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Time of India
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Willy Adames stars as Giants hand Dodgers 7th straight loss
The San Francisco Giants held off a late surge to defeat the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Friday night at Oracle Park, handing their rivals a seventh consecutive loss - their longest skid since September 2017. Willy Adames led the way with a triple, a home run, and three RBIs, while Dominic Smith added a solo shot and Jung Hoo Lee chipped in with three RBIs of his own. — MLB (@MLB) by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas Prices In Dubai Might Be More Affordable Than You Think Villas In Dubai | Search Ads Get Rates Undo Matt Chapman scored twice as the Giants, winners of seven of their last nine, trimmed the Dodgers' NL West lead to just four games. Shohei Ohtani launched his 32nd homer of the season into McCovey Cove, and Michael Conforto added a two-run blast in the sixth to spark the Dodgers' comeback. Teoscar Hernández also delivered a two-run double as L.A. nearly erased an 8-2 deficit. Live Events Dodgers starter Dustin May (5-6) gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings, while Giants ace Logan Webb (9-6) allowed six runs over 5 1/3. Camilo Doval recorded his 15th save, escaping a ninth-inning jam with a game-ending double play off the bat of Will Smith. Hyeseong Kim and Mookie Betts each had two hits for L.A., but the Dodgers fell just short in another frustrating finish.
Japan Today
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Japan Today
Giants send Dodgers to seventh straight loss, despite Ohtani homer
San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) baseball By JANIE McCAULEY Willy Adames homered in the second inning and hit a two-run triple in San Francisco's five-run fifth and the Giants sent the rival Los Angeles Dodgers to their seventh straight loss with an 8-7 victory Friday night. San Francisco pulled within four games of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. Dominic Smith homered leading off the fifth after Jung Hoo Lee's two-run triple in the fourth put San Francisco ahead against Dustin May (5-6). Lee beat out an infield single in the fifth to drive in another run. Shohei Ohtani hit his 32nd home run of the season into McCovey Cove beyond the right-field wall for a go-ahead two-run shot in the third inning. Ohtani connected after Hyeseong Kim's leadoff single marked the first hit of the night against Logan Webb (9-6), who walked Ohtani in a nine-pitch battle to begin the game and finished with six runs, six hits and six strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Camilo Doval allowed Mookie Betts' single then walked Freddie Freeman before getting Will Smith to ground into a game-ending double play for his 15th save. Ohtani crushed a 91.1 mph cutter on Webb's first offering of the at-bat and the ball traveled 410 feet. Michael Conforto's two-run homer in the sixth chased Webb after he hit Betts with a pitch. The Dodgers have their worst losing streak since Sept. 2-11 2017, when they dropped 11 in a row. May, who beat the Giants on June 15, was tagged for seven earned runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Following his triple, Lee was called out at home on a fly by Casey Schmitt and a sensational throw by left fielder Conforto. The Giants challenged the call and it was upheld on review. Ohtani's blast marked the 65th home run into the water by an opponent in Oracle Park's 25-year history and 171st in all — 35 of those belong to home run king Barry Bonds. Ohtani (0-1, 1.50 ERA) pitches Saturday opposite Giants RHP Landen Roupp (6-5, 3.39). © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Willy Adames, Jung Hoo Lee each drive in three runs as Giants send Dodgers to seventh straight loss
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith, right, tags out San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee at home to end the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May exits during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May, left, hands the ball over to manager Dave Roberts as he exits during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith (7) is congratulated by Willy Adames, third from right, after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Matt Chapman, center, scores against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jung Hoo Lee's triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Michael Conforto (23) watches a solo home run hit by San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith (7) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith, right, tags out San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee at home to end the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May exits during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Dustin May, left, hands the ball over to manager Dave Roberts as he exits during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith (7) is congratulated by Willy Adames, third from right, after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Matt Chapman, center, scores against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jung Hoo Lee's triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Michael Conforto (23) watches a solo home run hit by San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith (7) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Dominic Smith celebrates after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 11, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willy Adames homered in the second inning and hit a two-run triple in San Francisco's five-run fifth and the