Cubs ghost runner scored. Do or die time for the #Padres 10th. #CHCvsSD #MLB @baseball@a.gup.pe @baseball@chirp.social
Looks like I picked the right time to turn off the Cubs game and go to sleep last night. Went to bed with the Cubs up 4-0; as soon as I turned it off the bullpen came in and blew it. Final score: Padres 10, Cubs 4.
Roup , the starting pitcher for the Giants, gave up 3 runs to the #Phillies in the bottom of the 1st but the Giants game back to score 6 in the top of the 3rd (including a 3 run HR by Fitzgerald & a solo HR by Adames.
This gave Roup time to rest & refocus, which allowed him to find his control to make it thru 5 innings giving up only 1 more run on a solo HR in the bottom of the 5th leaving with the score at 6-4 but then the Giants tacked on 2 more runs in the 7th (2 run HR by Yaz) & the 9th to seal the win at 10-4.
Notably Fitzgerald finally got hot & got 3 legs of the cycle with a HR, triple & double and Doval (who came in to close the game in the bottom of 9th with a 6 run lead) was able to get 3 straight outs on a fly to center & 2Ks!!!!
That puts the Giants record at 12-4.
But still to play are the #Padres (13-3) vs #Cubs (11-7), who just took 2 out of 3 games from the #Dodgers (11-6) who play the Rockies (3-12) tonight.
Go Giants!!!
https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-record-fifth-shutout-of-2025-in-win-over-rockies This is a #Padres bullpen appreciation post. They even caught Tatis’ home run today!
My mom gifted this to me. She used to take it to my little league games to help her keep score. Thought you might appreciate it https://www.rawchili.com/4180749/ #Baseball #California #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #MLBNationalLeague #MLBNationalLeagueWest #Padres #SanDiego #SanDiegoPadres
The Giants came back from being down 6-1 in the top of the 6th to rally to score 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th to make the score 6-5, tie the game at 6-6 on a solo HR by Flores in the bottom of the 8th and win 6-8 on a splash, walk-off HR by Yaz in the bottom of the 10th to avoid being swept by the Reds & to save Verlander again from taking a loss.
Both the #Padres (10-3) & the #Dodgers (10-4) were off today. So, this win puts the Giants at 9-3 & keeps them in 2nd place in the NL West 1/2 game behind the Padres & 1/2 game ahead of the Dodgers. A really tight race so far.
But, after a day off, the Giants have to go on a very difficult 10 game road trip with 3 games vs the Yankees (7-5), 4 vs the Phillies (7-3) & 3 vs the Angels (7-3) before they return home.
Go Giants!!!
https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-jake-cronenworth-exit-with-injuries We were at this game and, well, my son’s good luck charm (Padres had won every game he attended) finally wore off, in spectacularly awful fashion. Three top notch #padres out of the game with injuries, a very rough day for Cease, and a painful loss to the A’s.
Nuts!!!
The Giants (8-3) get shut out 1-0 & lose 2 games in a row to the #Reds.
The pitching on both sides in both games was very good but the Reds' pitching was better & Giants haven't been able to do anything with their bats against them.
Only good news is that the #Dodgers (9-4) also lost today & the #Padres (9-2) are currently losing (and will be 9-3 if they do) which means that the Giants will be able to keep pace w/them despite the loss.
Tomorrow's game vs the Reds starts at 12:45pm. It's the last game of the home stand before they travel on the road to #NYC to face the #Yankees, #Philadelphia to face the #Phillies & then #Anaheim to face the #Angels, which will be a long & difficult road trip.
Go Giants!!!