en-us SportSpyder - San Francisco Giants (NBC Sports Bay Area) https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/sources/14182/news SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants didn’t take batting practice on Monday afternoon, opting for a lighter day since they arrived in San Francisco at around 4 a.m. following . But just about every player took to the field in the afternoon to get some work in, and as those sessions came to a close, manager Tony Vitello walked back to the clubhouse with right-hander Keaton Winn. Whatever Vitello heard in that conversation was apparently enough. Four hours later, Vitello turned to Winn for a third straight day, and it cost him. Winn looked tired, hanging splitters and displaying less than his usual command, and the Washington Nationals scored three runs in the top of the ninth for that was a gut punch to a Giants group that looked poised for a fifth win in six games. Vitello was left to answer for it, and while he wasn’t given much bullpen depth in his first year in the big leagues, he did have some other options Monday. Dylan Smith has very little MLB experience, but he looked right at home while picking up the save Sunday night, and he was relatively fresh. The better option was Logan Webb, who was at 99 pitches through eight innings. While , this was his third start back, and there was certainly more in the tank. Vitello chose neither, going with Winn, who had pitched on back-to-back days just three times this season before this three-game stretch. “He’s got, you know, experience of it going his way and not going his way, so he goes out there,” Vitello said of the decision to go with Winn. “And then as we navigate through the inning there’s obviously some situations in there you don’t want strikes, but we provided strikes, so to me that was kind of the difference maker.” Tony Vitello explains his decision to go with Keaton Winn instead of Logan Webb in the ninth inning — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Winn hung splitters to CJ Abrams and Daylen Lile, and they drove in the three runs the Nationals needed. Those pitches showed fatigue, and it’s easy to explain. Winn is a converted starter and one of the strongest men in the clubhouse, but he threw 63 pitches over the last three days. While Winn does have some experience in the ninth, it’s all recent. In an odd way, Webb was the more experienced option. He has three complete games in his career and Winn has just two saves. Webb said he didn’t know what his pitch count was when he got back to the dugout after the eighth. Pitching coach Justin Meccage shook his hand and he figured his night was done, but then Vitello came over and asked how he was feeling. Webb told him it was up to him to make a call for the ninth, and a few minutes later Vitello returned and told him he would go with the bullpen. Webb said he “felt good” physically but understood the decision. “I was excited to watch Keaton throw,” he said. “We scored two there (in the eighth). It’s just unfortunate the way that inning unfolded.” "I don't regret that decision at all." Logan Webb discusses how he felt after eight strong innings tonight — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) The 40th loss of the 2026 MLB season had roots in the offseason, when the front office , signing only Jason Foley and Sam Hentges, both coming off shoulder surgeries. On Monday, the Giants paused Foley’s rehab assignment in Triple-A. His velocity has been down and he said he’s feeling shoulder fatigue. The front office was right about Winn’s potential, and Caleb Kilian has been a good find. But it’s not enough, and it was easy to see nights like this one coming. Vitello repeatedly used Winn, Kilian and Erik Miller on the trip and over the weekend, and Kilian was unavailable Monday. At the end against the Nationals, it was either Winn or Smith, who was picked up in a minor trade at the end of spring training. Vitello said Smith was going to get the 10th if it went that far. The first-year manager is playing short-handed every night, and there appear to be no solutions on the horizon. Ryan Walker has pitched well , but the Giants seem in no rush to bring him back. Monday would have been an obvious day for a return, and they certainly could have used another experienced option instead of carrying three long relievers, but there were no roster moves when they returned home. Vitello said in the afternoon that Walker — who has allowed one run in seven appearances in Triple-A — . Among other things, the Giants would like to see him get more comfortable throwing multiple innings in an outing, although that doesn’t really make sense given his history and the needs of this current bullpen. The one thing the Giants do have is guys who can give them some length. On Monday night, Vitello went with what he had available. More often than not this year, it hasn’t worked out, but he said he didn’t feel impacted by the lack of a closer, an issue that has kept the Giants from finding any semblance of momentum even as the lineup has finally gotten going. “We’d be handcuffed as a coaching staff if we didn’t have a good team,” Vitello said. “We’ve got a go... Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:46:23 GMT Alex Pavlovic https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56889793 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56889793 false false SAN FRANCISCO — The Washington Nationals are the highest-scoring team in baseball. The Giants have that honor over the past month, and they in which they averaged nearly seven runs per game. Naturally, the first game of their series at Oracle Park was a pitcher’s duel most of the night, but things got wild in the late innings. The Giants took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, but the Nationals countered with three in the top of the ninth. Jung Hoo Lee’s fourth hit of the night got the tying run to third in the bottom of the inning, but Bryce Eldridge struck out. The 4-3 loss was a gut punch, and came on a night when the Giants seemed poised to . The offenses combined for just two runs through the first seven innings, but the Giants broke through in the bottom of the eighth with a rally that started with Lee’s third hit of the night. After an error got him to second, Lee scored the go-ahead run on an opposite-field double from Eldridge. They tacked on an insurance run with a squeeze bunt from rookie Jonah Cox, but they needed more. THE BRYCE IS RIGHT 🤑 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Manager Tony Vitello turned to Keaton Winn for a third straight day, and he might have run out of gas. A double, hit-by-pitch and passed ball put two runners in scoring position, and CJ Abrams tied the game by hitting an elevated sinker up the middle. Daylen Lile’s single put the Nationals on top and ended Winn’s night. the lead will always reveal itself to us — Washington Nationals (@Nationals) Look Who’s Back Webb made it through eight innings for the first time this season and did it on just 99 pitches. The timing couldn’t be better; the bullpen was a bit worn down after the weekend series at Wrigley Field, and Vitello figured he would be without some of his high-leverage arms. Webb struck out seven and scattered five hits. The only run came in the sixth, when James Woods singled with two outs, stole second, and scored on a single by Luis Garcia Jr. Logan Webb. That is all. — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Webb has allowed just two runs in three starts . He lowered his ERA to 3.88. Can’t Slow Him Down Lee bounced a single through the right side in his second at-bat, extending his hitting streak to 16 games. It’s the longest by a Giant since Donovan Solano barreled his way to a hit in 17 consecutive games in front of the cardboard cutouts in 2020, and longest by one of their outfielders since Angel Pagan had a hit in 19 consecutive games in 2016. Jung Hoo Lee extends his hitting streak to 16 games 🔥 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) The Nationals tried to change it up before his next at-bat and brought lefty reliever Mitchell Parker into the game. Lee lined his second pitch up the middle to pick up his 30th hit in the last 16 games. He got No. 31 in the eighth when he hit a slow roller in front of the plate and beat it out and then singled again in the ninth, raising his average to .333. Making It Hurt The game-tying rally in the bottom of the sixth certainly will lead to some second-guessing in the Nationals clubhouse. Miles Mikolas was absolutely cruising and had thrown 41 of 54 pitches for strikes, but rookie manager Blake Butera went to lefty Mitchell Parker with two outs in the sixth and the Nationals leading 1-0. The Giants had lefties coming up, but both Lee and Eldridge singled, getting a good matchup for Matt Chapman. His 112.1 mph single to left tied the game. Clutch Chappy comes through again 😤 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) The Eldridge single was particularly noteworthy. The rookie is now 6-for-14 off lefties this season — the Giants happen to face lefty starters in the final two games of this series. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:56:10 GMT Alex Pavlovic https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56889629 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56889629 false false There’s a new prospect to keep an eye on in the Giants’ farm system, and his name is . The has hit a home run in each of his last four games with the . Davidson also hit five total home runs in his last six games in Double-A against the Erie SeaWolves. Bo Davidson is absolutely DIALED IN‼️ Make it FOUR DAYS IN A ROW with a homer and FIVE in this series! — Richmond Flying Squirrels (@GoSquirrels) Davidson is the first player in Flying Squirrels history to hit a home run in four consecutive games. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound lefty also has picked up at least one RBI in six straight appearances, which is one game shy of the , per Richmond’s Broadcaster & Director of Communications, Trey Wilson. Former Giants player Clay Timpner set the record for the longest RBI streak in Flying Squirrels history with seven in 2010, a mark later tied by current Giants outfielder Victor Bericoto in 2024. In addition to his home run streak, Davidson currently is on a six-game hitting streak and an eight-game on-base streak. This season, Davidson is batting .265/.310/.500 with 11 home runs and 34 RBI in 44 games. After batting only .243 in April and May with six home runs, Davidson is slashing .385 and has hit five home runs in June so far. With his bat heating up during the summer, it will come as no surprise if the North Carolina native starts moving up the ranks sooner rather than later. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:02 GMT Florito Maniego https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56884777 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56884777 false false The Giants currently still are 12 games under .500, but things might be starting to turn around for the Orange and Black. Following his game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning of San Francisco’s on Sunday, stated that the team remains optimistic about changing the trajectory of its disappointing start to the 2026 MLB season so far. “I think everybody is still believing,” Chapman told NBC Sports’ Anthony Rizzo on “We started off slow, and it’s easy to get down. I mean, hitting is hard, and you can make things big deals, and you can all get in a rut, but if you believe and we keep working and grinding, we have enough veteran guys, so we know it’s a long season, and it shows. We had a slow first month, but we’re coming, and there’s a lot of baseball left.” Along with winning two out of their three contests against the Cubs, the Giants have won four of their last five games ahead of their upcoming homestand starting on Monday versus the Washington Nationals. Since May 10, San Francisco has , averaging 5.5 runs per game, which leads all of MLB. As a team during that time span, the Giants also are batting .277/.331/.487 with 117 extra-base hits and 41 home runs in 27 games. During the team’s previous 40 games, San Francisco was averaging .242/.287/.362 and 3.3 runs per game, and only hit 27 home runs. Chapman has been a massive contributor to the Giants’ success at the plate and has become one of the team’s hottest hitters. Over his last four games, the star third baseman is batting .583 with 12 RBI and two home runs. Along with other hitters such as Jung Hoo Lee and Luis Arráez getting into a groove, the Giants are in a much better position to win more games and turn their season around. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:31:53 GMT Florito Maniego https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56883762 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56883762 false false SAN FRANCISCO — For , the Giants went to extra innings at Wrigley Field. This time they were able to avoid a walk-off. Matt Chapman drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th and right-hander Dylan Smith kept the Chicago Cubs off the board in the bottom of the inning as the Giants won 2-1, taking the three-game series and finishing with a 5-5 road trip. The road trip was their best by record since their first one, when they won two of three against the San Diego Padres. Chappy puts the Giants in front 🙌 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Smith picked up his first career save in . He struck out Michael Conforto and then got a pair of pop-ups with the tying run on third. The Giants had on Friday and then went down quietly Saturday. In the series finale, they didn’t waste any time getting back on the scoreboard. A walk of Rafael Devers and single by Luis Arraez got them going in the top of the first, and Jung Hoo Lee drove Devers in with a single. The Cubs tied it up in the third, setting up a battle of two tired bullpens. After starter Jameson Taillon left in the second with a hamstring strain, the Cubs got 6 1/3 dominant relief innings from Javier Assad, who allowed just one hit and took the ball to the top of the eighth. Trevor McDonald handed it over to JT Brubaker and Caleb Kilian, who took the tie game to the bottom of the eighth, which turned into a wild frame. Erik Miller ran into trouble right away, walking the leadoff batter and then making an errant throw on an infield single, which put runners on the corners with no outs. Alex Bregman hit a liner to first that found Devers, and pinch-runner Kevin Alcantara inexplicably broke for the plate. He was easily doubled off and the Giants escaped. The Cubs got the winning run to second in the bottom of the ninth, but this time Keaton Winn won the battle with Pete Crow-Armstrong. A day after hitting a game-tying homer in the ninth, the center fielder grounded out to first. The Giants had just one hit over the final eight innings of regular ball, but Chapman opened the 10th with a single to right that brought Jonah Cox home from second. He’s Going Streaking Lee didn’t waste any time extending his hitting streak, lining a single to center in the first inning to put his hitting streak at 15 games. He finished the game with a .323 average, which is third in the National League. Jung Hoo Lee stays HOT and gets the Giants on the board 🔥 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Lee was batting .265 at the start of the hitting streak, but the string of multi-hit days have given him at least an outside shot to be in consideration for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game if he can stay hot. He entered the day ranked 13th among NL outfielders in wRC+ and 17th in fWAR. Lee also stole his second base of the series — and the season. He didn’t even have an attempt until Saturday, and that’s certainly an area where the Giants hoped Lee would be much more impactful. Lee is right at league-average in sprint speed, but he stole 10 bases last year and regularly reached double-digits in the KBO. Trevor Delivers McDonald had allowed at least three runs in each of his previous three starts, but he went five innings Sunday night and gave up just the one early run. The rookie allowed four hits, walked three and struck out six while leaning heavily on his slider. McDonald got six whiffs on the pitch, and it finished off half of his strikeouts. The biggest one came in the fourth, when he loaded the bases ahead of No. 9 hitter Carson Kelly. The catcher has been an ABS master, but he expanded the zone and swung through a filthy slider that ended up well out of the zone glove-side. McDonald has allowed exactly one earned run in three of his seven starts. He lowered his ERA to 4.15 and his FIP to 3.51. Everyday Bryce Tony Vitello certainly has changed the way , and that helped the Giants have a huge offensive trip, even if it wasn’t a season-altering one overall. Eldridge appeared in all 10 games and started nine of them, including all three at Wrigley Field. Eldridge was 0-for-3 with a walk on Sunday but still returns home in a much better place. He had 15 hits and four walks on the trip, raising his average to .280 and his wRC+ to 126. Most importantly, Eldridge continued to somewhat limit his strikeouts, going down eight times in 41 plate appearances. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:54:12 GMT Alex Pavlovic https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56878687 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56878687 false false The Giants are at Wrigley Field to play the Chicago Cubs this weekend, which means a beloved tradition is back. , San Francisco sent their rookies — including first-time MLB manager Tony Vitello — on a morning coffee run for the team One Chicago fan was lucky enough to spot the journey in person, capturing photos of the Giants’ youngsters (in regards to major league service time), each in full uniform carrying several coffees. Now I was lucky enough to run into the traditional "Rookie Coffee Run" by the rookies this morning! It's always been on my photo bucket list to witness and take some photos of it. ☕ — Cory Sechrest (@CorySechrest) Every morning is better with a cup or two of coffee ☕ — Cory Sechrest (@CorySechrest) Even rookie managers can participate in the Rookie Coffee Run ☕ — Cory Sechrest (@CorySechrest) One Giants rookie, top prospect Bryce Eldridge, even had some fun with intrigued passersby. Per , when people filmed the team on their coffee run, Eldridge decided to film them back, saying he “felt like Justin Bieber.” Bryce Eldridge says everyone in the street was filming them so he was filming people back. “I felt like Justin Bieber,” he says. — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) At least they got to use the credit card of Matt Chapman — who certainly can afford it with — according to another rookie, Carson Seymour. This is so wholesome — trev (@BayAreaTrev) For once, Drew Gilbert didn’t seem all that pleased. He’ll have to wait until he graduates next season to put a smile back on his face. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:36:23 GMT Will Simonds https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56874436 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56874436 false false SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants were one out away from their first four-game winning streak of the 2026 MLB season, but Pete Crow-Armstrong spoiled their plans. The Chicago Cubs center fielder tied Saturday’s game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Giants went on to lose 3-2 in the bottom of the 10th. Michael Busch singled to right and Dansby Swanson raced home from second as the ball scooted past rookie Victor Bericoto. With the loss, the Giants dropped to 4-5 on the road trip. . ARE YOU DOING OKAY?! — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) For most of the day, the Giants had nothing going against Ben Brown, who has been Chicago’s best starter. But they immediately got going when Brown was removed after his 87th pitch. Rafael Devers greeted reliever Caleb Thielbar with a rocket into the bleachers in right, but Pete Crow-Armstrong answered right back with his own solo shot. "One swing could end up deciding this game" — Dave Flemming, moments before a Rafi bomb 💣 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) and on that note, vote pete. 😌 — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) The Cubs loaded the bases in that inning but didn’t score. They did it again in the seventh, but Erik Miller struck out Alex Bregman with a buried slider. That allowed the Giants to again take the lead. Erik Miller escapes the jam 😈 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Jung Hoo Lee singled with one out in the top of the ninth and went to third on Bryce Eldridge’s hard single to right. Matt Chapman followed with a fly ball to center that was deep enough to bring Lee across for the go-ahead run on a day when the flags were blowing in at Wrigley Field and runs were hard to come by. Chappy comes through with a go-ahead sac fly 👏 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Tony Vitello tried to get five outs from Winn, his current closer, and it was going well until Crow-Armstrong launched a splitter out to right to send the game to extras. WE ARE TIED, CHICAGO. — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) Back To Normal Landen Roupp needed 23 pitches to get through the first inning, but settled in and was still out there in the sixth. After giving up the solo homer, he let the go-ahead runner get to second but then did some of his best work. Roupp threw a nasty 3-2 changeup below the zone to strike out Michael Busch, the No. 3 hitter, and then struck out Bregman on a curveball. The strikeouts were his fourth and fifth of his day. Landen Roupp, Nasty 89mph Changeup. 👌 — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) In 13 starts this season, Roupp has allowed fewer than two earned runs seven times. Saturday’s strong outing got his ERA back to an even 4.00 and FIP to 3.02. Still Streaking Lee extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single to right in the seventh inning. It’s the longest current streak in Major League Baseball. Jung Hoo Lee is on an all-time heater right now 🔥 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Lee has 27 hits over the 14 games, raising his average from .265 to .324 and putting himself in position to possibly compete for a batting title. The outfielder is currently fourth in the NL, behind Philadelphia’s Brandon Marsh, Miami’s Otto Lopez and teammate Luis Arraez, who is trying to win his fourth batting title. The Giants haven’t won one since 2012, when Buster Posey did it en route to his only MVP award. Wrigley Return It’s been nearly five years since the Giants sent Caleb Kilian and Alexander Canario in one of the biggest moves of the Farhan Zaidi Era. Kilian made just eight appearances for the Cubs over three seasons, but he got to take the mound against his former teammates on Saturday. Kilian replaced Roupp with the go-ahead run on second in the sixth inning and gave up an infield single before getting out of the jam. He came back out for the seventh and retired the two batters he faced. Kilian had a brutal start to the trip in Colorado, but he has responded with four straight scoreless appearances. