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Harrison solid, Giants eke out late 3-1 win to salvage game; Yaz homers at Fenway

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Top of the third inning home run by San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski at his grandfather Carl Yastrzemski’s old place of business Fenway Park in Boston on Thu May 2, 2024 (AP News photo)

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Fenway Park

Boston, Massachusetts

San Francisco Giants 3 (15-17)

Boston Red Sox 1 (18-14)

Win: Kyle Harrison (3-1)

Loss: Zack Kelly (0-1)

Save: Camilo Doval (6)

Time: 2:21

Attendance: 30,065

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants scored two runs in the seventh inning to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 and avoid the sweep at Fenway Park.

The Giants dropped the first two games of this series, and were now in danger of getting swept for the the third time in their four series at Fenway Park. The Giants were swept by the Red Sox in their first series at Fenway Park in 2007 (June 15-17), as well as in a short two-game set in 2016 (July 19-20).

The Giants needed a win to avoid getting swept for the third time at Fenway, and in order to do that, the Giants’ offense, which was held to only two runs over the first two games of this series, would have to wake up. The Giants would also need a solid outing from their young left-hander, Kyle Harrison, who despite coming into today’s game with a 4.09 ERA, has been off to a decent start this season.

The Red Sox sent Josh Winckowski to the mound for today’s game, and he started things off with a scoreless top of the first inning.

Harrison ran into trouble in the bottom of the first after hitting Rafael Devers and walking Tyler O’Neill with one out. Harrison struck out Rob Refsnyder, but he walked Connor Wong to load the bases. Harrison was in the jackpot early, but he got Garrett Cooper to fly out and escape the inning unscathed.

Both pitchers pitched scoreless innings in the second, and Mike Yastrzemski hit a home run to the Red Sox’ bullpen beyond the short fence right-center field to put the Giants on the board. It was a special moment for Yastrzemski, who was playing in his second series at Fenway Park, where his grandfather and hall-of-famer Carl Yastrzemski called home for 23 years. Carl Yastrzemski had paid a visit to his grandson prior to the game, and it truly paid off dividends.

Yastrzemski, who is the second-longest-tenured Giant, was facing uncertainty after starting the season 1-for-20, but he has since heated up, and has swung the bat much better.

Devers singled on a ground ball up the middle to start the bottom of the third, and O’Neill doubled high off the Green Monster in left to tie the game. Harrison then walked Refsnyder, and the Red Sox appeared to pounce. However, Harrison struck out Wong swinging, and got Cooper to ground into a 5-3 double play to end the inning and escape any further damage.

With the game now tied 1-1, Winckowski pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Harrison ran into trouble again in the bottom of the fourth after giving up a one-out double to Ceddanne Rafaela. Harrison struck out Zack Short looking, and Jarren Duran hit a line drive up the middle into center field that seemed destined to fall and give the Red Sox the lead, but center-fielder Jung-hoo Lee dove and made a spectacular catch to end the inning and keep the game tied.

After Thairo Estrada grounded out to third to start the top of the fifth, Red Sox Manager Alex Cora lifted Winckowski for Brennan Bernardo. Bernardo set down Yastrzemski and Nick Ahmed to combine with Winckowski for a 1-2-3 inning.

Harrison walked Tyler O’Neill with one out in the bottom of the fifth, but he induced a 4-6-3 double play off the bat of Refsnyder to end the inning. That would be it for Harrison, who did not throw a single 1-2-3 inning in five shaky innings of work. However, he did his job, which was to have a solid outing, as he gave up just a run and three hits, and struck out seven. What really hampered Harrison was five walks and a 95-pitch pitch count.

Bernardo and Zack Kelly combined to throw a scoreless top of the sixth. Ryan Walker came in for the bottom of the sixth, and pitched through a one-out single.

Patrick Bailey lined a single the other way to left to start the top of the seventh, and Matt Chapman singled to left to put runners on the corners with nobody out. Thairo Estrada then came through with a big hit for a Giants’ offense that has struggled to get them with a single the other way to right to put San Francisco back ahead.

Cam Booser came in for Kelly, but the Giants were not done yet. Austin Slater struck out swinging, but Nick Ahmed knocked in Chapman with a sacrifice fly to right to extend the Giants’ lead to 3-1.

