The Giants need to hit a lot better than they did in the season’s opening series, or it’s going to be a long year. San Francisco managed just five runs and 13 hits in a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds. The Giants struck out 35 times! After losing the first two, they did salvage the finale. The pitching was good, as the Giant hurlers also gave up only 13 hits, and had 34 strikeouts.
replay 1-2, actual 2-1
March 27 – replay L 1-5 – actual W 6-4
March 29 – replay L 0-2 – actual L 2-3
March 30 – replay W 4-1 – actual W 6-3
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March 27 (5-1 loss): Logan Webb and Hunter Greene were excellent through five innings as neither team scored. Webb hadn’t given up a hit, while Greene had only allowed one. The Giants finally broke through in the top of the sixth when they put together three hits. LaMonte Wade led off with a single and later scored on Matt Chapman’s single. In the bottom of the sixth, the Reds countered with five runs. An error put the first baserunner on with one out, and Webb then gave up his first two hits of the game, which tied the score. The Giants turned to the bullpen, but that didn’t work out. Erik Miller walked the first two batters he faced, the second one with the bases loaded. Jeimer Candelario then smacked a double that cleared the bases and made it 5-1. Four Cincinnati relievers retired all 11 batters that they faced.
2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI 2025 CIN REDS AB R H BI
LaMonte Wade 4 1 1 0 TJ Friedl 4 1 1 0
Willy Adames 4 0 0 0 Matt McLain 4 1 1 1
Jung Hoo Lee 4 0 1 0 Elly De La Cruz 3 1 0 0
Matt Chapman 4 0 1 1 Gavin Lux 3 1 0 1
Heliot Ramos 4 0 1 0 Jeimer Candelario 4 0 1 3
Patrick Bailey 3 0 0 0 Spencer Steer 4 0 0 0
Wilmer Flores 3 0 0 0 Christian Encarnacio 2 0 0 0
Mike Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0 Jake Fraley 3 0 1 0
Tyler Fitzgerald 2 0 0 0 Jose Trevino 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 31 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 5 5 5
2025 SF GIANTS 000 001 000 -- 1
2025 CIN REDS 000 005 00x -- 5
LOB--2025 SF GIANTS 5, 2025 CIN REDS 4. ERR--Willy Adames.
2B--Heliot Ramos, Jeimer Candelario.
2025 SF GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Logan Webb XZ (L) 5.33 2 3 2 1 6 0
Erik Miller W 0.00 1 2 2 2 0 0
Randy Rodriguez KZ 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Rogers ZZ 1.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Ryan Walker YZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 CIN REDS
Hunter Greene XYZ 5.33 4 1 1 2 8 0
Scott Barlow XW0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Emilio Pagan XY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Antonio Santillan X 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Gibaut 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
March 29 (2-0 loss): The Giants managed only two hits, singles by Luis Matos in the second and Casey Schmitt in the eighth. Schmitt was the only Giant baserunner to make it as far as second base. The Reds got solo homers from Jose Trevino in the sixth and Christian Encarnacion-Strand in the seventh. Justin Verlander pitched well in the loss.
2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI 2025 CIN REDS AB R H BI
Heliot Ramos 3 0 0 0 TJ Friedl 4 0 1 0
Willy Adames 4 0 0 0 Matt McLain 3 0 1 0
Jung Hoo Lee 4 0 0 0 Elly De La Cruz 3 0 0 0
Matt Chapman 4 0 0 0 Gavin Lux 3 0 0 0
Wilmer Flores 4 0 0 0 Jeimer Candelario 3 0 0 0
Luis Matos 2 0 1 0 Christian Encarnacio 3 1 1 1
Patrick Bailey 3 0 0 0 Santiago Espinal 3 0 0 0
Casey Schmitt 2 0 1 0 Jake Fraley 3 0 1 0
Tyler Fitzgerald 2 0 0 0 Jose Trevino 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 28 0 2 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2
2025 SF GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
2025 CIN REDS 000 001 10x -- 2
LOB--2025 SF GIANTS 5, 2025 CIN REDS 2. 2B--Matt McLain.
HR--Christian EncarnacionStrand, Jose Trevino.
2025 SF GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Justin Verlander Y [L] 6.00 4 1 1 0 7 1
Spencer Bivens 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
Lou Trivino 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 CIN REDS
Nick Lodolo XZ [W] 7.00 1 0 0 3 5 0
Graham Ashcraft Y 1.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
Emilio Pagan XY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
March 30 (4-1 win): Tyler Fitzgerald had three doubles, Matt Chapman hit the Giants’ first home run of the season and Robbie Ray had an excellent start as San Francisco recorded its first victory. Fitzgerald’s first double came in the third inning and put runners on second and third with one out. LaMonte Wade came through with a two-run single to make it 2-0. The Reds got one back on Santiago Espinal’s RBI single in the bottom of the third. Cincinnati still had runners on the corners with one out, but Ray struck out the next two hitters. He would strike out 12 in six innings. It would stay 2-1 until the eighth, when Chapman launched a two-run homer. Camilo Doval struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to close out the win.
2025 SF GIANTS AB R H BI 2025 CIN REDS AB R H BI
LaMonte Wade 5 0 1 2 Matt McLain 4 0 1 0
Willy Adames 4 0 1 0 Santiago Espinal 4 0 1 1
Jung Hoo Lee 4 1 1 0 Elly De La Cruz 4 0 1 0
Matt Chapman 4 1 1 2 Christian Encarnacio 4 0 0 0
Heliot Ramos 4 0 0 0 Jeimer Candelario 4 0 0 0
Wilmer Flores 3 0 0 0 Spencer Steer 2 0 0 0
Luis Matos 4 0 0 0 Gavin Lux 2 0 0 0
Sam Huff 3 1 0 0 Blake Dunn 2 1 0 0
Tyler Fitzgerald 4 1 3 0 Austin Wynns 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 7 4 TOTALS 29 1 3 1
2025 SF GIANTS 002 000 020 -- 4
2025 CIN REDS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--2025 SF GIANTS 6, 2025 CIN REDS 4. ERR--Elly De La
Cruz. 2B--Tyler Fitzgerald (3), Willy Adames. HR--Matt
Chapman. SB--Willy Adames, Elly De La Cruz.
2025 SF GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Robbie Ray X [W] 6.00 3 1 1 1 12 0
Erik Miller W 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tyler Rogers ZZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Camilo Doval XW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
2025 CIN REDS
Nick Martinez Z [L] 6.00 3 2 2 1 7 0
Ian Gibaut 1.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
Taylor Rogers X 1.00 2 2 2 0 2 1
Scott Barlow XW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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