5/16-18/2025: Sacramento at San Francisco

The San Francisco Giants bounced back from being swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks to take two of three from the Athletics. The winning side scored in double-figures in all three games.

Matt Chapman went 6-for-12 (.500) with four home runs and 11 RBI in the three games. He now has a team-high 14 home runs after 47 games. Willy Adames batted 6-for-11 (.545) and hit his 10th home run. Logan Webb and Landen Roupp had excellent pitching performances.

replay 24-23, actual 28-19
May 16 – replay W 10-1 – actual W 9-1
May 17 – replay W 11-3 – actual W 1-0
May 18 – replay L 4-13 – actual W 3-2

May 16 (10-1 win): Logan Webb was fantastic again and had a shutout going until there were two outs in the ninth. Brent Rooker homered for the A’s to end the shutout bid. However, Webb improved to 5-3 and lowered his ERA to 1.69 while pitching the Giants’ first complete game of the season. San Francisco scored in six straight innings beginning in the second inning. Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the sixth, while Heliot Ramos had a two-run homer in the seventh, his sixth.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS   AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Jacob Wilson 3 0 0 0 Heliot Ramos 3 2 2 2
Tyler Soderstrom 4 0 0 0 Wilmer Flores 5 1 1 1
Brent Rooker 4 1 1 1 Jung Hoo Lee 5 0 1 1
Shea Langeliers 4 0 0 0 Matt Chapman 4 2 2 4
Lawrence Butler 3 0 1 0 Willy Adames 3 1 1 0
Miguel Andujar 3 0 1 0 Mike Yastrzemski 3 0 1 1
JJ Bleday 3 0 1 0 David Villar 5 0 1 0
Nick Kurtz 1 0 0 0 Patrick Bailey 4 1 1 0
Luis Urias 3 0 0 0 Tyler Fitzgerald 2 3 2 1
TOTALS 28 1 4 1 TOTALS 34 10 12 10

2025 SAC ATHLETICS 000 000 001 -- 1
2025 SF GIANTS 014 111 20x -- 10

LOB--2025 SAC ATHLETICS 3, 2025 SF GIANTS 9. 2B--JJ Bleday,
Patrick Bailey, Mike Yastrzemski. HR--Brent Rooker, Heliot
Ramos, Matt Chapman (2). HBP--Nick Kurtz.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
JP Sears Z [L] 3.33 8 6 6 3 3 1
Grant Holman 1.67 2 1 1 1 0 0
Michel Otanez YW 1.00 1 1 1 2 0 1
Matt Krook Z 1.00 1 2 2 1 0 1
Anthony Maldonado YW 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Logan Webb XZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 2 9 1

May 17 (11-3 win): Landen Roupp had another great start, tossing seven shutout innings to improve to 4-3. Matt Chapman drove in five runs with a two-run double in the third and a three-run homer in the sixth. Willy Adames drove in three runs, including a two-run homer in the eighth, his 10th of the season. The A’s once again broke up a shutout bid with a late homer, as Nick Kurtz hit a two-run homer in the eighth. Jacob Wilson followed that with a home run of his own.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS   AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Jacob Wilson 4 1 2 1 Mike Yastrzemski 4 1 2 0
Brent Rooker 4 0 0 0 Wilmer Flores 5 2 2 1
Tyler Soderstrom 4 0 0 0 Jung Hoo Lee 4 2 1 2
Shea Langeliers 4 0 0 0 Heliot Ramos 5 1 1 0
Miguel Andujar 4 0 1 0 Matt Chapman 4 2 3 5
Lawrence Butler 3 0 1 0 Willy Adames 5 1 3 3
Luis Urias 2 1 0 0 LaMonte Wade 5 0 0 0
JJ Bleday 1 0 1 0 Patrick Bailey 4 1 1 0
Seth Brown 2 0 0 0 Tyler Fitzgerald 3 1 1 0
Nick Kurtz 3 1 1 2
TOTALS 31 3 6 3 TOTALS 39 11 14 11

2025 SAC ATHLETICS 000 000 030 -- 3
2025 SF GIANTS 103 005 02x -- 11

LOB--2025 SAC ATHLETICS 2, 2025 SF GIANTS 8. ERR--Seth
Brown, Jacob Wilson, Miguel Andujar, Willy Adames. 2B--Tyler
Fitzgerald, Matt Chapman. HR--Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz,
Willy Adames, Matt Chapman.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luis Severino Z [L] 5.00 7 4 4 1 2 0
Justin Sterner X 1.00 4 5 5 3 0 1
Tyler Ferguson YW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mason Miller KXYZ 1.00 2 2 2 0 3 1
2025 SF GIANTS
Landen Roupp Y [W] 7.00 4 0 0 0 3 0
Randy Rodriguez KZ 1.00 2 3 3 1 1 2
Tyler Rogers ZZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

May 18 (13-4 loss): The Giants had their worst performance of the season an opponent scored in double-figures for the first time. Four Giant errors meant that nearly half of the runs were unearned. Shea Langeliers homered twice for the A’s. Justin Verlander lasted just three innings and fell to 2-4. Matt Chapman homered for the third straight game with a two-run shot in the eighth inning.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS   AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Lawrence Butler 6 2 3 2 Heliot Ramos 5 0 2 1
Jacob Wilson 5 2 1 2 Wilmer Flores 4 1 0 0
Tyler Soderstrom 4 2 1 1 Jung Hoo Lee 5 0 0 0
Brent Rooker 6 2 2 2 Matt Chapman 4 1 1 2
Shea Langeliers 5 2 2 4 Willy Adames 3 1 2 0
Nick Kurtz 5 0 4 2 Luis Matos 2 0 0 0
Luis Urias 4 0 0 0 Sam Huff 2 0 0 0
Max Schuemann 4 1 1 0 David Villar 2 1 0 0
Jhonny Pereda 5 2 2 0 Christian Koss 3 0 0 1
TOTALS 44 13 16 13 TOTALS 30 4 5 4

2025 SAC ATHLETICS 303 211 003 -- 13
2025 SF GIANTS 000 010 030 -- 4

LOB--2025 SAC ATHLETICS 9, 2025 SF GIANTS 9. ERR--Nick
Kurtz, Willy Adames, Jung Hoo Lee, Christian Koss (2).
2B--Jhonny Pereda (2), Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler (2),
Heliot Ramos, Willy Adames. HR--Shea Langeliers (2), Matt
Chapman. HBP--David Villar. SACF--Tyler Soderstrom.
SB--Lawrence Butler, Tyler Soderstrom.

2025 SAC ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeffrey Springs [W] 6.00 3 1 1 5 1 0
Justin Sterner X 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tyler Ferguson YW 1.00 2 3 3 3 2 1
Grant Holman 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Justin Verlander Y [L] 3.00 5 6 3 1 3 1
Spencer Bivens 2.00 4 3 2 1 2 1
Erik Miller W 1.00 1 1 0 2 0 0
Ryan Walker YZ 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Camilo Doval XW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Hayden Birdsong YW 1.00 3 3 2 0 0 0

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