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:59:39 GMT Alex Pavlovic https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56869392 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56869392 false false The addition of the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system has been a major storyline for the 2026 MLB season. Reviews have been largely positive, but it has been a as they learn to best utilize the new rules. A little over a third of the way through the regular season, let’s check in on how the Giants and Athletics are faring with their ABS challenges compared to other organizations. On one hand, the Giants haven’t been particularly effective contesting balls and strikes. Their 25th of 30 teams entering Saturday, June 6; the . Breaking it up by situation, San Francisco is right in the middle of the pack in successful challenges by batters at 46.8 percent (14th, league average is 46.7 percent). But with the Giants as the fielding team — when overturn rates typically are much higher — they fall to 25th in MLB at 48.4 percent (average is 58.1 percent). Patrick Bailey has been one of the better catchers at ABS challenges with a 60 percent success rate, but he’s now in Cleveland after being The rest of the Giants’ backstops have been successful on just under half of their challenges, and San Francisco pitchers are 0-for-3 on appeals this season. On the hitting side, Bryce Eldridge (4-for-4) and Jung Hoo Lee (4-for-5) have used their challenges well, while Rafael Devers (0-for-5) has not, which coincides with his . The Athletics, meanwhile, definitely have taken advantage of the ABS challenge system, as their 82 successful challenges ranks third in MLB. Their batters have been especially good at challenging, ranking second with a 57.6 percent success rate; as a team, the A’s are ninth in the league with 56.2 percent of their total challenges getting overturned. Nick Kurtz (6-for-7) and Brent Rooker (7-for-9) have been two of the best batters in MLB at challenges. Behind the plate, Shea Langeliers’ 54 percent success rate doesn’t stand out too much, but he’s been very good at getting challenges correct in higher-leverage situations. Among major league catchers, Langeliers has gained 12 strikeouts via challenges (i.e. balls that are overturned to a called strike three), which ranks second, and has eliminated seven walks, which is This challenge went Shea's way 👏 — Athletics on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) Of course, it’s still early June, so things can definitely change throughout the rest of the season. But over two months of sample size feels like a solid indication of teams’ strengths and weaknesses around this key new system. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:03:04 GMT Will Simonds https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56869034 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56869034 false false After dropping the first two contests of their current 10-game road trip, the Giants are on a heater fueled by a red-hot offense — and red-hot might be an understatement. Grand slams, blowout wins and have helped San Francisco win four of its last six games and average 9.2 runs during that span. That’s not the only eye-popping stat from this trip, though. With some help from MLB’s master of baseball history and statistics, , here are 10 facts from the Giants’ current offensive outburst, which continued with over the Chicago Cubs on Friday at Wrigley Field. Matt Chapman’s 8 RBI are tied for third-most by a Giants player in a game since RBI official (1920), behind only: 4/30/44 Phil Weintraub: 11 9/2/1925 Irish Meusel: 9 — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Matt Chapman's 8 RBI today are the most in a game by a single player this season. Have a day Chappy! — SFGiants (@SFGiants) Grand slams against 3 teams on a single roadtrip: 2026 Giants COL, MIL, CHC 2023 Astros LAD, STL, TEX 1987 Mets MON, PIT, CHC 1983 Angels CLE, NYY, MIL 1962 Yankees MIN, KC, LAA 1950 Yankees SLB, CLE, DET 1945 Pirates PHI, BSN, BRO 1941 Yankees WAS, SLB, CHW h/t — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) This is the first time the Giants have scored 30+ runs in a 2-game span since a doubleheader on April 30, 1944 — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Willy Adames Matt Chapman Casey Schmitt This is the 3rd time in Giants history they’ve had 3 players with multiple HR in the same game, joining: 7/2/02 Damon Minor, Reggie Sanders, Tsuyoshi Shinjo 7/8/56 Willie Mays, Daryl Spencer, Wes Westrum — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Most runs in a 2-game span, Giants since move to SF: Sept. 2020: 29 Yesterday + today: 28 July 1993: 28 April 1960: 28 May 1958: 28 — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) The Giants are the 7th team with 6 grand slams in a span of 18 or fewer games within a season, joining: Padres: 6 in 12 games, August 11-22, 2020 Brewers: 6 in 13, June 22-July 5, 2024 Expos: 6 in 13, April 16-28, 1996 Reds: 6 in 17, June 13-July 1, 2018 Mets: 6 in 17, July… — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) The Giants have scored 12+ runs in two straight games, tying their longest such streak since 1900 Just their fourth streak doing so since moving to SF, joining: June 2000 July 1993 May 1958 — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) This