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NY’s Verlander in return shuts down SF in 4-1 win; Series even at 1-1

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The San Francisco Giants Luis Matos makes the catch against the centerfield padding in the bottom of the second inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York on Sat Jul 1, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jessica Kwong

NEW YORK. — San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani was retired after throwing a season-low three innings and allowing the New York Mets to score three homers in an inning, and the visiting team lost 4-1 at Citi Field on Saturday afternoon.

Good things came in threes for the Mets in the third.

Francisco Alvarez hit a home run to center field to put the Mets up 1-0. Immediately after, Brandon Nimmo homered to right field to boost New York up 2-0. Then Francisco Lindor hit a homer to center field to expand the lead to 3-0.

“I made mistakes and I just couldn’t put them away. Got the two strikes with them and yeah just couldn’t put them away, unfortunately,” said DeSclafani of the three-homer inning. “I made bad pitches and they torched them.”

Giants manager Gabe Kapler said that DeSclafani “wasn’t effective” on Saturday.

“We would’ve liked him to have seen him get through five innings for us and (Sean) Manea was prepared to give up some length and the lineup was set up for him to give us that length.”

In the fourth inning, Tommy Pham hit a ground ball to left field and Pete Alonso scored, putting the Mets up 4-0.

It took the Giants until the seventh inning to score a run. Thairo Estrada grounded into a double play and J.D. Davis scored, making it 4-1 Mets.

Kapler said that Mets starting pitcher Justin Verlander “pitched a phenomenal game” giving up five hits, striking out six and not allowing an earned run in seven innings.

“We weren’t able to score runs early on and one thing that I’m noticing is we’re putting together pretty good at-bats later in the game. Historically we do a really nice job in the first couple of innings in the game and right now we’re just a little short in that regard,” Kapler said. “The early parts of games are seemingly not as competitive as they can be and need to be for us to be a great team.”

The series is tied at 1-1 and first pitch for the third and final game is 4:10 p.m. PT.

Bailey goes deep for 3 run shot puts Giants over Mets 5-4 in nail biter

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The San Francisco Giants Patrick Bailey connects for an eighth inning home run to take the lead over the New York Mets at Citi Park in New York on Fri Jun 30, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jessica Kwong

NEW YORK. — In his first game in the Big Apple, Patrick Bailey hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to boost the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over the New York Mets at Citi Field on Friday night.

“Today was flat-out excellent,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said of the first in the three-game series. “So definitely fair to get excited about tonight.”

In the first inning, Jeff McNeil doubled on a line drive to left fielder Blake Sabol and Francisco Lindor scored, putting the Mets up 1-0.

Brandon Crawford singled on a line drive to center field and Sabol scored, tying the game at 1-1 in the second. In the bottom of the inning, Omar Narvaez hit a sacrifice fly to center field and Tommy Pham scored, allowing the Mets to regain a 2-1 lead.

But the Giants tied it again in the fifth inning when Wilmer Flores hit a home run to center field. San Francisco challenged a stadium boundary call but the call on the field was upheld. McNeil doubled to left field on fan interference and Brandon Nimmo scored, putting the Mets up 3-2.

It was a Giants fan responsible for the interference, and Blake Sabol went over to console him and gave him a fist pump.

“I felt bad for the kid there you know, he had a whole stadium booing him,” said Sabol. “I think he was just a kid excited at a baseball game.”

Giants starting pitcher Alex Cobb said Sabol is “a puppy, he’s got a big heart”.

In the sixth inning, Pham hit a homer to left field and expanded the Mets’ lead to 4-2.

Then Bailey hit his big homer to give San Francisco the lead. That wasn’t all he contributed, though. In the ninth in the catcher position, Bailey threw to shortstop Casey Schmitt as Starling Marte was caught stealing.

“Probably one of his quicker moves and fortunate the fast ball off, I was able to get a good throw,” Bailey said of the play.

