Giants take home losing streak into matchup against the Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates (44-62, fifth in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (54-52, third in the NL West)
San Francisco; Monday, 9:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mitch Keller (4-10, 3.53 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 97 strikeouts); Giants: Carson Whisenhunt (0-0)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -132, Pirates +111; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants aim to end their five-game home slide with a win against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
San Francisco has a 54-52 record overall and a 28-23 record in home games. The Giants have the sixth-best team ERA in baseball at 3.67.
Pittsburgh has a 13-37 record on the road and a 44-62 record overall. The Pirates are 30-19 in games when they did not allow a home run.
The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Heliot Ramos leads the Giants with a .268 batting average, and has 19 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs, 35 walks and 50 RBIs. Willy Adames is 12 for 38 with three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.
Bryan Reynolds has 22 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 51 RBIs while hitting .232 for the Pirates. Tommy Pham is 12 for 37 with three doubles, a triple and a home run over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 2-8, .254 batting average, 5.01 ERA, outscored by 11 runs
Pirates: 6-4, .237 batting average, 3.33 ERA, outscored by one run
INJURIES: Giants: Landen Roupp: 15-Day IL (elbow), Erik Miller: 15-Day IL (elbow), Christian Koss: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jerar Encarnacion: 10-Day IL (oblique), Tom Murphy: 60-Day IL (back)
Pirates: Chase Shugart: 15-Day IL (knee), Ryan Borucki: 15-Day IL (back), Endy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Enmanuel Valdez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Lawrence: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tim Mayza: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Jesus Rodriguez, a late-blooming catcher with the Yankees' Triple-A team, is the closest among those prospects to the big leagues. After seven seasons with the #SFGiants and 392 games pitched—10th-most in the SF era—we say thank you, Tyler 🧡 @tyrogers2020 — SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 30, 2025 It might surprise you that Posey, the former player with a competitive streak, would take such a clear selling posture when the Giants are just one game below .500 with two months of baseball to play. But maybe it shouldn't surprise you that Posey, the parental figure, would go in a different direction. Advertisement By holding a clubhouse of disappointing players to account. The warnings have been there for months. When Posey sought to give the team a wakeup call in early June, designating former teammate LaMonte Wade Jr. for assignment, he sent a clear message to the group: 'It's time to go. We all believe that we're better than what we've done with the bat for the last 2 1/2, three weeks. It's time to go.' Barely a week later, when Posey closed the shocking deal to acquire slugger Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox, he said the goal was nothing short of returning to the World Series. When the team sputtered again in late June, getting swept at home by the Miami Marlins and dropping a road series to the lowly Chicago White Sox, Posey joined the team in Arizona and announced he was exercising the option on manager Bob Melvin's contract for 2026. Along with the vote of confidence for Melvin and his staff, Posey sent a not-so-veiled message to the players: The improvement needed to come from the clubhouse, not the coaches' room. 'I still believe in (our) group of players, but it boils down to them needing to play better baseball,' Posey said on July 1. 'You want the coach to be prepared, but at the same time, you want there to be accountability for the player, to understand that ultimately their career and their success or failure comes down to one person and that's themselves.' The Giants did not play better baseball. The lack of consistent run production has been the biggest issue, but perhaps not the most troubling. There were too many times when the Giants made basic mistakes on the bases or botched fundamental plays on defense or looked distracted. Whether it's Jung Hoo Lee bunting with the bases loaded or Heliot Ramos apparently forgetting how the infield fly rule works, there were too many instances when the Giants looked like they lacked confidence or resilience. Advertisement Posey, GM Zack Minasian and vice president Jeremy Shelley were watching the same team you were. At some point, you stop indulging an underachieving team. They've shown you who they are. 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Tyler Rogers traded to New York Mets ahead of deadline
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