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4 days ago
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Jose Iglesias' sacrifice fly in the 10th lifts Padres over Giants 1-0
San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, left, throws to first base after forcing San Francisco Giants' Wilmer Flores, right, out at second base on a double play hit into by Matt Chapman during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames commits a throwing error on a single hit by San Diego Padres' Jose Iglesias, who advanced to second base, during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres catcher Elias Díaz, left, forces San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames out at home during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres' Jose Iglesias, right, hits a sacrifice fly next to San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, left, that scored Jake Cronenworth during the tenth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres' Jose Iglesias, right, hits a sacrifice fly next to San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, left, that scored Jake Cronenworth during the tenth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, left, throws to first base after forcing San Francisco Giants' Wilmer Flores, right, out at second base on a double play hit into by Matt Chapman during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames commits a throwing error on a single hit by San Diego Padres' Jose Iglesias, who advanced to second base, during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres catcher Elias Díaz, left, forces San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames out at home during the second inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Diego Padres' Jose Iglesias, right, hits a sacrifice fly next to San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, left, that scored Jake Cronenworth during the tenth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jose Iglesias hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th to break a scoreless tie, scoring automatic runner Jake Cronenworth as the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Monday night. Tyler Wade's sacrifice bunt started the inning against Ryan Walker (1-3). Advertisement Robert Suarez (1-1) gave up Patrick Bailey's leadoff single in the ninth but got out of it unscathed and finished for the win. Logan Webb struck out seven and didn't walk a batter over eight scoreless innings and outdueled Stephen Kolek for much of the game but didn't have a win to show for it as San Francisco squandered scoring chances. Jeremiah Estrada entered for San Diego with a runner aboard and two outs in the seventh then walked Tyler Fitzgerald. After a mound visit, Heliot Ramos walked to load the bases but Jung Hoo Lee struck out on three pitches. Kolek pitched into the sixth in his sixth major league start. He retired pinch-hitter Jerar Encarnacion on an inning-ending groundout after Encarnacion came off the 60-day injured list earlier Monday following a hand fracture in spring training that required surgery. Advertisement Manny Machado went hitless for only the seventh time in his last 28 games for the Padres, who are in a stretch playing 26 games in 27 days through June 25 — all of those games against the NL West. Key moment Webb and catcher Patrick Bailey turned an inning-ending double play in the second when Wade struck out swinging and Bailey fired to shortstop Willy Adames to catch Jake Cronenworth trying to steal second. The Giants then missed an opportunity grounding into a double play to end the bottom half, and did so again in the third. Key stat Both starters hit batters with pitches in the first three innings, including Giants designated hitter Wilmer Flores grimacing and letting out a groan as he took a hard inside pitch off his left elbow in the third. Flores was visibly upset and Padres catcher Elias Díaz tried to defuse the situation as Flores made his way toward first. Up next RHP Ryan Bergert (1-0, 0.00 ERA) pitches the second game for San Diego opposite Giants RHP Landen Roupp (3-4, 3.54). ___ AP MLB:
Forbes
5 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Rays Held Yard Sale Before ‘Turning Over Keys' To Tropicana Field For Roof Repairs