Erik Miller, who was the Giants’ opener last night, came in and pitched a shutdown 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh. There would actually not be another base-runner the rest of the game. Japanese import Naoyuki Uwasawa threw a 1-2-3 top of the eighth in his major league debut, and Tyler Rogers threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth.

Uwasawa threw another 1-2-3 inning in the top of the ninth, as he set down all six men he faced in his debut. Camilo Doval then came in and pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth for his sixth save of the year.

Harrison got the win, and Zack Kelly took the loss. With this win, the Giants were indeed able to avoid their third sweep in four series at Fenway Park, as they improve to 15-17.

The Giants will now head to Philadelphia for the second leg of this three-city road trip, where they will take on the red-hot Phillies for a four-game wraparound series. Jordan Hicks will open the series for the Giants with first pitch at 6:40 p.m. in Philadelphia, and 3:40 p.m. back home in San Francisco.

Giants’ offense struggles again in 6-2 loss to Red Sox at Fenway

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Boston Red Sox second baseman Emmanuel Valdez completes a double play after forcing San Francisco Giants base runner Matt Chapman (26) in the top of the ninth inning at Fenway Park in Boston on Wed May 1, 2024 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Fenway Park

Boston, Massachusetts

San Francisco Giants 2 (14-17)

Boston Red Sox 6 (18-13)

Win: Kutter Crawford (2-1)

Loss: Daulton Jeffries (0-2)

Time: 2:14

Attendance: 30,787

By Stephen Ruderman

The San Francisco Giants’ offense was stymied again at Fenway Park, as the Boston Red Sox beat the Giants 6-2, and now have won the first two games to take the series.

After the Giants took two of three from the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete a 6-4 homestand, the Giants went to Boston hoping to get back to .500 for the first time since March 30. Unfortunately for the Giants, the Red Sox shut them out last night, and the Giants would have to bounce back in a bullpen game.

For the Red Sox, Kutter Crawford made the start. Jung-Hoo Lee lined a base-hit to right to open the game, but Crawford set down the next three men he faced in order. Erik Miller would be the opener for the Giants, and he survived a pair of walks in the bottom of the first inning.

Crawford pitched a 1-2-3 top of the second, and Daulton Jeffries replaced Miller, as he threw a scoreless bottom of the second. Tom Murphy then led off the top of the third with a home run over the Green Monster in left field for the Giants’ first run of the series.

Jeffries gave up a leadoff single to Ceddanne Rafaela in the bottom of the third, and then proceeded to walk Jarren Duran. Rafael Devers came up and hit a double to left to tie the game, and then Rob Refsnyder grounded out to short, which knocked in Durran to give Boston the lead.

The Giants bounced back with a two-out rally in the top of the fourth. Michael Conforto walked, and Thairo Estrada doubled him to third. Mike Yastrzemski, who is playing in his second series at Fenway Park where his grandfather and hall-of-famer, Carl Yastrzemski once played, laid down a bunt along the third base line to tie it up.

Jeffries immediately ran right back into trouble in the bottom of the fourth, as Connor Wong led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a ground out off the bat of Dominic Smith. Enmanuel Valdez doubled the other way off the Monster in left to put the Red Sox back ahead, and two batters later, Duran tripled in Valdez to make it 4-2.

Following back-to-back two-run innings for the Red Sox, the Giants’ lethargic offense went down 1-2-3 against Sanchez in a true shutdown inning. The submariner Taylor Rogers, who finished the bottom of the fourth, gave up a single to Refsnyder to start the bottom of the fifth.

Rogers then induced flyouts from Tyler O’Neill and Wilyer Abreu. Bob Melvin lifted Rogers for Luke Jackson, who immediately surrendered a base-hit to Wong, as well as a base-hit by Smith to knock in Refsnyder and make it 5-2.

LaMonte Wade Jr. walked to start off the sixth, but Sanchez then retired the side in order. Jackson pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth, and Sanchez did the same in the top of the seventh. That would do it for Sanchez, who struck out six, and gave up just four hits and two runs against the struggling Giants’ offense.

