Game Wrap 6/10/2025: Wilmers 6 Rockies 5

This game had disaster written all over it for the Giants. They were facing a struggling rookie lefthander which is usually enough to sink them right there, but add in Coors Field and what sounds like a serious injury to their best position player and it looked ominous.  Things were not looking any better going to the 9'th inning trailing 5-2, then things took a weird turn, but in a good way.  Casey Schmitt led off with a home run to make it 5-3.  Two walks, a force-out, a wild pitch and another walk loaded the bases with one out.  Heliot Ramos got a run in with a Sac Fly and Dave Fleming announced that it's all up to Wilmer Flores.   I texted my friend and said, "it's alway up to Wilmer!"  When it got down to 2-strikes, as always with Wilmer, you had a feeling it was too soon to count him out.  When he beat out a swinging bunt to tie the game I burst out laughing even though nobody else was watching with me.  And how fitting that YtY lined a single to R to drive in the winning run?  We all survived another inning in Doval's Torture Chamber and turned off the TV happy.  Key Lines:

Jung Hoo Lee CF- 1 for 5, 3B, 2 R.  BA= .274.  Lee led off the game with a triple and scored on Willy Adames' sac fly.  The Giants would manage just one more run until the 9'th inning.

Willy Adames SS- 1 for 3, HR(6), BB, SF, 2 R, 2 RBI.  BA= .194.  Just when we hoped Adames would shed some of the pressure he's putting on himself, his infield partner, Matt Chapman, goes on the IL.  Adames did have a good game after a 2-day reset.

Wilmer Flores DH- 2 for 4, HBP, RBI.  BA= .255.  How many ways has Wilmer found to win games?  In honor of His Clutchness, for one day I am renaming the Giants in his honor.

Mike Yastrzemski PH/RF- 1 for 2, RBI.  BA= .235.  Good to see YtY with another game-winning hit.

Casey Schmitt 3B- 2 for 4, HR(1), R, RBI.  BA= .204.  With Chapman apparently out for awhile, Schmitt is going to get his big chance to prove he's an MLB hitter.  He's off to a good start.  

Kyle Harrison LHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.56.  After 54 pitches in two innings, it didn't look like Young Kyle would last more than 4 innings.  He got through 5 and kept it close enough to give his team a chance to win.  

Spencer Bivens RHP- 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.38.  Bivens was terrific for 2 innings then got touched for 2 runs and had to be bailed out by Erik Miller LHP. As things stood at that point, Kyle Harrison was on the hook for the loss.

Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, Save(10).  ERA= 1.45.  Doval had his torture chamber in action as he gave up a leadoff hit, erased that with a GIDP but then put runners first and third with a walk and bloop single before getting Forever Giant Thairo Estrada to fly out to Jung Hoo Lee for the final out.

The Win is the Wilmers 6'th in a row, all by one run, and puts the them 0.5 games out of first place.  

Robbie Ray LHP tries to keep the magic going tomorrow evening facing Kyle Freeland LHP.

As mentioned above, Matt Chapman was placed on the IL with what was initially described as hand inflammation but was updated to a ligament sprain and bone bruise suffered while sliding into a base.  Let's just say that sounds like potentially more than a 10-14 day stay on the IL.  He is scheduled to see a specialist in Los Angeles.