Giants sent the rival Los Angeles Dodgers to their seventh straight loss with an 8-7 victory Friday night. San Francisco pulled within four games of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. Advertisement Dominic Smith homered leading off the fifth after Jung Hoo Lee's two-run triple in the fourth put San Francisco ahead against Dustin May (5-6). Lee beat out an infield single in the fifth to drive in another run. Shohei Ohtani hit his 32nd home run of the season into McCovey Cove beyond the right-field wall for a go-ahead two-run shot in the third inning. Ohtani connected after Hyeseong Kim's leadoff single marked the first hit of the night against Logan Webb (9-6), who walked Ohtani in a nine-pitch battle to begin the game and finished with six runs, six hits and six strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. Camilo Doval allowed Mookie Betts' single then walked Freddie Freeman before getting Will Smith to ground into a game-ending double play for his 15th save. Advertisement Ohtani crushed a 91.1 mph cutter on Webb's first offering of the at-bat and the ball traveled 410 feet. Michael Conforto's two-run homer in the sixth chased Webb after he hit Betts with a pitch. The Dodgers have their worst losing streak since Sept. 2-11 2017, when they dropped 11 in a row. May, who beat the Giants on June 15, was tagged for seven earned runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Key play Following his triple, Lee was called out at home on a fly by Casey Schmitt and a sensational throw by left fielder Conforto. The Giants challenged the call and it was upheld on review. Key stat Ohtani's blast marked the 65th home run into the water by an opponent in Oracle Park's 25-year history and 171st in all — 35 of those belong to home run king Barry Bonds. Up next Ohtani (0-1, 1.50 ERA) pitches Saturday opposite Giants RHP Landen Roupp (6-5, 3.39). ___ AP MLB:
New York Times
26-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Giants' Logan Webb vows to protect hitters after spate of plunkings
SAN FRANCISCO — Every cool and rational head in the ballpark at 24 Willie Mays Plaza understood that Miami Marlins closer Calvin Faucher didn't do it on purpose. Faucher was trying to protect a 4-2 lead in the ninth inning Wednesday night. The last thing he wanted to do was hit the San Francisco Giants' first batter, Dominic Smith, with a two-strike curveball. And there's zero chance that Faucher meant for his next pitch to ride up and hit Casey Schmitt on the left hand. Advertisement But these are not cool or rational times for anyone who attends pregame hitters' meetings in the Giants' home batting cage. They aren't scoring runs. They aren't supporting their pitching staff. When the Giants manage to create a scoring opportunity or two, they aren't coming up with a clutch hit. The frustration is mounting. They are beginning to wear it hard. They are also wearing it in another sense. The Giants are getting hit by pitches with alarming regularity. Last week against the Cleveland Guardians, Heliot Ramos reacted with obvious irritation when he was hit for the second time in the series. Wilmer Flores, who is as placid as an alpine lake, spiked his helmet in apparent anger when he got plunked by a Guardians pitcher. In the fourth inning Tuesday night, Ramos glared at the mound before jogging to first base when Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill plunked him on the arm. It was Schmitt's turn Wednesday night. He fumed after he was struck by Faucher, spiking his bat and then cradling his hand as the ballpark held its collective breath. The Giants forced extra innings, and Schmitt played third base in the 10th, but he couldn't grip a bat. Brett Wisely was prepared to hit for Schmitt, but his turn didn't come up in an 8-5, 10-inning loss that was deflating on several levels. Schmitt underwent postgame X-rays, which did not reveal a fracture, but he will undergo more tests Wednesday morning. He said his hand 'felt like a balloon' while he met with reporters at his locker. The Giants cannot afford to lose Schmitt for any length of time because he's already replacing another indispensable player. Schmitt entered Wednesday batting .400 with four home runs in 13 games since replacing third baseman Matt Chapman, who is just beginning to swing a bat again while recovering from a sprained right hand he sustained on the basepaths. Advertisement Schmitt was angry. Just not irrationally angry. 'I've gotten hit there a lot, so I've got some trauma there,' Schmitt said. 'We've been wearing pitches so it's kind of built up. Obviously, he's not doing it on purpose. It's just not fun to get hit, especially up and in on the hands.' Intentional or not, the Giants are up to here with all of it. They've gotten hit six times on the homestand and twice more in the June 13-15 series at Dodger Stadium. It's not only how often they're getting hit, but also who is getting backed off the plate. Toss all of it into a larger vortex of vexation over their offensive struggles, and it has the potential for a toxic brew. The final game of this series Wednesday afternoon could get interesting. 'I feel like the game finds a way to even itself out. And it will,' said right-handed ace Logan Webb, who received no decision after holding the Marlins to two runs in six innings. 'It's starting to get frustrating (with) how many guys are getting hit. As pitchers, we've got to do a better job protecting those guys.' For generations of pitchers, there has been only one way to protect hitters. It does not include holding restorative justice sessions. 'Baseball finds a way of working something out,' Webb said cryptically. 