Mitch White came in for the bottom of the seventh and retired the first two men he faced. However, Abreu singled, and Wong doubled to tack on another run for the Red Sox to make it 6-2.

Chris Martin came in for Boston, and he and White each pitched 1-2-3 innings in the eighth. Red Sox Manager Alex Cora went to Greg Weissert for the ninth. After giving up a leadoff single to Matt Chapman, Weissert struck out Michael Conforto, and got Thairo Estrada to line into a 6-3 double play to end the game.

Kutter Crawford got the win, and Daulton Jeffries took the loss. The Giants fall back to three-games under .500 at 14-17, and they will try and salvage a game in this series with Kyle Harrison on the mound. First pitch will be at 1:35 p.m. in Boston, and 10:35 a.m. back in San Francisco.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants open up three game series vs. Red Sox Tuesday at Fenway

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San Francisco Giants Carl Yastrzemski (right) is congratulated by third base coach Matt Williams (9) after hitting a bottom of the third inning solo home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Apr 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 Thario Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the third inning on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates to give the Giants some lift in a three run inning in an eventual 3-2 win.

#2 Giants starter Keaton Winn got the win pitching six innings giving up three hits and one run and five strikeouts.

#3 Giants shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald had three hits and the Giants wound up taking two out three to win the three game set against the Pirates. Completing their three game series.

#4 The Pirates loss is their tenth loss out of their last 13 games. The Pirates scored a run when Winn hit Edward Oliveras in the top of the fifth who later scored when Rowdy Tellez hit a RBI double. It wasn’t enough as the Pirates fell short.

#5 The Giants will start a road trip in Boston against the Red Sox on Tuesday night at 4:10pm PDT. Starting pitcher for the Giants right hander Logan Webb (3-1 ERA 2.33), the Red Sox have not announced a starter as of yet.

Join Marko for the Giants podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Giants to start 11 game road trip in Boston Tuesday

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San Francisco Giants Patrick Bailey belts a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sat Apr 20, 2024 (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan:

#1 Stephen, The San Francisco Giants (13-15) are on their longest homestand of 2024 they opened with the Arizona Diamondback, New York Mets and now closing up the series with the Pittsburgh Pirates today.

#2 The Giants on the nine game homestand thus far are hitting .240 with 34 runs scored and their getting pitching has an 4.06 ERA.

#3 Stephen have to ask you about catcher Patrick Bailey whose hitting .309, with 3 home runs, and ten RBIs and is seventh best amongst MLB catchers with a .887 OPS.

#4 Stephen, talk about Blake Snell after three starts he’s on the 15 day IL. Snell with an 11.57 ERA. He struggled in those first three starts and had to come out of his last start suffering from adductor strain. The Giants put a lot of stock in him with a big contract.

#5 The Giants will embark on an 11 game road trip they’ll head to Boston starting Tuesday night for three games, then in Philadelphia for four games starting on Friday and concluding the road trip in Colorado for three games next week Tuesday. Talk about how you like the Giants chances against the Red Sox, Phillies and Rockies?

Stephen Ruderman is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Reynolds, Hayes slug back to back home runs in Pirates 4-3 win over Giants in 10 inning game

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Pittsburgh Pirates Ke’Bryan Hayes is congratulated by third base coach Mike Rabelo on the way home after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the tenth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Arp 27, 2024 (AP News photo)

Pittsburgh (14-14). 000 000 100 3. 4. 11. 1

San Francisco (13-15). 000 001 000 2. 3. 7. 2. 10 innings

Time: 2:46

Attendance: 34,841

Saturday, April 27, 2024

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–After last night’s come from behind walk off win against the Pirates, there was a good chance that tonight’s matchup between the two 12-13 teams would be a resounding let down. It wasn’t. This game featured top notch pitching, comebacks by both teams, and an ultimately deflating 4-3 loss for the home team. That loss dropped the Giants to two games below the .500 plateau, which they haven’t occupied since March 31, when they stood at 2-2.

The Pirates started with Martín Pérez, a lefty with 11 years’ experience in the American League, where he went 84-81, 4.44 for the Rangers, Twins, and Red Sox. and now in his first season in the senior circuit. He brought a record of 1-1, 3.45 to this evening’s contest.

