Tag: Baltimore Orioles

San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb grimaces after the Baltimore Orioles went to work on him. Webb’s line six innings, five hits, four runs, three walks, and six strikeouts at Camden Yard in Baltimore on Sat Apr 11, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

The Giants did not get blown off the field, which may have made this one even more irritating. For a while, they looked steady, sharp, and very much in position to keep their good stretch rolling. Heliot Ramos drove in a run in the second inning with a two-out single, then brought home another with a groundout in the fourth. That gave San Francisco both of its runs, and it briefly felt like the club had enough control to push this game in its own direction.

Instead, the offense stalled, the rhythm slipped, and a contest that was still within reach turned into a 6-2 loss. Ramos finished with two hits and both RBI, but the Giants could not find the extra swing that might have changed the shape of the game. Their three-game winning streak ended, and what started as a manageable afternoon slowly turned into one that felt like sand slipping through their fingers.

Logan Webb was not terrible, but he was not sharp enough to survive Baltimore’s growing pressure. He worked six innings, gave up five hits, and allowed four runs. That line tells part of the story, but not all of it. Webb had moments where he looked like the pitcher the Giants trust to settle a game and keep a lead in place.

He also had stretches where Baltimore forced him to pitch from a less comfortable spot. Gunnar Henderson tied the score with a run-scoring groundout early, then pushed the Orioles ahead with a solo homer in the third. Webb kept battling after that, yet the game never quite settled back down for him. When an ace is even a little off, good teams keep poking until something opens. That is exactly what happened here. Webb was not shelled, but he spent too much of the game reacting instead of dictating, and that usually means trouble.

The fourth inning was where the whole thing got weird, and the weirdness mattered. Ramos had just tied the game at 2-2, which should have given the Giants a clean reset. Instead, Baltimore answered with a messy, maddening sequence that seemed to suck the air out of San Francisco’s dugout.

On a ground ball to second, runner Dylan Beavers tried to leap over Luis Arraez and kicked him in the hand. Beavers was ruled out for interference, but because the play was called dead immediately, the batter remained safe at first even though Arraez still completed the throw in time.

That is the sort of baseball rule that can make perfectly sane people want to yell at a wall. The inning continued, Leody Taveras later scored, and the Orioles added two runs in all. Arraez stayed in briefly, got a hit in the fifth, then exited with a right wrist contusion. X-rays were negative, but the moment itself felt like more than a fluke. It changed the tone of the game and left the Giants chasing it.

San Francisco had chances after that, which is what keeps this loss from being dismissed as one of those days when nothing was possible. Things were possible. The Giants simply did not cash in often enough. Chris Bassitt, who had struggled badly in his first two starts of the season, lasted only 4 2/3 innings, allowed seven hits, and threw 89 pitches.

That should have been an opening. Instead, Baltimore’s bullpen slammed the door. The Giants stranded men in scoring position in the fifth and eighth innings and finished 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position. That stat is the kind that tells the truth without needing any decoration.

Seven hits against a starter who was still trying to find himself should have created more damage than two runs. It did not. San Francisco got traffic, but not traffic with purpose. The lineup kept knocking, but nobody came through with the big swing or the sharp line drive that could flip the game back.

Baltimore, meanwhile, got exactly the kind of production the Giants could not match. Jeremiah Jackson was the loudest problem in the room. He finished a triple short of the cycle, doubled home a run in the fourth, and later homered to add breathing room.

Henderson’s solo shot set the tone, Colton Cowser chipped in two hits, and Coby Mayo drove in two runs, first on a forceout and then with a single in the eighth. None of it looked accidental. The Orioles kept stacking useful at-bats, even while dealing with roster trouble.

Adley Rutschman had gone on the injured list with left ankle inflammation before the game, and Ryan Mountcastle exited early with left foot pain, but Baltimore still found enough offense to control the second half of the contest. For the Giants, that part stings too. They were not beaten by a club running at full strength and firing on all cylinders. They were beaten by a team that adapted faster and finished cleaner.

The Giants were not hopeless. They were not lifeless. They just were not good enough in the moments that decide games between capable teams. Ramos did his job. Webb battled. Arraez kept playing through pain until he could not.

But the lineup let a shaky starter escape, the defense got dragged into a bizarre turning point, and the bullpen could not keep the margin frozen long enough for a comeback. Games like this are annoying because they tease you with possibility before shutting the door. The Giants can walk away saying they were in it, and that is true. They also have to admit they left too much unfinished.

Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has been covering sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, Golden Bay Times.

San Francisco Giants Willy Adames slugs a third inning home run against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Fri Apr 10, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Baltimore Orioles (6-7) had a late game rally but came up short losing to the San Francisco Giants (6-8) 6-3. The Giants went into the ninth inning leading 6-1 but an Oriole home run off the bat of Gunnar Henderson for two runs made this game a bit closer but with two outs the Henderson homer made little difference when Adley Rutschman popped out for the third out. He left a runner stranded on second. Casey Schmitt led the Giants with three hits and the team put together 12 hits in the game.

Game recap: The Giants scored first to start the game but it did not come until the third inning. Willy Adames hit a solo home run for the early 1-0 San Francisco lead. The fourth inning was productive for both teams although more so for the Giants. Heliot Ramos singled Casey Schmitt home to extend the San Francisco lead to 2-0 followed by more work from Adames, a double, driving Ramos home taking a 3-0 lead. The Orioles would get up on the scoreboard in the same inning but continue to trail 3-1. Leody Taveras doubled Dylan Beavers home for the single run.

The Giants put the game pretty much on ice in the seventh inning scoring three more runs taking a 6-1 lead into the ninth inning. Schmitt doubled Matt Chapman home followed by a Jung Hoo Lee home run with Schmitt on base.

Landon Roupp pitched through six innings allowing five hits, one earned run, two walks with four strikeouts. He was relieved by Keaton Wynn who pitched a flawless seventh inning. In the eighth inning JT Brubaker took the mound but after walking two runners he was relieved after 2/3’s of an inning by Matt Gage. With the score remaining 6-1 going into the bottom of the ninth inning Blade Tidwell closed out the game for the Giants.

The Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning Henderson homered to right with Jeremiah Jackson on board for the two runs. It was just too little too late for Baltimore. The Giants finished the game with 12 hits with Schmitt hitting three of them. Adames, Chapman and Lee each had two hits. Some great hitting as well as solid pitching all contributed to this win.

Game notes: Friday evening the Giants began a three- game series with the Orioles in Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards. San Francisco came off a series win over the Phillies. They won two games of the three game series winning Wednesday afternoon 5-0 for their second consecutive shutout against the Phillies, in fact, the Phillies have not won a series in San Francisco since 2013.

In that game Rafael Devers was the difference-maker hitting a home run driving in four runs for the win in game three. Giants starting pitcher Robbie Ray was on the mound getting the shutout.

Friday night Giants starter Landen Roupp pitched six innings, five hits, one earned run, two walks and five strike outs., For Orioles starter Shane Baz went five innings, nine hits, allowed three runs, two walks and four strikeouts.

First pitch for game two of this series is scheduled for 4:15 PM Saturday night. Logan Webb will take the mound for the Giants with a 1-1 win/loss record and a 5.00 ERA. The Orioles will start Chris Bassitt with a 0-2 win/loss record and a 14.21 ERA.

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

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.