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San Francisco Chronicle
19-07-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Justin Verlander earns more unwanted Giants history in ugly loss at Toronto
TORONTO — Any optimism Justin Verlander felt heading into the All-Star break evaporated within the first three innings in the San Francisco Giants' 4-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Rogers Centre holds fond memories for Verlander; it's where he's thrown two of his three no-hitters. But on this night, the ballpark fueled stuff of nightmares. The mechanical tweak that helped create the deception he wanted didn't pan out against Toronto, which got him for four runs on nine hits over 2⅔ innings. The mechanical tweak still yielded higher velocities than he had previously; he averaged 94.5 mph on his four-seamer and topped out at 97 mph. But he lacked the right movement on his breaking ball, and the Blue Jays pounced in a four-run second inning. The rally began with Addison Barger's single that bounced off Verlander's glove, then Alejandro Kirk hit a first-pitch slider through the right-side gap. Joey Loperfido's double down the first-base line scored the first run. Then Will Wagner doubled on a curveball to right to score two more. Nathan Lukes' RBI single made it 4-0 and Verlander wound up throwing 33 pitches in the inning. More For You What must Giants do in the second half to return to the postseason? With that, Verlander's streak of 16 straight games without a win in a single season is the longest by a Giant, passing Matt Cain's 15 straight in 2017. One more winless start, and he will tie Mark Davis (spanning 1984-86) for longest overall winless stretch by a Giants starter. Verlander struck out no batters and walked two. As usual, the Giants' offense fell flat. They had 10 hits off Toronto starter Chris Bassitt but came up empty. Rafael Devers and Matt Chapman hit into double plays in the first and second innings to extinguish two early scoring opportunities, and the team went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Phillies reporter: Jordan Romano 'sounded broken' after giving up historic walk-off inside-the-park homer
Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jordan Romano blew his third save in excruciating fashion Tuesday night, giving up a walk-off inside-the-park three-run home run to catcher Patrick Bailey in the San Francisco Giants' 4-3 win. The last time a catcher hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run? You have to go back 99 years to Aug. 11, 1926 when Washington Senators catcher Bennie Tate did it against the New York Yankees. It's been a rough year for Romano, a two-time All-Star with the Toronto Blue Jays, after signing a one-year, $8.5 million deal. He now has a 7.44 ERA in 36 appearances. Advertisement After the crushing loss, The Athletic's Phillies reporter Matt Gelb wrote that Romano 'sounded broken.' 'Get on a decent roll, then it's a big bad outing,' Romano told reporters. 'Get on a decent roll, another big bad outing. So it's kind of just been super frustrating. Just not getting on a roll. I'll feel really good for a little bit and then it's a bad one. It's just how it's going.' Because of Jose Alvarado's 80-game PED suspension, manager Rob Thomson has had to use Romano where he most likely would've had the lefty flamethrower on the mound. Alvarado is scheduled to come back in late August but is prohibited from pitching in the postseason this year if the Phillies make it that far. The Phillies bullpen has been a black hole this season. Philadelphia's relievers rank 23rd in ERA at 4.42 and 24th in batting average allowed at .257. If the Phillies want to get back to the World Series, they need to add at least two high-leverage relievers at the trade deadline. If not, it will be another long offseason. Advertisement Related Headlines
USA Today
09-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Giants' Patrick Bailey hits inside-the-park walk-off home run vs. Phillies
How about a walk-off inside-the-park home run to cap off your baseball viewing for the day? That's exactly what the San Francisco Giants' Patrick Bailey did late into the night on Tuesday, July 8. With his team trailing the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Bailey hit a long drive off Phillies pitcher Jordan Romano that struck the brick wall in right-center field. The ball did a crazy carom off the asymmetrical outfield wall at Oracle Park and rolled down the warning track as Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh frantically gave chase. Take a look at this thrilling play: A leadoff double by Casey Schmitt followed by a single by Wilmer Flores set the stage for Bailey's dramatic heroics, which delivered a 4-3 victory. The win was the Giants' fourth straight, lifting the team's record to 51-42, good for second in the NL West and just five games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have lost five straight. Bailey's walk-off inside-the-parker was reminiscent of one hit by the Giants' Ángel Pagán in the same ballpark in 2013. Pagán hit his walk-off home run in the 10th inning against the Colorado Rockies. Pagán's batted ball took a similar trajectory as Bailey's hit, bouncing off the right-center field wall and rolling down the warning track as outfielders gave chase after the unexpected bounce. The most recent walk-off inside-the-park home run happened on Aug. 19, 2016, when Cleveland's Tyler Naquin hit one against the Toronto Blue Jays. The biggest stories, every morning. Stay up-to-date on all the key sports developments by subscribing to USA TODAY Sports' newsletter.
NBC Sports
27-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the Giants' ballpark, team CEO says
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the San Francisco Giants' home stadium where he set baseball's career home run record, the team's CEO said. Giants President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer was asked during a radio interview about a statue for Bonds, and he responded that it was 'on the radar.' But Baer didn't have any details of when that would happen. 'Barry is certainly deserving of a statue, and I would say should be next up,' Baer said during an appearance on San Francisco's 95.7 The Game. 'We don't have the exact location and the exact date and the exact timing. ... It's coming. All I can say is it's coming.' Bonds played for San Francisco the last 15 of his 22 big league seasons, hitting 586 of his 762 homers while with the Giants from 1993-2007. He set the single-season MLB record with 73 homers in 2001, and hit his record-breaking 756th homer to pass Hank Aaron in a home game off Washington's Mike Bacsik on Aug. 7, 2007. There currently are five statues outside Oracle Park, those of Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda. The Giants retired Bonds' No. 25 jersey in 2018. Bonds, a seven-time MVP and 14-time All-Star, is not in the Hall of Fame. He failed to reach the 75% threshold required during his 10 years on the Baseball Writers Association of America's Hall of Fame ballot, mostly because of steroids allegations that dogged him during his final years with the Giants. The Contemporary Player Committee also passed on electing Bonds in 2022, though the committee could reconsider Bonds' status.
27-06-2025
- Sport
Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the Giants' ballpark, team CEO says
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the San Francisco Giants' home stadium where he set baseball's career home run record, the team's CEO said Thursday. Giants President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer was asked during a radio interview about a statue for Bonds, and he responded that it was 'on the radar." But Baer didn't have any details of when that would happen. 'Barry is certainly deserving of a statue, and I would say should be next up,' Baer said during an appearance on San Francisco's 95.7 The Game. 'We don't have the exact location and the exact date and the exact timing. ... It's coming. All I can say is it's coming.' Bonds played for San Francisco the last 15 of his 22 big league seasons, hitting 586 of his 762 homers while with the Giants from 1993-2007. He set the single-season MLB record with 73 homers in 2001, and hit his record-breaking 756th homer to pass Hank Aaron in a home game off Washington's Mike Bacsik on Aug. 7, 2007. There are currently five statues outside Oracle Park, those of Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda. The Giants retired Bonds' No. 25 jersey in 2018. Bonds, a seven-time MVP and 14-time All-Star, is not in the Hall of Fame. He failed to reach the 75% threshold required during his 10 years on the Baseball Writers Association of America's Hall of Fame ballot, mostly because of steroids allegations that dogged him during his final years with the Giants. The Contemporary Player Committee also passed on electing Bonds in 2022, though the committee could reconsider Bonds' status.