'Hopefully, there's a little bit of edge tomorrow because of some of the stuff that happened today. Hope we come out with a lot of energy.' Ramos shouted at the Marlins' dugout after Schmitt clutched his hand in the ninth. There might be nobody more fed up than the 25-year-old Ramos, who has been hit 10 times in 341 plate appearances this season. Entering the year, he'd been hit only twice in 600 major-league plate appearances. 'I feel like they're trying to execute some pitches, but if you don't know how to pitch in, don't pitch in, you know?' Ramos said. 'Try to get some outs another way. I mean, that's the only way they can get us. They know it makes anybody uncomfortable. I feel like a lot of guys, when they get hit, they go 0 for 4 that day. You're dodging pitches when they come in. It's pretty irritating. Advertisement 'Me personally, I'll keep diving out there to get hits. I'll get hit twice if I have to. But some guys, it takes away their focus for sure.' Schmitt's first full professional season in 2021 for Low-A San Jose ended when a pitch fractured his left wrist. Just six weeks earlier, he'd been struck by a pitch in the face that shattered his nose, gave him two black eyes, prompted an ambulance ride to the hospital and left him sufficiently shaken that he met regularly with Dr. Emily Cheatum, the Giants' minor league mental health coordinator in the offseason. When Schmitt found himself bailing out early on pitches, he changed to a more closed stance. 'It's annoying, but stuff like that happens,' Schmitt said Wednesday night. 'I don't think it's intentional at all, but it's not a fun thing to have to go through. Especially when I've gotten hit in the face, I've fractured my wrist. I've had these injuries, and it's annoying and frustrating.' The Giants were frustrated at the end of a game that met former manager Bruce Bochy's definition of 'buzzard's luck.' The Giants tied it in the ninth when Patrick Bailey slapped an RBI single to left field. But it was preceded by a sacrifice fly from Willy Adames that was caught on the warning track, and in the daytime, likely would've carried into the stands for a walk-off grand slam. Following Bailey's hit, Christian Koss smoked a lineout to Marlins third baseman Connor Norby, who might as well be named Bobby Richardson. Then the Marlins scored the automatic runner plus more against Camilo Doval in the top of the 10th. And the Giants are on the verge of getting swept at home by one of the league's most anonymous teams. 'We can't take our minds off the game,' Ramos said. 'Not to retaliate, but at the end of the day, you have to send a message. That's what the game is about. There are a lot of unwritten rules that a lot of people got away from. I feel like those rules are what keeps the feel of the game. We've got to score runs for (the pitchers) and back them up so they protect us.' Advertisement Giants manager Bob Melvin noted that his hitters don't rank in the upper half when it comes to getting hit by pitches. However, Melvin has mentioned the recent frequency, like everyone else. 'It's some of our key guys, too,' Melvin said. 'So that doesn't feel too good.' What can the Giants do about it? 'Not something I certainly want to speak about,' said Melvin, who will send right-hander Hayden Birdsong to the mound Thursday. 'But obviously, we need to protect our guys.' That also goes for the upcoming three-city road trip. Ramos groaned when someone mentioned to him that the Chicago White Sox have hit the second-most batters among major league pitching staffs. The Athletics have hit the third most. The Giants will face both teams before returning home.
CBS News
18-06-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Giants lose 3-2 to Guardians in Rafael Devers' debut game
Gabriel Arias hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and doubled in the ninth on a night when San Francisco celebrated new slugger Rafael Devers at every chance, and the Cleveland Guardians spoiled the fun by beating the Giants 3-2 on Tuesday. Jung Hoo Lee singled to start the bottom of the ninth against Emmanuel Clase, and Devers singled one out later before Heliot Ramos walked to load the bases for Dominic Smith. He flied out and Casey Schmitt struck out to end it as Clase earned his 15th save. Devers went 2 for 5 with two strikeouts in his Giants debut after being acquired in a trade from the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. He hit a go-ahead double in the third inning only for the Guardians to answer on Carlos Santana's RBI single in the fourth. Devers struck out in the first and fifth. Schmitt and Mike Yastrzemski hit consecutive singles to start the eighth against Hunter Gaddis, then Wilmer Flores entered as a pinch hitter. Flores lined out to left fielder Steven Kwan, who fired to second to get Schmitt for the double play. Arias connected for his fifth homer off lefty Robbie Ray (8-2), who struck out five and walked two, allowing three runs on five hits over six innings. Austin Hedges had a sacrifice fly in the third for Cleveland. Slade Cecconi (2-3) struck out six over five innings for the Guardians, who were coming off a sweep by the Mariners in Seattle and had lost five of six overall. Aside from Ramos' rocket throw home from left field to save a run with a double play to end the top of the ninth, for the Giants the best part of the day began long before first pitch when many of Devers' new teammates took time ahead of their pregame routines to attend his introductory news conference. The Giants came in with a .667 winning percentage (16-8) all-time vs. Cleveland, their best against any opponent. Cleveland LHP Logan Allen (4-4, 4.28 ERA) faces Giants RHP Justin Verlander (0-3, 4.33), who returns from the injured list to make his 11th start this season. ___ AP MLB:
