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Vitello termed the Giants\u2019 closer situation, or at least the mix of back-end options, \u201corganized chaos,\u201d but he had zero qualms about having Winn face Crow-Armstrong again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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San Francisco
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\nR
\nH
\nBI
\nBB
\nSO
\nAvg.<\/p>\n
Totals
\n31
\n2
\n4
\n2
\n4
\n9<\/p>\n
Schmitt lf
\n5
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n2
\n.281<\/p>\n
Smith p
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n—<\/p>\n
Devers 1b
\n3
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n3
\n.240<\/p>\n
Arraez 2b
\n4
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n.323<\/p>\n
Adames ss
\n4
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n3
\n.242<\/p>\n
Lee rf
\n4
\n0
\n1
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n.323<\/p>\n
Eldridge dh
\n3
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n.280<\/p>\n
2-Cox pr-cf
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n.444<\/p>\n
Chapman 3b
\n3
\n0
\n2
\n1
\n1
\n0
\n.245<\/p>\n
Susac c
\n3
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n.297<\/p>\n
Gilbert cf-lf
\n2
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n1
\n.231<\/p>\n
Chicago
\nAB
\nR
\nH
\nBI
\nBB
\nSO
\nAvg.<\/p>\n
Totals
\n35
\n1
\n7
\n1
\n5
\n10<\/p>\n
Crow-Armstrong cf
\n5
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n2
\n.258<\/p>\n
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\n2
\n0
\n1
\n1
\n1
\n0
\n.239<\/p>\n
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\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n.222<\/p>\n
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\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n.111<\/p>\n
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\n1
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n.250<\/p>\n
Busch 1b
\n5
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n2
\n.246<\/p>\n
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\n5
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n.243<\/p>\n
Happ lf
\n4
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n2
\n.232<\/p>\n
Suzuki rf
\n4
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n.247<\/p>\n
Hoerner ss
\n3
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n.247<\/p>\n
Ramirez 2b
\n2
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n2
\n0
\n.227<\/p>\n
Kelly c
\n4
\n1
\n1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n.280<\/p>\n
San Francisco
\n100
\n000
\n000<\/p>\n
4
\n1<\/p>\n
Chicago
\n001
\n000
\n000<\/p>\n
7
\n0<\/p>\n
a-walked for Ballesteros in the 8th. b-struck out for Alcantara in the 10th.<\/p>\n
1-ran for Amaya in the 8th. 2-ran for Eldridge in the 10th.<\/p>\n
E: Miller (1). LOB: San Francisco 6, Chicago 10. 3B: Happ (2). RBIs: Lee (22), Chapman (33), Ballesteros (22). SB_Lee (2), Crow-Armstrong (14). S: Gilbert.<\/p>\n
Runners left in scoring position: San Francisco 4 (Gilbert, Eldridge 2, Devers); Chicago 5 (Crow-Armstrong, Bregman, Busch, Kelly 2). RISP: San Francisco 2 for 9; Chicago 1 for 10.<\/p>\n
Runners moved up: Susac. LIDP: Bregman, Busch. GIDP: Susac, Schmitt.<\/p>\n
DP: San Francisco 2 (Chapman, Devers, Chapman; Devers, Chapman, Devers); Chicago 2 (Bregman, Ramirez, Busch; Ramirez, Busch).<\/p>\n
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\nR
\nER
\nBB
\nSO
\nNP
\nERA<\/p>\n
5<\/p>\n
4
\n1
\n1
\n3
\n6
\n87
\n4.15<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
1
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n15
\n3.00<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n6
\n3.34<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n1
\n16
\n3.72<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n1
\n19
\n2.40<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n11
\n0.00<\/p>\n
IP<\/p>\n
H
\nR
\nER
\nBB
\nSO
\nNP
\nERA<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
2
\n1
\n1
\n2
\n2
\n35
\n5.19<\/p>\n
6<\/p>\n
1
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n5
\n72
\n4.73<\/p>\n
0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n7
\n2.22<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
0
\n0
\n0
\n0
\n1
\n16
\n2.30<\/p>\n
1<\/p>\n
1
\n1
\n0
\n1
\n0
\n17
\n1.69<\/p>\n
Inherited runners-scored: Assad 1-0. HBP: Assad (Susac).<\/p>\n
ABS Challenge: Gilbert (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Schmitt (Strike-Confirmed); Busch (Strike-Confirmed); Winn (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Smith (Ball-Overturned to Strike).<\/p>\n
Umpires: Home, Cory Blaser; First, Alex Tosi; Second, Willie Traynor; Third, John Bacon.<\/p>\n
T: 3:04. A: 36,317 (41,363).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had talked about making adjustments from yesterday. I\u2019ll be danged if it doesn\u2019t come up where the game\u2019s on the line, and those two go at it,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cThat\u2019s what you tune in for is moments like that and he did a tremendous job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if he relished getting another opportunity, Winn said, \u201cYeah, I loved it, I was actually looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He as careful with his splitter, not leaving it in the zone, and Crow-Armstrong fouled off one high above the zone to start the at-bat; Winn later got him to ground out on a 2-2 splitter below the zone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The previous day, Cox ran for\u00a0Eldridge at first in the ninth, stole second but never came around to score. Chapman had\u00a0RBIs in both games after a go-head sacrifice fly Saturday. He had 10 RBIs in the series, and his single in the 10th was the Giants\u2019 first hit since the fourth inning\u00a0\u2014 his own infield single.<\/p>\n
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Cubs pitchers set down 17 in a row, all with the starter already out of the game, because Jameson Taillon left with a left hamstring strain in the second inning. Taillon allowed the Giants\u2019 first run on Jung Hoo Lee\u2019s two-out single in the first as he pushed his hitting streak to 15 games.<\/p>\n