That one loss came against his old team from Boston, when, on April 21, he got tagged for four runs, all earned, on six hits over the short span of four innings. Saturday night, he threw six masterful innings, in which he allowed one run, which was unearned, on four hits and two walks He notched four strikeouts and threw 81 pitches, 56 for strikes. He had to settle for a no decision that shrunk his earned run average to 2.86.

The Giants also went with a veteran, although not one as grizzled as Pérez. Jordan Hicks has been in the bigs since 2018 except for the COVID season of 2020, which he sat out while recovering from Tommy John surgery. His first team was St. Louis, who traded him to Toronto last July.

He signed with the Giants as a free agent in January. Hicks has remade himself from a fire balling reliever who once touched 105 mph twice in a single appearance. The 27 year old native of Texas dialed himself down and added to his arsenal, improving his control and lessening the strain and allowing him to pitch more innings, although he still is capable of rearing back and letting ‘er rip.

He took the mound at 2-1, 1.61 and left after six plus frames after a performance that resembled the one Pérez turned in. No Pirates crossed the plate. Hicks gave up four hits and nary a walk and recorded nine strikeouts. 62 of his 88 deliveries were counted as strikes.

The last batter he faced before giving way to Luke Jackson was Connor Joe. who eventually scored an unearned run. Hicks went home with a no decision, leaving him at 2-0 but an ERA reduced to 1.69.

The starters achieved this in spite of a total of six errors, three for each team while they were on the mound. The Giants, who drew first blood in the sixth, did it with the unearned run off Pérez after Nick Ahmed reached first on an error by shortstop Aklika Williams and eventually scored on a double by Wilmer Flores.

The Buccaneers restored the tie in the top of the seventh. Joe advanced to second on Jack Suwinski’s grounder to short that was ruled a single. Joey Bart reached on a fielder’s choice that sent Joe to third, and he scored on Rowdy Tellez’s sacrifice fly to left.

Colin Holderman kept San Francisco off the board in the eighth, and Josh Fleming retired the side in order in the eighth and got the first out in the bottom of the ninth. He then turned the ball over to Hunter Stratton.

Luke Jackson and Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth, respectively, and Camilo Doval allowed a hit but no runs in the top of the ninth.

Taylor Rogers came in to pitch the top of the tenth and undid his predecessors’ fine work. He allowed back to back home runs into the left field bleachers, Reynolds’ 387 foot, two run blast, his fourth homer of the year, that scored zombie runner Williams before him, and a 377 foot shot by Ke’ Bryan Hayes. Pittsburgh now was up, 4-3.

But the Giants hadn’t walked the plank yet. With David Bednar on the hump for the visitors, Jorge Soler sent a towering drive 433 into the left center field bleachers. Courtesy runner Patrick Bailey scored in front of him, bringing the Giants within a run of a tie. But Bednar recovered and, although Estrada managed an infield hit to third, fanned pinch hitters LaMonte Wade, Jr. and Mike Yastrzemski.

The win went to Stratron (1-0, 3,07) and the loss, to Tyler Rogers (0-1, 4.32).

Sunday, Giants and Pirates will stumble out of bed blurry eyed and bushed and into the ballpark for a day game after a night game. The probable pitchers are Jared Jones (2-2, 2.79) for Pittsburgh and Keaton Winn (2-3, 3.54) for San Francisco.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants Bailey finding his groove at the plate; Doval shuts the door on Bucs in ninth

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Camio Doval pitches to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the top of the ninth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Morris, the San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Baily ended the ball game on Friday night with a three run ninth inning walk off home run which ended a pitcher’s duel against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-0 win at Oracle Park.

#2 It was a scoreless game up until the bottom of the ninth and the Giants Michael Conforto walked and Matt Chapman followed up with a single and that brought up Patrick Bailey whose been seeing the ball well and whose hitting .300.

#3 Bailey said during the post game scrum that he’s tried to build his confidence at the plate. Bailey said he struggled with his confidence last season. So he’s confident going to the plate no matter what this season.

