SACRAMENTO — The Giants got here out of Sacramento with an excellent win.
After getting off to a sluggish begin within the sequence opener on Thursday, the Giants closed out the Athletics on Sunday to notch a 6-2 win in entrance of a bought out crowd of 12,180 followers and seize the I-80 sequence.
Shortstop Willy Adames went 1 for 3, hit a solo homer and drove in three runs. He totaled seven RBIs within the sequence towards the A’s. Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores every had two hits and scored as soon as.
Hayden Birdsong made his second profession begin towards the A’s, putting out 5 and permitting a house run throughout 5 innings. Birdsong has not gone previous 5 innings in his final 4 begins.
San Francisco put its first three batters on base within the first inning, however solely scored as soon as when Adames was walked with the bases loaded, scoring Heliot Ramos.
After taking a 2-0 lead within the prime of the fourth, the A’s responded with a house run from Tyler Soderstrom to chop the deficit to at least one run.
However simply when it regarded just like the A’s had been discovering their groove, the Giants broke the sport open within the fifth inning.
San Francisco loaded the bases after Wilmer Flores’ blooper to proper middle subject superior Andrew Knizne to 3rd and Rafael Devers to second. Two batters later, Adames walked in one other run with the bases loaded to present the Giants a 3-1 lead.
Within the subsequent at-bat, Luis Matos knocked in two runs on a floor rule double when he hit a laser to proper middle subject that bounced off the warning and into the Giants’ bullpen.
So as to add insult to harm, Tyler Fitzgerald hit a deep fly ball to the warning tracks within the eighth inning that regarded prefer it was caught by Soderstrom in left subject. The ball bounced off the third-year participant’s glove and over the wall to present San Francisco a 6-1 lead.
It was Fitzgerald’s first residence run since April 17.
The Giants will return to Oracle Park on Monday after they play the Philadelphia Phillies.
