SAN FRANCISCO — In idea, the Giants can say they’d a productive week.
They entered Monday 4 video games behind the New York Mets for the third and remaining Nationwide League wild card spot after dropping two of three to the St. Louis Cardinals. After splitting this homestand — three wins, three losses — they’re now 1.5 video games again of the Mets, a workforce within the midst of a collapse.
Regardless of that progress, the Giants’ collection towards the Los Angeles Dodgers amounted to a wasted alternative.
They started their weekend with Patrick Bailey’s walk-off grand slam, a momentous win that introduced them inside a half sport of the Mets. They then kicked off Saturday night time by scoring 4 within the first off Clayton Kershaw, and with the Mets dropping earlier within the day, that wild card spot was theirs to take.
Over the following 17 innings, Los Angeles discarded San Francisco with an offensive onslaught. Saturday ended with a loss as Logan Webb allowed six runs over four-plus innings. Sunday’s rubber match was much more one-sided, a 10-2 loss as Robbie Ray, whose begin day was moved up, surrendered 5 runs over four-plus innings.
“Disappointing,” mentioned supervisor Bob Melvin. “We win the first game, we score four runs in the first inning yesterday, it feels pretty good. Then, to be where we are today is disappointing. It got away from us in a hurry. We gave up a lot of hits and a lot of runs to a team that makes you work. If you don’t throw it over the plate, they end up wearing you out some.”
The Giants now depart for his or her remaining highway journey of the yr: three video games towards the Diamondbacks, 4 video games towards the Dodgers. San Francisco simply took two of three from Arizona, however the Diamondbacks responded by profitable two of three towards the Minnesota Twins. The D-backs, just like the Giants, are making their very own run on the wild card, winners of 11 of their final 17 video games.
There’s additionally, after all, the Mets. New York snapped its eight-game dropping streak on Sunday with a walk-off homer by Pete Alonso, however the workforce has nonetheless misplaced 12 of its final 17 video games. The Mets’ rotation is a severe query mark too, a six-man unit that’s now counting on three rookie starters in Nolan McLean, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong.
The Giants, although, are adamant they’re solely specializing in what they will management.
“We’re not paying attention to that,” mentioned shortstop Willy Adames. “We have to focus on what we have here and win here. Then, whatever happens, happens. We have to keep the main focus on us, and try to win every game that we have.”
Profitable these subsequent two video games would require some creativity on Melvin’s finish. Rookie right-hander Kai-Wei Teng is scheduled to start out on Monday, whereas Tuesday’s starter has but to be introduced.
Teng pitched 4 scoreless innings towards the Cardinals earlier than working out of steam within the fifth, ending with 4 earned runs over four-plus innings. As for Tuesday’s hsmr, it’s attainable the Giants roll with a bullpen sport.
Melvin proactively saved his bullpen this weekend given what lies forward. On Saturday, Melvin had right-hander Tristan Beck pitch two innings as a substitute of three. On Sunday, Melvin did the identical with right-handers Spencer Bivens (one inning) and JT Brubaker (two innings).
“We have quite a few guys that can give us length,” Melvin mentioned. “As of right now we’re in a pretty good position. We’ll see how we are after Teng’s start tomorrow. One of the reasons we cut Bivens off a little early was to give us some length (in the future). The same thing with Brubaker, could have let him finish the game. … Same thing with Beck yesterday. It all depends on how much we get out of Teng tomorrow.”
Ray’s lone begin of the highway journey tasks to be at Dodger Stadium, and the Giants will want him to re-discover his All-Star kind for what stands to be a vital outing. Over his final 5 begins, Ray has allowed 20 earned runs with 14 walks over 23 innings.
Ray breezed by means of the primary inning and retired the facet so as however labored by means of the second, issuing three walks and tossing 34 pitches — 16 balls, 18 strikes. The left-hander allowed one run within the second and one other within the third, however the fifth is the place his afternoon went sideways.
Like Webb on Saturday, Ray confronted three batters within the fifth and was pulled after failing to retire a single one. Proper-hander Joel Peguero allowed all three inherited runners to attain, then allowed a run of his personal to attain when he was referred to as for a balk with a runner on third.
“It’s frustrating, obviously, but we’re still in it,” Ray mentioned. “We’re a resilient team. We’ve showed that we’ve been able to bounce back from stuff like this. We just have to put this behind us, go on the road and win one game a time.”
Initially Printed: September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM PDT