A sampling of the seemingly endless inventory of caps available at the Tampa Bay Rays' yard sale on ... More May 31, 2025. The sale was held in the parking lot of Tropicana Field. Bill Walsh likened the preparation for the Tampa Bay Rays' charity yard sale held Saturday to an average household's spring cleaning. The many items collected range from mugs to shirts and everything in between. In the process, there might a surprise or two in the form of something that had been long forgotten about, but evoked a memory or two. 'Everyone that does spring cleaning in their house, I think they find things they didn't know they had,' said Walsh, the Rays' chief business officer. 'It is pretty much the same here on a different scale.' A different scale? How about 28 seasons worth of promotional items and other inventory. Then there were a few items scheduled to be given away to fans that were, well, not given away. An example would be a Willy Adames bobblehead that was scheduled to be handed out to attending fans at Tropicana Field on May 30, 2020. Nobody was going to baseball games, or doing much of anything else, on that date due to the pandemic. When the season finally began in late July, fans were not permitted to attend. The Adames bobble, and other items, were added to the following season's promotional schedule. Hence, the Rays announced June 9, 2021 would be the date the Adames collectible would finally be handed out. However, the shortstop was dealt to the Brewers on May 21. What to do with all of the bobbleheads? The answer arrived nearly four years later when they were available to those attending the Rays' yard sale in the Trop parking lot. Similarly, and more recently, the Rays were to give away a set of three shoe charms to kids 14 and under last August 11. The players featured were Yandy Diaz, Zach Eflin and Josh Lowe. Eflin was dealt to the Orioles on July 26. Guess which team the Rays played the day the item would have been given away? In fact, Eflin blanked Tampa Bay over seven innings in picking up the win two days earlier with his new team. Kids finally got the charms at the yard sale. 'We have had a chance to put eyes on everything in all parts of the building over the last six months or so in a way that we just haven't in the last 25-plus years,' said Walsh, of scavenging Tropicana Field post-Hurricane Milton and gathering more than 75,000 items for the public to pick through. 'Almost any promotional giveaway we had, there were some left over that we found.' Shoe charms that were to be given away to Rays fans at a game in 2024, but were pulled from the ... More promotional calendar when Zach Eflin was traded before the giveaway date. Such items included bobbleheads, sweatshirts, t-shirts, tumblers, blankets and those related to group nights such as in-state universities (USF Day or UCF Day) and other themed celebrations. The many fans who weathered the rain in St. Petersburg on Saturday morning while waiting to enter two tents that had table after table full of items paid $20 for a bag they could overstuff. When the bag was full, fans could pay another $20 for each additional bag. The opportunity made for yard sale-type bargains considering what someone could walk away with. The city of St. Petersburg announced in early April that it approved $23 million for '…the cost of fabrication, delivery, and installation of PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) roof membrane.' In other words, the Trop will receive a new top. Walsh noted the hope was that prep work would commence in mid-June with exterior repairs visible perhaps eight weeks thereafter. With that in mind, it was time to perform the massive spring cleaning and get out of the way. 'The genesis of this is really the city taking on the repair of the roof,' said Walsh. 'What we are going to do is turn over the keys of the building to the city for that period of time. We need to get everything that is ours out of the way so they can work. There will be hundreds of workers setting up to install (roof) panels, which be in August.' The Tropicana Field parking lot was the sight of a Tampa Bay Rays yard sale May 31, 2025. More than ... More 75,000 items were piled up on tables within two tents. Hence, it was time to get busy with literally taking inventory on what was hiding in storage spaces and other areas of the building and making the items available to fans. Several Rays employees made the day possible with the Rays Baseball Foundation, the ballclub's charitable arm, benefitting from the sale. 'It all came together in three weeks,' said Walsh, somewhat joking the Rays have had to become accustomed to doing most everything in tight windows this year, including the massive chore of getting Steinbrenner Field ready for the regular season in a matter of a few days. 'A lot of folks really rallied and worked very hard to pull this off and get it set up. Our community engagement department and our foundation folks took the lead on it with setting up the logistics.'