The Giants (46-36) got their eighth win of the season when trailing at the end of the seventh inning. Meanwhile, the Mets (36-46) suffered their 13th blown lead loss this month which is the most in the majors in June.

Game two takes place on Saturday with first pitch at 1:10 p.m. PT. Giants right-handed pitcher Anthony DeSclafani (4-7, 4.28 ERA) is set to face right-handed pitcher Justin Verlander (2-4, 4.11 ERA).

Giants Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short Against Toronto Losing 2-1

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Toronto Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt was dealing agianst the San Francisco Giants. Bassitt went six innings, three hits and 12 strikeouts at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Thu Jun 29, 2023 (@ESPNStatsInfo photo)

Giants Ninth Inning Rally Falls Short Against Toronto Losing 2-1

By Barbara Mason

Thursday evening the San Francisco Giants (45-36) finished off their three game series against the Toronto Blue Jays (45-37) and were defeated by the Blue Jays 2-1.

The winner the Blue Jays came out on top in this three game series winning it two games to one.

Going into the sixth inning neither team was able to put up much offense. In the bottom of the inning everything would change for the Blue Jays. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would knock a Keaton Winn pitch out of the yard with Brandon Belt on base and Toronto took a 2-0 lead.

This game would go into the ninth inning with San Francisco’s last chance to rally. Patrick Bailey doubled and Blake Sabol singled him home, the score now 2-1. With two outs the Giants were down to their final strike with Brandon Crawford at the plate. The Giants rally in the ninth inning came up one run short.

San Francisco had five hits in this game but it was the Guerrero two run home run that made the difference in this game. This was a bit of a pitching duel between Keaton Winn and Chris Bassitt. Bassitt had been struggling but he came to play in this game giving up only three hits with 12 punch outs in an outstanding start through six innings. Winn allowed three hits giving up two runs and only three strikeouts. This was his first start.

Post game notes: The Giants took game one 3-0 and Toronto was the victor in game two with a 6-1 win to tie up the series. Thairo Estrada was a huge factor for the Giants in the game one win with two RBI’s handing San Francisco their 13th win in their last 15 games.

In Game Two the Blue Jays George Springer set the tone with the first of four Toronto doubles putting the stops on the Giants ten game road winning streak. Springer’s double came in the first inning and going into the second inning the Blue Jays had a 5-0 lead. The Jays came away a 6-1 winner on Wednesday night.

The Giants now travel to New York to take on the Mets who are having terrible struggles. They have only won three of their last 12 games and have fallen into fourth place in the NL East with a record of 36-44. They are 17 games out of first place. Alex Cobb will take the mound for San Francisco. He has a 5-2 win/ loss record and a 3.09 ERA. Carlos Carrasco will get the nod for the Mets with a 2/3 win/loss record and a 6.19 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 PM.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants ten game road win streak comes to an end in Toronto

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San Francisco Giants Logan Webb gave up eight hits on five runs in the loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Wed Jun 28, 2023 (@SFGiants photo)

On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 Toronto Blue Jays George Springer first of four Blue Jays doubles against the San Francisco Giants in a five run first inning.

#2 The Blue Jays put a stop on the Giants ten game road win streak but what a streak it was for the Giants.

#3 The Giants injury bug is piling up Michael Conforto left with a left hamstring pull in the first inning do you see him being day to day and returning to line up soon.

#4 Talk about Logan Webb’s performance going five innings, eight hits and five earned runs was it a matter of Webb being off with his pitches or the Blue Jays just saw the ball well on Wednesday night.

#5 Starters for Thursday night’s conclusion of this series for San Francisco starter to be announced by manager Gabe Kapler most likely a opener game and for the Blue Jays Chris Bassitt (7-5 ERA 4.32) a 4:07PM PT first pitch.