With the injury, the Cubs took a lot of extra time to get Javier\u00a0Assad ready, and wow, was he ever: Assad allowed just Chapman\u2019s infield single, walked a man and hit another in his scoreless 6\u2153 innings. He came in with a 5.88 ERA.\u00a0The reliever got a standing ovation when he left with one out in the eighth, the game tied 1-1.<\/p>\n
San Francisco starter Trevor McDonald gave up one run in his five innings of work, giving up a two-out single to No. 9 hitter Carson Kelly in the second, then singles to Crow-Armstrong and Moises Ballesteros, the latter of which sent in Kelly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The strangest sequences Sunday occurred in the eighth, when Giants reliever Erik Miller got bailed out for not one but two mistakes. First, he walked the leadoff man, then fielded Busch\u2019s dribbler down the first-base line and tried to backhand the ball to Rafael Devers and arced it over him. Second baseman Luis Arraez backed up beautifully and zipped a throw to third, nearly getting pinch-runner Kevin Alc\u00e1ntara.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With men at the corners and no outs, Bregman lined out to Devers at first and Devers swiftly went to third, with Alc\u00e1ntara unaccountably taking off for home.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt came off the bat funny, so you have to catch and secure the ball first, and then I said to the other guys in the dugout, \u2018If I was in his shoes, I probably would have turned my back to the runner at third, because the bag and the runner there are the closest thing to you.\u2019\u201d Vitello said. \u201cThe alertness was phenomenal, but then he had the calm to set his feet. It\u2019s kind of like a quarterback with a wide open wide receiver, you hurry that thing instead of just setting your feet and making a good toss. I thought he handled that great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller, lucky as heck, struck out Ian\u00a0Happ with a slider to end the inning, hollering as he did so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Giants have spent 38 days of the first 66 days of the season away from Oracle Park. Sunday, they wrapped up their third three-city road trip of the first two-plus months; for contrast, the Cubs have one three-city trip all year. Game time for the finale: 7:30 p.m., with San Francisco playing a home game Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThree three-city trips in the first 2\u00bd months of the year, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen it,\u201d said reliever JT Brubaker, who worked a scoreless sixth. \u201cPlaying Sunday night to playing the next night and traveling two time zones\u00a0\u2014 yeah, it\u2019s a little different.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Giants were expected to get back to San Francisco in the wee hours Monday while Chicago is off Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapman said while chatting with Kelly, the Cubs catcher said, \u201cNice off day tomorrow?\u201d and Chapman said, \u201cNo, man, we go home and pay against the Nationals. \u2026 I\u2019m dead serious, we play tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kelly responded, \u201cThat\u2019s insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vitello said that Tuesday might be when the Giants feel the effects of the unfortunate scheduling.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019ll be interesting to see how that affects the guys and how they rise to the challenge,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is a great flip side to this for the team: The Giants are done with three-city trips for the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo mentally know that those are behind you is great,\u201d Vitello said, \u201cthen the actual physical part of playing out the rest of the schedule hopefully pays dividends.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d rather have the hard stretch early than late when there\u2019s more meaningful baseball,\u201d Brubaker said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying the whole season isn\u2019t meaningful, but when it comes to August and September, some teams are going to be more tired because now they\u2019re hitting their three-city road trips.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were many good things that happened on this trip, long as it was, with no days off. The offense didn\u2019t just perk up, at times (Sunday aside), it plowed over opponents. Lee and Eldridge showed consistent prowess at the plate. Chapman came around after his difficult start, and the defense, especially in the infield was exceptional; Chapman made a particularly slick play on a ball Nico Hoerner hit in the hole leading off the third, sliding, popping, spinning and throwing to first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The big bummer for the Giants on the trip was the bullpen, which had an 8.19 ERA and 25 walks in the 10 games. There is help on the way, though. Jason Foley (shoulder-capsule surgery) will come off the injured list soon. Ryan Walker has a 1.08 ERA and an 0.84 WHIP at Triple-A Sacramento and the team feels good about the adjustments he has made since he was demoted last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vitello said that Walker is in a good headspace.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s done what he needs to,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cFrom my standpoint, getting back out there again might be good for him. I know he\u2019s worked on a couple things while he\u2019s out there, but part of (bringing Walker back) might pertain to the schedule or what\u2019s going on with other guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vitello said that Foley is \u201cjust as close as Walker is, that\u2019s probably fair to say. You know his track record and I think he would bring a ton of personality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foley, 30, saved 28 games with the Tigers in 2024 before requiring shoulder surgery the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giants first baseman Rafael Devers scores on a first-inning single by Jung Hoo Lee in Sunday\u2019s game against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,2329,99],"class_list":["post-691146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}