{"id":264212,"date":"2026-04-12T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264212\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:12:15","slug":"giants-impacted-by-umpires-call-fall-to-orioles-in-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264212\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants, impacted by umpire&#8217;s call, fall to Orioles in Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Giants starter Logan Webb delivers during the first inning Saturday in Baltimore. He allowed four runs in six innings of the Giants\u2019 6-2 loss at Camden Yards.\u00a0\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-black mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Giants starter Logan Webb delivers during the first inning Saturday in Baltimore. He allowed four runs in six innings of the Giants\u2019 6-2 loss at Camden Yards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Scarbrough\/Associated Press<img alt=\"Baltimore\u2019s Gunnar Henderson celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run in the third inning of the Orioles' win over the Giants in Baltimore on Saturday.\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-black mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore\u2019s Gunnar Henderson celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run in the third inning of the Orioles&#8217; win over the Giants in Baltimore on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Scarbrough\/Associated Press<img alt=\"Baltimore shortstop\u00a0Gunnar Henderson throws to first base to complete a double play as the Giants\u2019 Willy Adames is forced out at second base on Saturday.\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-black mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore shortstop\u00a0Gunnar Henderson throws to first base to complete a double play as the Giants\u2019 Willy Adames is forced out at second base on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Scarbrough\/Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>BALTIMORE\u00a0\u2014 One sequence Saturday at Camden Yards seemed to negatively impact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/giants\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Giants<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and on into the evening\u00a0\u2014 even though it was the Orioles who incurred an out on the play.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth inning of the Giants\u2019 eventual 6-2 loss to the Orioles, with Dylan Beavers on after a walk, Leody Tavares hit a bouncer to second baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/luis-arraez\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Arraez<\/a>. Beavers tried to vault over Arraez as Arraez made a play on the grounder, and inadvertently kicked Arraez in the hand. Beavers was called out immediately for interference as the Giants converged around various umpires and trainer Dave Groeschner examined Arraez\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>Arraez\u2019s throw to first actually beat Tavares and yet Tavares was ruled safe, because the play was ruled dead from the moment of the kick. Per an MLB spokesman, \u201cthe runner was called out for hindering the fielder\u2019s ability to field the ball.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>In this instance, such a ruling appears punitive to the fielding team\u00a0\u2014 the Giants\u2019 player got kicked and still made the play at first, but the runner remained on the bag\u00a0\u2014 and later scored in the inning, with the Orioles pushing in two against Logan Webb, who\u2019d had to wait through three minutes of milling around after the interference call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/giants\/article\/tony-vitello-s-unscripted-giants-bullpen-picks-22198153.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Giants manager Tony Vitello takes the ball from Erik Miller during a pitching change in the eighth inning of a game against the New York Yankees last month.\u00a0\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/giants\/article\/giants-offense-make-double-adames-schmitt-22200277.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames rounds the bases on his home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arraez stayed in and made a slick backhand play behind the bag two plays later. He then got a hit in the fifth but came out in the bottom of the inning, Christian\u00a0Koss replacing him with Casey Schmitt serving as DH. The Giants later announced that Arraez had left with a right wrist contusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n<p>Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=sfchronicle.com\" data-link=\"native\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Add Preferred Source\" class=\"td300 cp f aic jcc disabled:cd wsn px24 y40px px16 py8 buttonSm fs13 xs:fs16 xs:buttonLg bg-primaryAccessible hover:o80 c-white disabled:bg-gray300 disabled:c-gray600 border bn tac br2\"><\/p>\n<p>Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arraez, the three-time batting champ, was unavailable to speak to reporters but X-rays were negative and he is considered day-to-day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/tony-vitello\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Vitello<\/a> didn\u2019t think Beavers was trying to make contact with Arraez. \u201cI think the ball and the runner and the defender were kind of all meeting at the same time,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the read there is correct\u00a0\u2014 I don\u2019t think there was anything malicious on their part.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not like the NBA\u2019s continuation play, Vitello said\u00a0\u2014 when interference is called, that\u2019s it\u00a0\u2014 even if the runner is thrown out at first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about whether there was intent there or not,\u201d he said. \u201cI got to play lawyer there a little bit. The argument against it is he didn\u2019t not try to get out of the way, he continued on and did not get out of the way of the infielder. \u2026 They weren\u2019t going to reverse it and I haven\u2019t seen it on video, but I don\u2019t think there\u2019s much an umpire can do once a ball is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco, which had won three in a row, never was quite the same after the weirdness of the fourth. The Giants had scored single runs off Chris\u00a0Bassitt, with Heliot Ramos providing a two-out RBI single in the second and a run-scoring groundout in the fourth. They stranded men in scoring position in the fifth and eighth innings, and went 2-for-14 overall with runners in scoring position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Webb allowed four runs in all, including Gunnar Henderson\u2019s solo shot in the third, ending Webb\u2019s homerless string at 39\u2153 innings. After four starts, Webb has a 5.25 ERA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, pretty bad,\u201d Webb said, pointing to his three walks Saturday and nine overall. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m just not doing my job very well right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not putting the team in a good spot to win. We score a run in the second, I gave it right back so. We tied it again, and then I gave up two more. So it was just a bad job by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caleb\u00a0Kilian came on in relief in the seventh and allowed a leadoff homer to Jeremiah Jackson, and lefty Ryan Borucki worked 1\u2153 innings and gave up three hits and and a run. His ERA stands at 8.44 and he has had extreme difficulty retiring right-handed hitters, who are 7-for-11 against him; the team loves\u00a0Borucki\u2019s numbers against lefties, especially some of the biggest names in the game, but\u00a0should the Giants look for another option at Triple-A Sacramento, lefty Juan Sanchez has yet to allow a run but is not on the 40-man roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They might not have to wait too long for a lefty with big-league experience:\u00a0Vitello said that Sam Hentges, who is coming back from shoulder capsule surgery, is about to start a rehab assignment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lineup has been the same the first two days at Baltimore but was to change Sunday. With a day game after a night game and a lefty,\u00a0Cade Povich, on the mound for Baltimore, Daniel Susac was slated to start at catcher with Koss, Jerar Encarnacion and Jared Oliva also possibilities to see time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Susac pinch hit with two on and no outs in the ninth Saturday and bounced into a double play, a true sign it wasn\u2019t the Giants\u2019 night after Susac had started the season 6-for-7.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI will say, it just kind of had a strange feeling at different moments tonight, it wasn\u2019t just the one play that\u2019s kind of unique and that only pops up every now and then,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cIt\u00a0was just kind of a quirky night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants starter Logan Webb delivers during the first inning Saturday in Baltimore. 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