Five-run Blue Jays first burns Webb, as historic road winning streak comes to end at ten games for Giants 5-1

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

San Francisco Giants 1 (45-35)

Toronto Blue Jays 6 (44-37)

Win: Bowden Francis (1-0)

Loss: Logan Webb (7-7)

Time: 2:11

Attendance: 36,685

San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb (62) and catcher Patrick Bailey (14) meet with pitching coach Andrew Bailey (84) at Rogers Centre in Toronto against the Blue Jays on Wed Jun 28, 2023 (USA Today photo)

By Stephen Ruderman

The Toronto Blue Jays (44-37) took the second game of the series with a 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants (35-45) tonight in Toronto thanks to a five-run bottom of the first inning against Logan Webb, ending the Giants’ 10-game road winning streak, which was the single-longest in the Giants’ 66-year history in San Francisco.

Blue Jays’ reliever, Trevor Richards, took the ball in what was a bullpen game for Toronto, and the Giants threatened in the top of the first, as LaMonte Wade Jr. singled on a ground ball to left field to start the game, and got to second on a wild pitch by Richards. Joc Pederson walked with two outs, but Patrick Bailey struck out looking to end the inning, and the Giants were unable to come through.

Coming into tonight, Webb had only allowed four earned runs in a game once since April 17—June 7 at Coors Field—but his luck ran out immediately, as George Springer led off the bottom of the first with a double. The Blue Jays went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position on Tuesday, but that would not be an issue for them tonight.

Bo Bichette singled in Springer, followed by a double off the bat of Brandon Belt that knocked in Bichette. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third, and Matt Chapman got Belt to third on a flyout to right, but back-to-back doubles by Matt Chapman and Daulton Varsho extended the Blue Jays’ lead to 4-0.

Whit Merrifield then knocked in Varsho with a bloop double to right field, as Merrifield was able to get into second due to the slow reaction by Giants’ right-fielder, Michael Conforto, who left the game with left hamstring tightness after the end of the inning. Conforto is listed day to day with a tight left hamstring.

“I don’t think it was about Logan; I think it was about [the Blue Jays’] hitters,” said Gabe Kapler. “They did a nice job of jumping on [Webb’s] pitches early in counts, and getting just enough barrel on it. Some of them were hit really hard, and some of them were just finding holes.”

Blue Jays’ reliever, Trevor Richards, took the ball in what was a bullpen game for Toronto, and threw three shutout innings, while striking out five, as he set down the final six men he faced.

Bowden Francis came in for the fourth, and the Giants hung in there, as they led off each of the four innings that Francis pitched with hits. Austin Slater led off the top of the fifth with a home run to right-center to put the Giants on the board, but the Giants were unable to do anything with their other leadoff hits.

Meanwhile, Logan Webb settled down after a nightmare bottom of the first, and ended up going five innings, as he allowed no runs on just two hits over his next four innings. Ross Strippling came in for Webb in the bottom of the sixth, and pitched a 1-2-3 inning; but he gave up a run in the seventh, as Cavan Biggo doubled with one out, and George Springer immediately singled him in to make it 6-1.

Toronto went to the left-hander, Trent Thorton, in the eighth, which was mostly uneventful, but LaMonte Wade hit a one-out single to left for his third hit of the night. The Blue Jays put two runners on against Strippling in the bottom of the eighth, but were unable to score.

Yimi Garcia then came in for the top of the ninth, and he pitched a 1-2-3 inning to close it out.

The Giants have yet to decide who will take the mound tomorrow for a 4:07 start, as they will try and bounce back to take the series. The Blue Jays will start right hander Chris Bassitt (7-5 ERA 4.32) at Rogers Centre.

Giants Get Back Into Win Column With 3-0 Shutout Over Blue Jays

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By: Mary Anne

The San Francisco Giants opened their six-game road trip with a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday. The Giants returned to the win column with a 3-0 shutout over the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. San Francisco improved to 45-34, while Toronto fell to 43-37.

The Giants’ starting lineup featured LaMonte Wade Jr., Joc Pederson, J.D. Davis, Michael Conforto, Blake Sabol, Thairo Estrada, Patrick Bailey, Brandon Crawford, Luis Matos, and Ryan Walker. Walker pitched just one inning but gave up two hits and three strikeouts.

