed to the Giants season high 15 run, 18 hit night. 

The Orioles made it somewhat close in the fifth inning but Friday night was a game that the Giants offense ran away with and kept control of throughout. 

Dom Smith and Luis Matos both homered in the blowout win. Smith with his first career Splash Hit and 107th by a Giants player in the history of Oracle Park, describing it as “something that you dream of as a kid” in a postage interview. Matos’ homer was one of his four hits on the night (his first career four-hit game). 

The Giants continue to produce offensively as they homered in their 12th-straight game where they total 24 home runs over that span. The production has come from all parts of the lineup that has more depth with the addition of Luis Matos. Since being recalled on August 21, Matos is 13-for-30 (.433) with seven extra-base hits and nine runs scored. Manager Bob Melvin said, “There’s a lot to like about his bat. We’ve always liked it”, and it seems that their faith in Matos has paid off as he’s been a huge part of the team’s six-game win streak. 

The Giants flip the page to Saturday evening when they will play game two of this series with the opportunity to win their third-straight series. 

RHP Carson Seymour (0-1, 3.74) will get the nod against Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (7-2, 1.40) Saturday at 4:15 at Oracle Park where the Giants will go for their seventh-straight win. 

San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez: Giants open three game set with Orioles Friday at Oracle Park

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Willy Adames of the San Francisco Giants gives thanks to the Almighty after hitting a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Aug 29, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:

#1 San Francisco Giants Willy Adames slugged two home runs on Thursday afternoon against the Chicago Cubs on the way to a three game sweep defeating the Cubs 4-3.

#2 The win for the Giants was their tenth walk off this year and the Giants come into Friday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with a five game win streak.

#3 San Francisco’s Casey Schmitt walked with one out and advanced to second on Wilmer Flores base hit. Jung Hoo Lee singled to right for an RBI scoring pinch runner Christian Koss whose sliding into the plate while the throw went wide of the plate.

#4 The Giants open a three game series against the Baltimore Orioles starting Friday night for the Orioles RHP Dean Kremer (9-9 ERA 4.19) for the Giants LHP Robbie Ray (10-6 ERA 2.93). The O’s are a struggling bunch last place in the AL East having lost seven of their last ten games and are having troubles getting their pitching tracked. The O’s are coming off a four game series where they were swept by the Boston Red Sox. The Giants are coming off three game sweep over the Chicago Cubs.

#5 Sad news former Giants pitcher Randy Moffitt passed away at age 76 Friday his family said that Moffitt had died of an extended illness. Moffitt who is the brother of tennis star Billie Jean King pitched for San Francisco for the first ten years of his MLB career. Moffitt pitched for the Giants from 1972 to 1981. He then pitched for the Houston Astros in 1982 and the Toronto Blue Jays to round out his career in 1983. Moffit in his ninth season (1979) got easily exhausted, vomited frequently and lost close to 25 pounds. Doctors could not figure out what caused his sickness but one suggested that his problem was mental.

Lincoln Juarez is a MLB podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Webb solid over seven; Adames hits two home runs; and Jung Hoo Lee walks it off for fifth-straight 4-3 win and sweep of Cubs

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The thrill of victory as the San Francisco Giants Jung Hoo Lee (51) hits a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Aug 28, 2025 (AP News photo)

Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Chicago Cubs 3 (76-58)

San Francisco Giants 4 (66-68)

Win: Ryan Walker (5-4)

Loss: Daniel Palencia (1-4)

Time: 2:09

Attendance: 32,187

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–Jung Hoo Lee walked it off with a base-hit in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Giants completed the sweep of the Cubs with a big 4-3 win, and have now won five in a row.

The Giants came into Thursday having won four in a row, and have looked like a completely different team. They have been pitching well; playing good defense; executing good situational hitting and keeping the line moving; and hitting for power. It’s how they got off to their 24-14 start at the beginning of the season.

Most importantly, the Giants have been much looser, and have been having a lot more fun. Maybe it has to do with the lack of pressure after falling out of the pennant race, or maybe they just found that spark. The fact of the matter is that they have been playing much better, and have crept their way back up to just three games under .500.

The best part was that Logan Webb was getting a rare start after a Giants’s win. However, things were a bit rough for the Giants’ ace in the top of the first inning.

Kyle Tucker slashed a double off the end of the bat and down the left field line with one out. Ian Happ then fired, or shall we say rolled the opening salvo with a seeing-eye ground ball that found its way into right-center field for a base-hit. Tucker scored, and the Cubs had a 1-0 lead.

Pete Crow-Armsrong singled Happ over to third, and Webb was staring an ugly inning right in the face. However, Webb got Nico Hoerner to ground into a double play to end the inning, and limit the damage to just a run.

Webb got a much-needed reprieve , and the Giants struck back against Cubs’ starter Shota Imanaga in the bottom of the first. Rafael Devers took a one-out walk, and with a slight wind blowing out and the ball carrying, Willy Adames hit a home run to left-center field to put the Giants ahead.

The Cubs tied it on a home run by Dansby Swanson in the top of the second, but both pitchers settled down, and kept the score at 2-2 going into the middle innings. Imanaga set down 12 of the next 14 men he faced after Adames’ home run. Webb retired nine of the next 11 he faced after Swanson’s home run.

Michael Busch led off the top of the sixth with a home run to center to put the Cubs back ahead, but Webb then retired the side in order. Adames responded with his second home run of the game, this one also to center, in the bottom of the sixth to tie it back up at 3-3.

This was Adames’ fourth multi-home run game this season, and his second in just the last week. Adames has 24 home runs this season, and with 28 games left to play for the Giants, Adames could feasibly become the first Giant to hit 30 home runs in a season since Barry Bonds did hit 45 of them in 2004.

Both pitchers were truly evenly matched, as Webb and Iminaga both finished the day with one, two, three, innings in the seventh. Webb gave up three runs and seven hits over seven innings, while striking out seven and not walking a single guy. Iminaga allowed three runs and five hits over seven innings, while walking one and striking out five.

Jose Butto came in for the top of the eighth, and ran into trouble when Matt Shaw hit a one-out double to left. However, Busch hit a bullet that second-baseman Casey Schmitt leapt and caught, and Schmitt threw to second to double off Shaw, who had nowhere to go, and end the inning.

Brad Keller threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth for the Cubs. Joey Lucchesi and Ryan Walker combined for a scoreless top of the ninth. Chicago brought in Daniel Palencia, and he got Matt Chapman to ground out to start the bottom of the ninth.

However, the Giants rallied. Casey Schmitt and Wilmer Flores both lined base-hits to center, and the Giants had runners at first and second with one out for Jung Hoo Lee. With the count at 1-1, Lee got a somewhat-nasty slider on the inside; and lined a base-hit to right; Schmitt was waved in and scored the winning run, and the Giants had their tenth walk off win of the season.

Ryan Walker got the win, and Daniel Palencia took the loss.

The Giants have won their fifth in a row, and improve to 66-68. Other than their seven games against the Dodgers, 21 of the Giants’ final 28 games will be against teams currently under .500. The Giants just need to go 16-12 to finish over .500. With the schedule the rest of the way, it is certainly doable.

The Baltimore Orioles will come in for a three-game series starting Friday night. Robbie Ray (10-6, 2.93 ERA) will take the ball for the Giants. Dean Kremer (9-9, 4.19 ERA) will counter for the Orioles.

First pitch will be at the old and familiar 7:15 p.m.

Giants score big behind Devers’ two home runs and Chapman’s 200th career round-tripper, take series from Cubs in 12-3 win

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San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers, middle, celebrates after hitting a three-run home run that also scored Andrew Knizner (21) and Heliot Ramos (17) during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025 (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Lincoln Juarez 

SAN FRANCISCO – Rafael Devers went 4-for-4 with two home runs to lead the Giants offensive eruption. Matt Chapman blasted his 200th career home run en route to a 12-3 win over the Cubs.