#4 Giants reliever Camilo Doval closed the door on the Pirates coming in in the ninth and pitching one inning giving up two hits with one walk and striking out one batter. Doval ended the game with a ball that went right back to the mound Doval threw home for the force and Bailey threw to first to retire the hitter. Doval gets the light show every time he gets the call and leaves the bullpen for the mound.

#5 San Francisco Giants RHP Jordan Hicks (2-0 ERA 1.61) gets the start against the Pittsburgh Pirates Martin Perez (1-1 ERA 3.45) first pitch 6:05pm PDT at Oracle Park.

Morris Phillips is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Bailey With A 3-Run Walk Off Gives San Francisco Giants A 3-0 Win Against The Pittsburgh Pirates

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Pittsburgh Pirates hitter Brian Reynolds (10) strikes out swinging with the bases loaded against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

Friday, April 26th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

Fresh from a rare home off day in the middle of a homestand, the  San Francisco Giants have reached the final series of their longest homestand of the year as they welcome in the Pittsburgh Pirates for three games beginning Friday night.

For San Francisco pitcher Kyle Harrison took the hill for his sixth start of the season pitched a gem shutting out the Pirates in a 3-0 win in front of a crowd of 37,110 at Oracle Park. Improved from his shortest outing of the season (4.0ip) vs. Arizona last Saturday.

Harrison facing the Pirates for the first time in his career…not one player on the Pirates has logged a plate appearance against Harrison in the regular season. Quinn Priester (0-1, 8.31) started for Pittsburgh pitching six innings no runs, three hits and seven strikeouts.

Harrison went six innings, five innings, seven strikeouts and no runs. Preister also went six innings, three innings, one walk, six strikeouts, and no runs as well. 

For the duration of the game, it was a scoreless game with at various times both teams scaring the pitchers, but to no avail. 

Pittsburgh had the bases loaded in both the seventh and ninth innings, but could not score. Brian Reynolds hit into a double play against Giants closer Camilo Doval (2-0) with the bases full and one out in the ninth. 

In the ninth Michael Conforto walked and Matt Chapman singled to begin the inning off reliever David Bednar (1-2). Bailey then knocked a 3-run homer to right field. 3-0 Giants win!!! “One thing this year I tried to build was just my confidence at the plate,” Bailey said. “I felt like I proved to myself last year that I could do it at this level, even with the struggles at the end. So that was my biggest thing this year was just going up confident every time no matter what.” Time of game was 2:23.

Next game for this series is Saturday night at 6:05pm PDT April 27th. Jordan Hicks (2-0, 1.61 ERA) was set to pitch for the Giants in the second game of the series against Martín Pérez (1-1, 3.45 ERA).

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Was Snell damaged goods before coming to San Francisco?

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell (left) departs from the mound after being lifted in the top of the fifth inning by manager Bob Melvin (right) against the Arizona Diamondback on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 Michael, pitcher Blake Snell had been rocked in his last two outings in Tampa Bay on Apr 14 giving up six hits and seven runs and on Apr 19 against Arizona giving up nine hits and five runs. He’s on the 15 day IL for an adductor strain. Watching him in his last start was there any indication to you he was in any kind of physical struggle or discomfort?

#2 Snell comes to the Giants on a two year deal for $62 million. He was the touted free agent in the off season and during spring training signing with the Giants during pre season. It was said that another MLB team didn’t want Snell and he was damaged goods. How much confidence did general manager Pete Putila have in signing a healthy Snell?

#3 In Wednesday’s matinee the New York Mets avoided getting swept by the Giants with a 8-2 win. After Snell’s scratch it turned into a bullpen game with Ryan Walker getting the start after pitching one inning of shutout ball he was lifted for Sean Hjelle who gave up two hits and three earned runs and reliever Landen Roupp faired no better giving up three hits and three earned runs in one and one third innings of work.

#4 The Mets Francisco Lindor went yard twice against Giant pitching with two home runs and helped the Mets end their three game losing streak. The Mets had lost the first two games of the three game series.

#5 The Pittsburgh Pirates come calling for the first of three games against the Giants on Friday night at Oracle Park. The Pirates are coming off a series with the Milwaukee Brewers and will start Quinn Priester (0-1 ERA 8.31) for the Giants Kyle Harrison 2-1 (ERA 5.00) for a 7:15pm PDT first pitch.

Join Michael for the Giants podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Mets Lindor takes Giant pitching deep twice in 8-2 win at Oracle

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New York Mets hitter Francisco Lindor slugs one of his two two run home runs in the top of the third inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Apr 24, 2024 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

New York (13-11). 021 300 002. 8 10 1

San Francisco (12-14). 000 000 101. 2. 8 1

Time:2:50

Attendance: 30,183

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–The Giants’ progress towards contention was proceeding at a Snell’s pace when the team announced that the pace setter, signed as a free agent late in spring training and today’s probable starter, had suffered a groin pull in his outing last Friday and been placed on the 15 day injured list, retroactive to the day of his injury. We should have suspected something like this when San Francisco bought the contract of the right handed reliever Mitch White on Saturday. Without adding him to the roster until yesterday.

The immediate result of this unfortunate turn of events was that this afternoon’s game between the heirs of the late New York Giants, which San Francisco lost, 8-2, was a bullpen game in which the home team failed in its bid to reach the .500 mark was thwarted.

Their opener was Ryan Waker, who hurled a 20 pitch scoreless first. He was followed by Sean Hjelle (2-2/3 innings, 3 runs, all earned, on three hits; Landen Loup (1-1/3 IP, three hiits, runs, and earned runs); Erik Miller (one inning, one. strikeout; Luke Jackson (one inning, one hit); Tyler Rogers (one inning, one hit); and new kid on the block, Mitch White (one inning, the ninth, two hits, and two runs, both of which came on Francisco Lindor’s second home run to right of the afternoon). Hjelle was the losing pitcher, and now is 0-1, 5.79.

The Mets entrusted their fortunes to a familiar figure on both sides of the bay, Sean Manaea,who was 1-1, 4.12 for his new team on Jamaica Bay. He held the Giants scoreless for 4-2/3 innings, but left two men on base for his successor, Reed Garrett.

Garrett got the out, and Manaea’s line for the day read no runs on four hits and four walks, with a half a dozen strike outs. He was not economical as shown by his 101 pitches, 58 of which were counted as strikes. He didn’t hurl enough innings to earn the win, but he did bring his ERA down to 3.33. Reed Garrett relieved him in the bottom of the fifth and was credited with the win, improving his season’s record to4-0, 0.71).

New York drew first blood in the top of the third on Brandon Nimmo’s one out walk and Francisco Lindor’s fourth home run of the season, a 382 shot over the right field wall, on an 0-2 knuckle curve by Hjelle. It came on an 0-2 count. The visitors’ stretched their lead in the fourth on Tyrone Taylor’s authoritative 406 foot blast off another of Hjelle’s knuckle curves. A fly out and an infield single later, and Hjelle was toast, replaced by Roupp.

Although Roupp stopped the bleeding in the fourth, the top of the fifth witnessed a hemorrhage of runs, starting with a two out walk to Pete Alonso, and followed by a hit batter, a walk, and a two run double by Tyrone Taylor, and Jeff McNeil’s single, and San Francisco was looking up at a six run New York lead.

The Giants finally managed to get someone to cross the plate when in their half of the seventh. Tyler Fitzgerald parked his first home run of the year, a 381 foot blast into the left center field bleachers off Garrett. who, after fanning Ahmed and Flores, surrendered a double to Conforto, and then was yanked in favor of Adam Ottavino, who caught Jorge Soler looking at a third strike.

After Lindor unloaded his ninth inning blast to make it 8-1, the Mets’ Edwin Díaz relieved Ottavino, who pitched a bizarre bottom of the ninth that featured Wilmer Flores getting thrown out at second trying to stretch a single with his team seven runs behind and Alonso’s overthrowing an soft to Díaz, covering first for what would have been the final out, which allowed LaMonte Wade, Jr., who had entered the game as a pinch hitter in the seventh and had eeked out an infield single in the ninth, to score the Giants’ second and final run.

The Giants have the day off Thursday and will start a three game series against Pittsburgh, here at Oracle Park on Friday the 26th at 7:15 in evening, with Kyle Harrison (2-1, 5.00) facing an as yet unnamed Pirate.

Webb extends scoreless streak to 19 innings in Giants 5-1 win over Mets at Oracle

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb has now extended his shutout streak to 19 innings against the New York Mets on Tue Apr 23, 2024 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

New York (12-11). 000 000 002. 1. 9. 0

San Francisco (12-13). 000 003. 02x. 5. 8. 0

Time: 2:10

Attendance: 25,453

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–Just before the start of the ninth inning of Monday night’s thriller between the Mets and the Giants, the lights went off in Oracle Park, and the fans were treated to a giant screen video extravaganza extolling the prowess of San Francisco’s closer, Camilo Doval.

It would have been a great advertisement for a time travel adventure film, taking us back to the days of the Roman Coliseum, where a decaying empire distracted the masses with bread and circuses. When the lighting returned and Doval made his real life entrance, his performance didn’t live up to the hype—what could?—although it was exciting.

But that was because Doval’s performance wasn’t very good. He got through the inning without allowing an earned run, but that was because the runner had reached base on a fielding error … by Camiilo Doval, who also unleashed a wild pitch and turned a 5-1 lead into a 5-2 win with the tying run at the plate.

In tonight’s 5-1 Giants triumph over the Met, Doval didn’t made his appearance until well into the top of the ninth .It was Tyler Rogers, who had pitched the eighth last night, who let the Mets narrow a 5-0 deficit to four runs with runners on the corners and only one down.

It was, unlike last night, a save situation for San Francisco’s closer. It took him all of five pitches to fan Joey Windel and get Omar Narváez to bounce out to Chapman, That earned Doval his third safe of the young season

Luis Severino, who started for the Mets, brought a 2-1, 2.14 record with him, which was a considerable improvement over his 4-8, 6.65 with the Yankees the previous year Indeed, the injury plagued Severino was at the tail end of a solid career with the Bronx Bombers, for whom he had been a two time all-star and compiled a record of 54-37, 3.79 over eight seasons.

This evening, he was in top form until the Giants got to him in the fifth inning. He ended up throwing six frames of five hit ball, allowing three runs, all earned, and striking out five. He didn’t issue any walks, and 91 pitches, 65 for strikes. He was the losing pitcher, and now has a record of 2-2, 2.67.

The Giants went with Logan Webb, their interim ace until Blake Snell finds his groove. He went into the game at 2-1, 2.93, and with this win went home at 3-1, 2.33. In his eight full innings of work, Webb shut New York out on six hits and a walk. He struck out four, and threw 106 pitches, 75 for strikes,

When Michael Conforto lofted a TexasLeague single to left to lead off the bottom of the fifth, he became San Francisco’s first base runner. Three Mets already had reached base safely, all on hits, but none had scored, partly because of some dazzling defense especialloy by Conforto and Thairo Estrada.

Matt Chapman, whose work at third would have stood out if it had hadn’t been eclipsed by Conforto and Estrada’s brilliance, shot a single to left that moved Conforto up to second.

After Patrick Bailey flew out to left, Estrada poked a single to left that scored Conforto and sent Chapman to third, allowing Etrada to advance to second on the throw. Mike Yastrzemski brought both of them home with his single to center, and just like that, San Francisco was up, 3-0.

Estrada continued to torment the visitors when he led off the home seventh with a triple off Drew Smith, who had come in to relieve Severino. He scored when Yaz, following him in the batting order, singled to right.

Two outs and a wild pitch later, LaMonte Wade, Jr. smacked a scorcher that bounced off Lindor’s glove at short and into left center field for an RBI double, giving the hosts a 5-0 lead. Jake Diekman replaced Smith and set the Giants down in order.

The score remained unchanged until the dramatic top of the ninth, when Tyler Rogers and Doval squelched New York’s efforts at a comeback.

Before the game, the Giants added right handed pitcher Mitch White to their roster. They had bought his contract from the Blue Jays n Saturday. To make room for him, Landen Roupe was optioned the AAA Sacramento River Cats/

The Giants will for a sweep of the series tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon, sending Blake Snell (0-3, 11.57) against the bay area favorite Sean Manaea, now 1-1, 4.12 for New York.