After four scoreless innings, San Francisco finally got on the board. Patrick Bailey doubled on a line drive to George Springer. Thairo Estrada scored for a 1-0 Giants lead in the top of the fifth inning. Bailey’s double was his eighth of the regular season.

The Giants added two runs in the top of the ninth inning. Thairo Estrada doubled on a sharp fly ball to Whit Merrifield. Joc Pederson and J.D. Davis scored for a 3-0 Giants lead. Estrada’s double was his 18th of the regular season.

The Giants held on to their 3-0 lead to end the ballgame. Giants pitcher Alex Wood pitched five innings and gave up five hits and seven strikeouts. Wood won and improved to 3-2 and a 4.52 ERA.

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman pitched six innings and gave up three hits, one earned run, one walk, and 12 strikeouts. Gausman took the loss and fell to 7-4 and a 3.01 ERA. Gausman’s a former San Francisco Giant who played for the team from 2020-21.

Notes
Giants infielder Wilmer Flores was reinstated from the ten-day injured list on Monday.

Giants second baseman Isan Díaz was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after postgame Sunday.

Triple-A Sacramento pitchers Kyle Harrison and Carson Whisenhunt were selected to play in the 2023 All-Star Futures Game on Saturday, July 8, at 4:00 pm Pacific.

Up Next
The Giants and Blue Jays will face off again in a middle game on Wednesday, June 28, at 4:07 pm Pacific.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Giants-Blue Jays open 3 game set in Toronto tonight

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San Francisco Giants second baseman Thairo Estrada, left, throws to first as Arizona Diamondbacks’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (12) slides into second on a double play hit into by Evan Longoria during the fourth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jun 25, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Stephen:

#1 Stephen the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided getting swept by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. The Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson struck out six hitters in seven innings as Arizona a first place team won by three runs 5-3.

#2 The Diamondbacks Ketel Marte contributed two hits and a home run for the second straight game, Christian Walker hit for his tenth straight game with an RBI double showing that these Diamondbacks can reach in and get those critical hits when they need to.

#3 The Giants picked up a run in the bottom of the eighth inning and got the bases loaded on a Patrick Bailey infield hit. It was Blake Sabol who walked before Bailey’s at bat rounded second base and JD Davis who was already on third base waved at Sabol to get back to second but Sabol got tagged out ending the inning.

#4 Stephen the Giants did have a successful series against the Diamondbacks taking the first two games, they are on a successful run winning 12 of their last 14 games and they did it with some eight key players on the IL list.

#5 The Giants now open up a three game series in Toronto on Tuesday night, the Blue Jays are coming off a three game sweep of the Oakland including Sunday’s 12-1 beating of the A’s. The Giants will start rookie righthander Ryan Walker (2-0-ERA 1.89) the Jays have not decided on a starter as of press time a 4:07pm PT first pitch.

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San Francisco Giants day off report: Giants Travel to Toronto for Upcoming Series Tuesday

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San Francisco Giants’ Michael Conforto hits a single during the fourth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Park in Milwaukee on Thu May 25, 2023. Conforto leads the Giants in home runs (AP file photo)

Giants Travel to Toronto for Upcoming Series Tuesday

By Barbara Mason

Things for the most part have been going very well for the San Francisco Giants (44-34). Not to long ago the Giants were a number of games under five hundred and they have totally turned that around. They won a series against the San Diego Padres last week and most recently took a series from the division leading Arizona Diamondbacks.

After previous struggles the team is now pulling off come-from-behind wins, they often take early leads; they have an enviable defense not to mention their offense which is cranking on all cylinders. The Giants have moved ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers and look ahead to a series starting this Tuesday with the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Although the Blue Jays are favored, the way this club is playing right now this series could go either way. Toronto’s starting lineup will be a challenge for the Giants with George Springer, Matt Chapman, Cavan Biggio, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. These guys will keep the San Francisco defense very busy. San Francisco does have some offensive “giants” of their own with Thairo Estrade. J.D. Davis, Luis Matos, Michael Conforto and LaMonte Wade Jr. The team will be without Mike Yastrzemski who is on a 10-day IR with a left hamstring injury.

