SF Giants’ open homestand with 3-1 win over Phillies before Dodgers’ arrival

SAN FRANCISCO Before the Giants can in the end welcome the Dodgers to Oracle Park this season on their way into the All-Star break the National League East-leading Phillies are here first as a three-game undercard It s a high-powered homestand and it got off to a victorious tension-filled start Monday night with the Giants prevailing - before a sellout crowd of Two really good teams are coming in here and we just have to keep playing baseball Giants pitcher Landen Roupp commented Guys are hitting making plays and we re throwing the ball well We have to keep it going Swept by Miami their last time at home the Giants produced two runs in an eighth-inning rally dependent on ground balls and batters hit by pitches The winning rally step-by-step Willy Adames having already extended his hitting streak to a season-best eight games led off by getting hit by a pitch from reliever Orion Kerkering Matt Chapman in his third tournament back from a sprained wrist battled to a full count before grounding a single to right and moving Adames to third It s a big homestand for us so it s big to get this first one for us Chapman stated after getting a celebratory water shower on NBC Sports Bay Area s postgame show Wilmer Flores the Giants RBI leader got hit by a - pitch to load the bases Casey Schmitt in his first meeting off the -day Injured List hit a grounder to shortstop to bring home Adames for a - lead Schmitt beat the relay throw to first to avoid a double play Jung Ho Lee rattled a grounder to first baseman Bryce Harper whose wide throw home allowed Chapman to slide in head first for an insurance run and - lead Camilo Doval came on for his th save in opportunities and that capped a top-notch night for the Giants bullpen in relief of Roupp s start It hasn t been his best here in recent days But he s finding a way to get it done Giants manager Bob Melvin reported Doval like Monday s pitching predecessors allowed the leadoff runner to reach Max Kepler walk Schmitt made a leaping snare for the inning s first out on Doval s th pitch to J T Realmuto Bryson Stott then grounded to Flores at first for what would be a game-ending double play The Giants - have won three in a row The Phillies - had won their previous two The Giants parlayed a bases-loaded rally in the second inning into a - lead with Chapman scoring that lone run when Luis Matos RBI grounder was botched by shortstop Trea Turner who potentially could have started an inning-ending double play had he cleanly fielded the ball Chapman had led off with a single followed by a Flores single and Schmitt walk Roupp opened with four scoreless innings while twice striking out All-Star Kyle Schwarber Then the ball literally bounced the Phillies way as they pulled even in the fifth inning Bryson Stott scored on a wild pitch from third but only after Stott reached base when a bad-hop grounder clanked off first baseman Wilmer Flores right foot and between his legs on its way down the right-field line for a leadoff double The ball to Flo it took a left turn I don t know what happened there That was one of the worst hops we ve seen so far Melvin stated Other than that we played clean baseball and you have to when you re not scoring a lot of runs We pitched and played defense Roupp escaped further damage in the fifth thanks to Luis Matos making a diving catch on a Schwarber liner before Harper struck out looking on a high full-count sinker In the present day he just had great vitality out there It was like early in the season capacity not coming down to the half Melvin declared It s obviously a tough lineup to handle through The last three times out he s been really good Roupp who has a ERA in his seven home starts commented I was locked in I did my job and got through five Then it was up to the Giants bullpen to tease then shut down the Phillies Ryan Walker worked a - - sixth then Joey Lucchesi yielded a leadoff single in the seventh before recording three consecutive outs on a sacrifice bunt on a comebacker off his left hip and on a strikeout of Trea Turner Reliever Tyler Rogers mimicked that pattern surrendering a leadoff single to Schwarber before inducing three outs and keeping the number tied Rogers got the win and his ERA ranks sixth-best in the majors NOTES For the the majority part I felt good swung at good pitches laid off particular good pitches took a walk Schmitt stated of his -for- RBI walk return as he settles in as the second baseman with Tyler Fitzgerald sent back to Triple-A Sacramento Schmitt s batting average was the best in the Giants lineup entering Monday s challenge Roupp has allowed four runs combined over his past four starts Adames stretched his season-best hitting streak to eight games with a fifth-inning double A marriage proposal congrats to Olivia and Tobias drew the night s greater part emotional standing ovation including from particular Giants in their neighboring dugout during the sixth-inning stretch The Giants were poised to take a - lead in the third but a ground-rule double by Chapman off the center-field track forced Rafael Devers back to third base Flores struck out to strand both runners in scoring position Devers reached by skying a ball into the bay breeze before it kindly fell ahead of right fielder Nick Castellanos The Phillies are - at Oracle Park since Robbie Ray - ERA will oppose Taijuan Walker - in Tuesday s p m start followed by Justin Verlander - vs Jesus Luzardo - in Wednesday s series finale Related Articles SF Giants Schmitt returns from injured list Fitzgerald optioned to Triple-A Adames Birdsong shine as SF Giants take series finale against Athletics Pitchers Webb Ray Rodr guez earn All-Star nods for Giants Melvin makes plea for SF Giants fireman to get All-Star Encounter nod Chapman makes big impact and Webb shines in homecoming in SF Giants win