is the 7th time in Giants history they’ve hit a grand slam in consecutive games: 6/4-5/26 Eric Haase, Matt Chapman 5/23-24/26 Harrison Bader, Rafael Devers 6/13-14/25 Casey Schmitt x2 8/27-28/15 Kelby Tomlinson, Marlon Byrd 6/11-12/03 Pedro Feliz, Rich Aurilia 7/24-25/98… — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Willy Adames! Off 99.5 mph That’s the fastest pitch Adames has homered off of in his career and The third-fastest pitch a Giants player has homered off of under pitch tracking (2008) — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) And in Saturday’s rematch at Wrigley, the Giants have the chance to accomplish yet another feat for the first time since the 19th century. Looking ahead, the most consecutive games in Giants history with 12+ runs is 3, done 4x: 6/12/1893-06/14/1893 05/21/1890-05/23/1890 06/25/1889-06/27/1889 05/16/1885-05/19/1885 Been a minute. h/t — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Can the Giants keep the hits rolling? Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:24:54 GMT Angelina Martin https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56867183 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56867183 false false It was a week of firsts for Giants outfielder , but they’ve come in a rather peculiar way. Cox this past Sunday and already has his first career hit and home run under his belt, both coming in blowout Giants wins that helped him make a bit of baseball history. Cox notched his first hit, a double off a position player, in San Francisco’s 19-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, and he hit his first career home run off another position player in of the Chicago Cubs where the Giants smashed seven long balls. Jonah Cox lines a double for his first MLB hit! — SFGiants (@SFGiants) Jonah Cox hits his first homerun! — SFGiants (@SFGiants) That’s the first time since at least 1961 — and maybe ever — that a player’s first hit and home run have come off position players in separate plate appearances, per MLB’s Sarah Langs. Jonah Cox is the first player in at least the expansion era (1961) to get his first career hit and first career HR in separate PA, both off position players The only one to do so on one PA (HR for 1st hit off position player) is 2018 Mitch Walding h/t — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Thanks in part to those two hits, Cox is now 4-for-9 with three runs scored and one RBI since he earned an on Sunday. In Friday’s win, Cox also recorded two singles in the sixth inning, making him the first Giants rookie to have two hits in an inning since Aramis Garcia did so on Aug. 31, 2018. As Langs mentioned, the only player to record their first big-league homer and hit off a position player in one plate appearance was in 2018. That was the only hit of Walding’s MLB career, so here’s to hoping Cox fares better than the former Philadelphia Phillies infielder. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:55:49 GMT Angelina Martin https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56866953 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56866953 false false The 2026 MLB season hasn’t gone the way envisioned thus far, but a career day at the plate could be the latest sign that things are turning around for the Giants third baseman. Chapman led an at Wrigley Field on Friday, homering twice—including a grand slam—and collecting a career-high 8 RBI in San Francisco’s 18-3 rout of the Chicago Cubs. “No, I didn’t know that,” Chapman told “Giants Postgame Live” hosts Kylen Mills and Shawn Estes following the game when asked if he knew his RBI total was a career best. “That was awesome. It was great to, obviously, hit that grand slam and kind of get us out in front a little bit there. I feel like everybody just kept piling it on from there. So that was a lot of fun.” THE GIANTS CAN'T STOP HITTING GRAND SLAMS 🫨 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) MATT CHAPMAN AGAIN. 16-0 IN THE SIXTH. — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Chapman began the current season with just one home run in his first 58 games and his batting average and OPS numbers remained dismal through most of the first two months. But several strong recent performances have those numbers trending upward. “Obviously, it’s nice for me to feel like I’m contributing,” Chapman told Mills and Estes. “[I’ve] been feeling good lately and been able to do my part and join in on some of this offense.” Since May 17, Chapman is hitting .303 with a .927 OPS in 18 games and now has three home runs in his past five contests. ““This whole road trip, [I’ve] been feeling a lot better,” Chapman told Mills and Estes. “Felt like the quality at-bats have been better, swinging at the pitches and not missing the pitch as much. Trying to keep it simple, but when…there [are] a lot of guys on base in front of me, it’s fun to hit with guys on base. The offense seems to be contagious right now. “For me, obviously the season started not the way I would like it to start. But there is a lot of baseball left and I know what I’m capable of doing, so I’m glad that I’m able to feel good right now and feel like I can really help this team.” Chapman’s surge at the plate coincides with the Giants’ recent offensive hot streak, with the team averaging over six runs per game since that game on May 17. Both will attempt to keep the good times rolling on Saturday in game two of the series at Wrigley Field. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:58:10 GMT Matt Leland https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56863288 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56863288 false false SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants entered their first game at Wrigley Field of the 2026 MLB season with a wRC+ of 100, making them exactly league-average offensively. But when the bases are loaded, there’s nobody better, and no team is hotter at the plate right now. The third consecutive win was sparked by a grand slam — the league-leading sixth of the season for the Giants — who kept pouring it on and beat the Chicago Cubs 18-3. The first 16 runs came in the first six innings for a lineup that has scored 64 times in eight games on this road trip. THE GIANTS CAN'T STOP HITTING GRAND SLAMS 🫨 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Chapman later added a three-run homer and finished with a career-high eight RBI. had multiple blasts as the Giants finished with seven homers, their most ever at Wrigley Field. Their sixth and seventh came off a position player, with Jonah Cox picking up his first in the big leagues and Casey Schmitt adding his second of the day. All six slams have come since May 17, making the Giants the sixth team in MLB history to get six slams in a span of 20 games. The latest came after the Giants caught a break in what was a 2-0 game at the time. With one out and two on in the fourth, Bryce Eldridge hit a grounder up the middle that looked like a sure double play, but pitcher Edward Cabrera slowed it with his glove, loading the bases. Chapman made them pay with his third homer of the season, and Schmitt added a no-doubter later in the six-run inning. Casey Schmitt joins the homer party 🥳 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) With the latest outburst, the Giants moved atop the MLB leaderboard in hits, and they have climbed up to the middle of the pack in runs. The offense has finally hit its stride, and it looks like the group the front office envisioned, although it certainly appears to be too late. The Giants got back to 4-4 on the road trip and are still 12 games under .500. Waveland Willy Adames broke the 30-homer drought in his first season with the Giants, and it looks like he might repeat part of 2025. Once again, he got off to a slow start, but once again, he looks poised to end up in a good spot numbers-wise. Adames’ early two-run homer was his 10th of the year, making him the second Giant after Schmitt to reach double-digits. At 427 feet, it was his longest home run of the season. He added a moonshot in the sixth to give the Giants a 13-0 lead. WILLY ADAMES TO WAVELAND AVE 🚀 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) WILLY GOES DEEP AGAIN 💥💥 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) The shortstop is on pace for 28 homers and his wRC+ is up to 112, which is right in line with last season’s 108. Chapman … Back? In one afternoon, Chapman doubled his season total for homers and picked up about a quarter of his RBI. The slam was the big swing and started the insanity, but his second homer was even more impressive. He jumped on a slider and hit a 110 mph rocket to left that would have left Wrigley had it not been for a sign beyond the left field bleachers that it hit. MATT CHAPMAN AGAIN. 16-0 IN THE SIXTH. — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) The multi-homer game was Chapman’s 15th in the big leagues and his first with more than six RBI. He became the seventh San Francisco Giant to drive in eight runs in a game and the fourth in the last decade, joining Brandon Crawford, Joc Pederson and Wilmer Flores. Wrigley Ray Robbie Ray continues to struggle with his command — he walked four in the first three innings and five overall — but he managed to work through it Friday and did just enough to qualify for his fourth win. For the first time since May 8, he made it through five full innings. Ray allowed just two hits over five scoreless and walked off the mound without allowing a run for the first time since April 7. It was touch-and-go at the end, but he made a big pitch when he needed to. With a runner on and one out in the fifth, Carson Seymour started warming up in a hurry. But Ray threw a good changeup to Alex Bregman on his 97th pitch and got an inning-ending double play, which kept Tony Vitello from potentially making a tough decision in a blowout. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:43:09 GMT Alex Pavlovic https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56861626 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56861626 false false A series that began with the Giants reaching their new rock-bottom in the 2026 MLB season ended as well as they could have hoped. After being outscored 24-5 in two losses to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday and Tuesday at American Family Field, San Francisco responded with two big wins on Wednesday and Thursday to secure an encouraging series split. If there is such a thing at this point in the Giants’ disastrous season. After staff ace in a modest 1-0 pitcher’s duel on Wednesday night, San Francisco’s 12-9 win over Milwaukee to close out the series on Thursday could not have been more different. For one, the Giants’ offense came alive, scoring 12 runs on 20 hits as seven San Francisco hitters recorded multi-hit games, including both Jung Hoo lee (4-for-5, 2B, RBI) and Bryce Eldridge (3-for-4, RBI, BB). “The whole group was great,” Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters postgame. “The only way you win a game like that is as electric as they were, and then you probably needed to sprinkle in some good defense, too, which there were several good defensive plays.” Eldridge extends the lead with a clutch hit 👏 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Second, San Francisco’s bullpen, after starter Adrian Houser (ND, 4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 K) left the game in the fifth inning, struggled and nearly blew a sizeable