SF Giants enjoy blowout win as every starter reaches base multiple times
PHILADELPHIA The Giants and Phillies both have games remaining in their respective seasons The calendar has yet to flip from April to May but it s fair to assume there will be crisper cleaner quicker games ahead San Francisco and Philadelphia combined to walk batters four of those walks being with the bases loaded Robbie Ray and Aaron Nola the day s starters accounted for nine combined free passes Each band committed an error Amidst the sloppiness the Giants enjoyed one of their best offensive nights of the season blowing out the Phillies - as every member of the starting lineup reached base multiple times On a night that was going to be tough to hit the ball out of the ballpark you saw a lot of balls that were hit good trying not to do too much explained manager Bob Melvin Taking our hits taking our walks scoring in that fashion There was no shortage of notable stat lines on a night where the Giants scored a season-high runs Mike Yastrzemski Jung Hoo Lee Wilmer Flores and Patrick Bailey each drove in two runs while Yastrzemski Lee Matt Chapman and Tyler Fitzgerald also enjoyed multi-hit games Fitzgerald in particular enjoyed his second three-hit challenge of the series He entered this road trip with a batting average and OPS but following Wednesday s performance Fitzgerald s numbers include a batting average and an OPS Anytime as a young player you go through a struggle you re playing a new position there s a lot thrown at you and now you re on the other side I think it ll do wonders for him Melvin announced But there s a lot of season left and there s going to be a lot of ups and downs for everybody Robbie Ray allowed four earned runs over four innings and threw pitches while getting a no-decision but Lou Trivino Camilo Doval and Spencer Bivens combined to throw five scoreless innings of relief Trivino earned his first win since Aug by pitching a scoreless fifth and sixth It s been a long time so it s cool to be back in the stat column Trivino stated I didn t think it would mean a lot to me then I detected out I was the winning pitcher I was like Okay that s kind of meaningful It s just cool It s been a while and it s nice to be able to contribute with such a good association Explained Melvin of Trivino It really did settle things down He threw strikes He didn t walk anybody That was huge to give us two innings like that And Bivens at the end as well It was good to see Doval get a clean inning and throw the ball really well too The Giants - scored four runs in the top of the first inning on Lee s RBI single Flores bases-loaded walk and Bailey s two-run single forcing the Phillies Aaron Nola to throw pitches in the process As Nola walked off the field the home fans showered him with boos Those four runs appeared as though they d be enough for Ray but San Francisco s starter couldn t find the strike zone The Phillies - had one infield hit in the first inning a leadoff single by Trea Turner but scored twice as Ray walked four batters two of them with the bases loaded Ray needed pitches to record three outs throwing so much that reliever Spencer Bivens had begun to warm up Related Articles SF Giants Schmitt already excelling at new position despite inexperience SF Giants can t hold lead Verlander still searching for first win Adames hits first home run of season as SF Giants rout Phillies Why Harper Schwarber Turner believe Posey will excel as SF Giants company president Lee s two-homer day leads SF Giants to series win over Yankees The Phillies earned their runs off Ray in the fourth Bryce Harper hit his second two-run homer in as multiple days and Philadelphia tied the contest at -all The Giants expeditiously re-gained the lead in part to a questionable throw from Phillies center fielder Johan Rojas With Lee on second after a double Chapman singled to center Lee stopped at third but Rojas fired an errant throw up the third-base line that skipped past all of his teammates and bounced out of play allowing Lee to figure to give the Giants a - lead one they d never lose From there San Francisco continued to pile on while the bullpen shut it down Against Trivino Doval and Bivens Philadelphia s bats only reached base twice Doval in particular hasn t allowed a baserunner in his last three appearances Lou coming into the tournament in the modern day and giving us two really strong innings was great Ray commented They ve been great the whole year and it s been fun to watch those guys They ve been picking us up so it s time to reciprocate