Starting pitcher for the Giants was undecided at the time of this posting. The Giants Michael Conforto leads the Giants with 12 home runs and a batting average of .285. J.D. Davis has the most RBI’s. Bo Bichette leads the Blue Jays with a .318 batting average and also has 14 homeruns to his credit this season. Toronto will send Kevin Gausman to the mound with a 3.10 ERA and a 7-3 win/loss record.

First pitch for this series on Tuesday is scheduled for 4:07 PM

Diamondbacks Avoid Sweep With 5-2 Victory Over The Giants

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San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey catches a ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte during the sixth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jun 25, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Troy Ewers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA– With a crowd of 35,766 fans on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, the first place in the NL West Arizona Diamondbacks got a win to avoid a sweep in this three game series against the second place San Francisco Giants on Sunday 5-2.

The two men on the mound Ryan Nelson of Arizona and Anthony DeSclafani of San Francisco faced off and the Diamondbacks got on DeSclafani early. In the first inning Christian Walker extended his hitting streak to ten games with an RBI double that scored Ketel Marte making it 1-0 for Arizona.

The second inning was no different for DeSclafani as a Jake McCarthy single would score Alek Thomas, but the inning would end right after that with DeSclafani picking off McCarthy at first, but the damage was done, 2-0 D-Backs.

The next three innings the pitchers kept the bats quiet, but in the sixth inning the Giants woke up and finally got on the board with a J.D. Davis single that scored Thairo Estrada making the game 2-1. This had the Giants fans ready for the comeback victory, but in the eighth inning Ketel Marte hit a two run home run off Tristan Beck and that was the insurance Arizona needed to take it home.

JD Davis hit another single that scored Estrada to make it 4-2, but the damage was done, especially after a baserunning mistake by Blake Sabol that stopped the rally dead in its tracks. In the ninth Perdamo hit a single to score Longoria and insure a victory, but the Giants didn’t go out quietly.

A Matos single and long Slater at bat which included two deep foul balls and ended in a walk, would ignite the crowd into a roar to hopefully lead their Giants to victory, but Estrada grounded into a fielder’s choice and the game was over.

With the win for Arizona and they secure 2.5 games above the Giants in the NL West. Not all negatives to look at for the Giants coming out of the game, they finish the homestand with a 5-2 record.

The Giants have an off day Monday, but after that go into a three game series against the Toronto Blue Jays (pitchers not yet announced) on Tuesday, who beat the Oakland A’s today 12-1 and the Giants look to have a different fate than their counterparts across the bridge.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants aim to sweep Diamondbacks concluding series at Oracle Park today

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San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos (29) is tagged out by Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker (53) on a pick off during the fourth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jun 25, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 Giants have won 12 out of their last 13 games on a roll and have secured their fourth consecutive series and can pick up their fourth sweep in their last six series.

#2 This team is rolling their 12 wins out of their last 13 games during the Jun 11-24 stretch is tied for their San Francisco best in a 13 game stretch.

#3 The Giants now have the second best winning percentage in baseball behind the Atlanta Braves who are 16-4 .800. The Giants have come back from early deficits winning sic of their last eight games.

#4 The Giants do have a compiled injury list of pitcher Scott Alexander, pitcher John Breddia, pitcher Alex Cobb, infielder Wilmer Flores, outfielder Mitch Haniger, outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, pitcher Luke Jackson and Wade LaMonte Jr.

#5 Giants conclude this three game series with the Diamondbacks and the Diamondbacks are starting Ryne Nelson (3-4 ERA 5.31) and for the Giants Anthony DeSclafani 4-6 ERA 4.38) a 1:05 pm PT first pitch.

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