lead late in the game. Casey Schmitt got the scoring started early with a solo home run in the first that just barely left the yard. Schmitt's leadoff homer bounced off the TOP of the wall 🤯 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Leading 6-3 in the top of the seventh inning, backup catcher Eric Haase hit a grand slam that extended the Giants’ lead to 10-3 and ultimately proved to be the difference in the game after taking a whopping 12-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh and nearly blowing it in the bottom of the ninth. THE GIANTS CAN'T STOP HITTING GRAND SLAMS — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Yes, San Francisco came close to blowing a nine-run lead over the final three innings. But not before Giants outfielder Drew Gilbert made perhaps the play of the team’s season to rob Andrew Vaughn of a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh. DREW GILBERT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! 😱 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) With a six-run lead entering the bottom of the ninth, Vitello called on newly promoted righty reliever Wilkin Ramos, who immediately surrendered two hits and two walks before he was replaced by Caleb Killian, who inherited a bases-loaded, one-out situation with a five-run lead. “You’re not going to win games when you walk eight guys, but (the offense) was able to do some things today to make it happen,” Vitello added. Milwaukee scored two to trim the Giants’ lead to 12-9 before David Hamilton came mere feet from a game-tying three-run home run that Giants center fielder Jonah Cox caught at the wall to end the game. “Holding my breath a little bit. It’s been so tough, there’s been a lot of balls today I didn’t think were hit that well and just carried, [so] obviously you pucker up a little bit,” Haase said, describing the tension during the final out. If you know, you know. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:47:22 GMT Taylor Wirth https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56850843 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56850843 false false Logan Webb nearly achieved baseball immortality with the longest no-hit bid of his MLB career on Wednesday at American Family Field, but the Giants ace was more than glad his team ended the night with over the Milwaukee Brewers. “I was thinking I usually lead the league in hits given up, so I was going to give it up at some point,” Webb joked with reporters after the game. “No, I was just trying to — it’s a close game, it’s 1-0, and I obviously think about those things, but I was just trying to keep it at zero.” Behind Webb’s gem and rookie outfielder Victor Bericoto’s first career home run, San Francisco finally got a win in the third game of its series against Milwaukee after dropping the first two. It marked the Giants’ first win of the 2026 MLB season where they scored two or fewer runs; they were 0-24 in such games before Wednesday’s victory. Victor Bericoto crushes his first MLB home run 🙌 — SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) Webb took a perfect game into the sixth inning before issuing a leadoff walk to Sal Frelick — the longest perfect-game bid of the right-hander’s career. The 29-year-old also recorded the longest no-hit bid of his career before Brice Turang singled with one out in the bottom of the seventh. Webb said he started thinking about a no-hitter in the fifth inning, then laughed as he tossed the “jinx” blame on Giants manager Tony Vitello after the win. “There was a lot of voices going on in my head, and I was like, ‘You have a no-hitter, you have a no-hitter,’ ” Webb recalled. “So, I know that there’s a jinx thing, but I’m going to blame Tony, because he did call down right before I gave up the hit and said have someone ready, so I’m going to blame him today.” It was only Webb’s second start since after dealing with , but it’s clear the injury isn’t nagging him anymore. In those two outings, Webb has allowed just one earned run in 11 1/3 innings with four hits, four walks and nine strikeouts. Vitello said after the game that he was in constant conversation with the training staff and coaches in the dugout about how far they would let Webb go during just his second start back. They had begun discussing letting Webb go at least eight innings entering the seventh, Vitello said, but those conversations would have continued in a situation where “there’s anything positive going on.” As for Webb, Vitello might have had to physically pull him off the mound if the no-hitter were still in tact. “If the no-hitter was maintained, 200 pitches,” Webb said. “I would ask for an extra day [of rest], probably, but I would have thrown as many as I could.” When all was said and done, Webb left after tossing 95 pitches over seven innings. Things got hairy in the eighth when Erik Miller gave up a single and a one-out walk, but Keaton Winn entered the game and secured a five-out save to put the Giants back in the win column — and secure Webb’s masterpiece. It was just the third time this season the Brewers have been shut out, and Webb once again looks like the ace atop the Giants’ rotation. He feels like it, too. “I feel like I’ve really haven’t done my job as a leader, and as a — I hate the word ace, to be honest — but the guy, the ace of the staff,” Webb admitted. “I feel like I have not led the right way, just in my performance. To be able to get healthy, feel better, and throw the way I feel like I should throw every time, it was nice.” Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:50:11 GMT Angelina Martin https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56840974 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/articles/56840974 false false