Game two between the Giants and Cubs featured a lot of big swings and early scoring. 

In the bottom of the first, Rafael Devers launched a ball over the center field wall for his 26th home run of the season and first of the night, putting the Giants ahead 1-0. The first hit of his 4-for-4 night set the tone for the rest of the Giants offense to add to the explosion. 

It was the southpaw, Carson Whisenhunt on the mound for the Giants who really only made one bad pitch in his five innings of work. It was a 92mph middle-in sinker to Cubs second baseman, Nico Hoerner that ended up in the left field bleachers in the second inning. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson scored on what wound up being the Cubs only offense of the night. 

Cubs starter Colin Rea entered Wednesday’s game with a 10-5 record and 3.96 era and got knocked around by the Giants bats. They went right after him, hitting everything he threw all over the yard. 

En route to their fourth straight win, the Giants have accumulated some luck and that showed in the fifth inning. In the visiting half Carson Whisenhunt escaped a bases loaded jam on a spectacular 1-6-4-3 inning-ending double play. A hard-hit ball up the middle deflected off Whisenhunt’s glove in an attempt to field it. “My first instinct was to go for the ball”, said Whisenhunt. He slowed it down just enough for a lunging Willy Adames to corral it and send a back-handed, bare-handed flip to second baseman Casey Schmitt covering the bag. Miraculously, Schmitt still had plenty of time to gun Justin Turner at first to escape without damage. 

Bob Melvin attributed the double play to Willy Adames’ defense of late, saying “Willy’s been playing great defense here for an extended string and he’s been right in the middle of everything…it’s not a surprise the way he’s playing defensively right now”. 

With runners on the corners in the home half of the fifth Matt Chapman dunked a base hit into right field scoring Devers from third. Cubs right fielder, Kyle Tucker fired a throw right off the helmet of Chapman, standing on first base, bouncing all the way to the backstop and allowing Dom Smith to come all the way around from first and score the Giants sixth run of the game.

“The one off the helmet, yeah I can’t remember the last time I saw something like that”, Melvin said as he acknowledged the bounces the Giants have been getting in their favor lately. 

Casey Schmitt knocked Chapman in to cap off a three-run fifth inning. The Giants went on to score three more in the sixth, on Devers’ second home run of the game, one run in the seventh on Matt Chapman’s 200th career home run, and one in the eighth on a Heliot Ramos homer off Cubs catcher Reese McGuire who went into pitch. 

Putting up a run in all but two innings in which they hit, the Giants offense totaled 12 runs on 13 hits while knocking around another quality Cubs starter. Homering for the tenth straight game as well, the offense has finally come back to life with Devers, Ramos, and Chapman leading the way. 

Winners of four straight now, the Giants look to their ace to complete the series sweep Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park. 

LHP Shota Imanaga (8-6, 3.03) for Chicago vs. RHP Logan Webb (12-9, 3.13) for San Francisco will match up in the series finale. First pitch at 12:45pm on the corner of 3rd and King.

San Francisco Giants podcast Augie Mesenburg: Giants handling Cubs well in first two games of series

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San Francisco Giants starter Justin Verlander pitched over six innings to pick up his second win on Tue Aug 26, 2025 at Oracle Park in San Francisco against the Chicago Cubs (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Augie Mesenburg:

#1  Augie, Justin Verlander finally picked up his first home game victory with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. The win brings Verlander’s record to 2-10.

#2 Matt Chapman got the Giants back in the ball game with a sixth inning homer and in an earlier at bat Wilmer Flores hit a home run in the second inning.

#3 Verlander in his start pitched six innings, allowed two runs, seven hits, struck out five hitters and walked two batters and held the Cubs off for the win.

#4 The Chapman home run was his 17th home run for the campaign and it’s his third straight home run after the Giants ended their four game losing streak.

#5 Tonight at Oracle the Cubs are going with RHP Colin Rea (10-5) and for the Giants LHP Carson Wisenhunt (1-1 ERA 4.91)

Augie Mesenburg is a reporter for KWAI 1080 radio Honolulu and is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com