AAA: Sacramento River Cats edged out the Sugarland Space Cowboys 2-1.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Down on the Farm: 6/10/2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Game Wrap 6/10/2026: Giants 11 Nationals 10
The Giants scored 10 runs over the final two innings capped by a walk-off grand slam home run by Bryce Eldridge to end a wild afternoon game at Oracle Park. Key Lines:
Luis Arraez 2B- 2 for 5, 2B, R. BA= .327. Another day at the office for Arraez.
Matt Chapman 3B- 4 for 5, 2B, 2 HR(6), 3 R, 3 RBI. BA= .262. Huge day for Chapman as he continues his power surge.
Rafael Devers 1B- 1 for 4, HR(9), BB, 2 R, RBI. BA= .233. Other batters had bigger days but every run counted in this one.
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 2 for 4, BB, 2 R. BA= .338. Otto Lopez is 2 for 4 today and raised is BA to .343.
Bryce Eldridge DH- 1 for 4, HR(4), BB, 2 R, 4 RBI. BA= .298. A Star Is Born! Youngest player in MLB history to hit a walk-off grand slam(Roberto Clemente previously held the record).
Daniel Susac C- 2 for 4, 2B, R, RBI. BA= .309. Susac cooled off from his unsustainable start but is still an upgrade over Bailey.
Robbie Ray LHP- 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 4.42. Ray was having one of his better starts allowing 2 runs over the first 5 innings. Then, with 2 outs in the 6'th inning, he allowed three straight hits and another run. Carson Seymour came in and promptly allowed the two inherited runs to score. Seymour would go on to allow one of his own runs to score then 3 more in the 7'th to put the Giants behind 9-1, a seemingly insurmountable deficit.
Reiver Sanmartin LHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, 3/0 GO/AO. ERA= 4.50. Not a great line but the best of the afternoon for Giants pitchers.
The Giants get tomorrow off at home to regroup. They start a weekend series Friday against the Cubs with TBD facing TBD.
Down on the Farm: 6/9/2026
AAA: Sacramento River Cats edged out the Sugarland Space Cowboys 5-4.
Game Wrap 6/9/2026: Nationals 6 Giants 3
The Giants used a familiar formula for futility: Failure to drive in runs and failure of the bullpen to keep it close in the late innings. Key Lines:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Down on the Farm: 6/8/2026
Full Season Leagues were all idle as usual on Mondays.
Game Wrap 6/8/2026: Nationals 4 Giants 3
Logan Webb pitched in front of a gassed bullpen and it cost him a win and the Giants another crushing, late-inning loss. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 4 for 5, 2 R. BA= .333. Lee is now tied for 2'nd place in the batting race trailing only Forever Giant Otto Lopez SS who has a .336 BA. Lee scored 2 of the Giants 3 runs on a night they left 12 runners on base.
Bryce Eldridge 1B- 2 for 5, 2B, R, RBI. BA= .287. Eldridge had an RBI and scored in the top of the 8'th inning but he also contributed to the run in the 6'th by advancing Jung Hoo Lee to 3B on a single. So Eldridge contributed to all 3 Giants runs.
Casey Schmitt LF, Luis Arraez 2B, Eldridge and Matt Chapman 3B had 2 hits each with Lee recording 4. In spite of 5 multi-hit games, the lineup managed just one run in the first 8 innings and 3 runs total.
The Giants used small-ball to get what should have been an insurance run in the 8'th inning with Eric Haase C bunted runners from 2B and 1B to 3B and 2B, then Jonah Cox PH/CF executed a squeeze to score Eldridge.
Logan Webb RHP- 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K's, 7/3 GO/AO. ERA= 3.88. Webb threw 99 pitches in 8 innings and appeared to have something left in the tank. Tony Vitello went with Keaton Winn RHP who appears to be the dedicated Closer now. It's just that Winn appeared in games the previous two days going a total of 2.2 IP while throwing 41 pitches. He probably should not have been available to pitch. What were Vitello's other options? He could have left Webb in there to finish it or he could have gone with Dylan Smith RHP who recorded the extra-inning Save the night before and ended up getting the final out in this game. While I think going with his Closer in the 9'th is ordinarily what 90% of Managers would do, you have to factor in Winn's fatigue and the general lack of reliability the Giants have had from the Closer role. On the postgame show, Shawn Estes was visibly emotional while saying Winn had no business being out there and Webb should have finished the game while admitting it was a hindsight opinion.
Keaton Winn RHP- 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, HB, K. ERA= 3.23. Just for the record.
The Giants try to shake it off tonight with Adrian Houser RHP facing Andrew Alvarez LHP who comes in with a 3.54 ERA.
Monday, June 8, 2026
Down on the Farm: 6/7/2026
AAA: Sacramento River Cats defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 5-3.