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
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Robbie Ray moves to 7-0 with 6 strong innings, Sam Huff homers and Giants beat Nationals 3-2
San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames (2), Heliot Ramos, center, and Jung Hoo Lee, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Washington Nationals outfielder Alex Call leaps in vain for a ball that went for a home run by San Francisco Giants' Sam Huff during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski prepares to make a catch on a fly ball by Washington Nationals' Alex Call for the out during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, left, and Mike Yastrzemski, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, left, and Mike Yastrzemski, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames (2), Heliot Ramos, center, and Jung Hoo Lee, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Washington Nationals outfielder Alex Call leaps in vain for a ball that went for a home run by San Francisco Giants' Sam Huff during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski prepares to make a catch on a fly ball by Washington Nationals' Alex Call for the out during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, left, and Mike Yastrzemski, right, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) WASHINGTON (AP) — Robbie Ray pitched six strong innings to improve to 7-0, Sam Huff homered and the San Francisco Giants hung on to beat the Nationals 3-2 on Sunday and take two of three at Washington. Ray allowed a run on three hits and struck out seven without a walk, lowering his ERA to 2.56. Advertisement Washington's CJ Abrams led off the ninth with a double off of closer Ryan Walker. James Wood drove Abrams in with a one-out double to make it 3-2, but Walker retired the next two batters to earn his 10th save. The AL Cy Young Award winner in 2021 with Toronto, Ray became the second Giants pitcher in the past 30 years to start a season 7-0 after Kevin Gausman did it in 2021. The Giants are 10-1 in Ray's starts. Washington's Michael Soroka (1-2) went six innings, allowing three runs on five hits. Leading off the second, Huff hit a shot to left that bounced off the top of the wall and into the Giants bullpen to make it 2-0. Mike Yastrzemski followed with a triple off the center field fence and scored on a grounder by Heliot Ramos. Advertisement Nasim Nuñez singled, went to second on a groundout, stole third and scored on a wild pitch to pull the Nationals within 3-1 in the third. Ray retired 12 of his final 13 batters. Key moment With one out and the tying run on second in the ninth, Walker fanned Nathaniel Lowe and got Alex Call on a fly to right. Key stat Ray is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 32 innings in five May starts. Up next Giants RHP Logan Birdsong (2-0, 1.91 ERA) pitches when the Giants open a three-game series at Detroit on Monday. Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (4-3, 4.39 ERA) starts the first of a three-game series at Seattle on Tuesday. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
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Heliot Ramos homers and hits go-ahead single as Giants beat Athletics 3-2 for a series sweep
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames (2) and left fielder Heliot Ramos, center, celebrate after the team's victory over the Athletics in a baseball game Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, right, runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Patrick Bailey, right, celebrates with Wilmer Flores, left, after scoring against the Athletics on Heliot Ramos' single during the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames (2) and left fielder Heliot Ramos, center, celebrate after the team's victory over the Athletics in a baseball game Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, right, runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Patrick Bailey, right, celebrates with Wilmer Flores, left, after scoring against the Athletics on Heliot Ramos' single during the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos hits an RBI single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Heliot Ramos hit a leadoff homer in the first inning and had a go-ahead single in the eighth, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Athletics on Sunday that completed a series sweep. The three-game set was the teams' first meeting in the Northern California rivalry since the Athletics relocated from Oakland to Sacramento. Advertisement With the Giants trailing 2-1 in the eighth, LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a leadoff triple and Patrick Bailey drove him in with a single to tie it. Ramos' one-out single to left drove in Bailey from second to cap the rally against A's reliever Tyler Ferguson (0-2). Randy Rodriguez (3-0) earned the win after throwing a scoreless eighth and Ryan Walker got three outs for his eighth save. After Ramos gave the Giants a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer against A's starter Jeffrey Springs, Lawrence Butler's two-out single with the bases loaded in the fourth off San Francisco starter Justin Verlander gave the A's a 2-1 lead. Springs allowed two hits and walked none while striking out five in 6 2/3 innings, retiring 20 straight batters after Ramos' homer. Springs has given up just four runs over his last four starts. Advertisement Verlander allowed two runs in four innings and is still searching for his first win of the season through 10 starts — the longest such drought to start a season in his 20-year MLB career. Key moment Giants No. 9 hitter Christian Koss dropped down a bunt to move Bailey to second in the eighth. That allowed the catcher to score the go-ahead run on Ramos' single. Key stat Verlander walked five in four innings with just one strikeout. Up next Athletics: RHP JT Ginn (1-1, 4.61 ERA) will start Monday to kick off a four-game set at home against the Los Angeles Angels. Giants: LHP Robbie Ray (6-0, 3.04 ERA) is scheduled to pitch in the first of a three-game set against Kansas City on Monday. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
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Wilmer Flores walks it off
Wilmer Flores walks with the bases loaded to plate Willy Adames and seal the Giants' 1-0 walk-off win in the bottom of the 10th
