Jul 5, 2025; West Sacramento, California, USA; San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames (2) hits a single towards the Athletics throughout the seventh inning at Sutter Well being Park. Obligatory Credit score: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Pictures
Willy Adames obtained a seven-year, $182 million contract within the offseason to affix the San Francisco Giants, however his bat was lacking in motion for the primary two-plus months of the season.
However now Adames is heating up and displaying why the Giants coveted his companies. He’ll look to place collectively one other sturdy recreation on Sunday evening when the Giants and Athletics full a three-game sequence at West Sacramento, Calif.
Adames had a season-high 4 RBIs and his sixth three-hit outing of the season as San Francisco rolled to a 7-2 victory on Saturday to even the sequence at a recreation apiece.
The 29-year-old shortstop was batting simply .194 after a recreation on June 10, however his common is now .225 after Saturday’s 3-for-5 effort. Adames has a six-game hitting streak by which he’s batting .435 (10-for-23) with a homer and 6 RBIs.
“It was a troublesome starting of the season for me,” Adames stated. “I used to be simply working every single day attempting to get that feeling and that timing proper, and the final three weeks I have been feeling approach higher, feeling like me.”
Adames delivered two two-run singles on Saturday, one within the first inning and one other within the third.
“Willy’s hit was enormous coming with two out,” Giants supervisor Bob Melvin stated of the first-inning heroics. “Then Willy’s subsequent one (was massive). He was the star on the plate. … He is not chasing as a lot and doing loads of good issues.”
San Francisco additionally had five-time Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman (hand) again within the lineup after a 23-game absence. Chapman batted cleanup and went 1-for-3 and scored twice. He reached on a single, a stroll and was hit by a pitch.
“He is been gone for too lengthy, and the group has been lacking him,” Adames stated of Chapman. “He bought on base thrice. He did a tremendous job in his first recreation again.”
The victory was simply the fourth prior to now 12 video games for San Francisco.
The Athletics gained Friday’s opener 11-2 however have been largely uncompetitive on Saturday whereas falling to 1-4 towards the Giants this season.
Scorching-hitting A’s rookie Nick Kurtz had two doubles off Giants ace Logan Webb.
“Nick’s at-bats off Logan have been excellent,” Athletics supervisor Mark Kotsay stated. “I assumed his plan of assault was nice and he executed his plan very well.”
A’s rookie Jacob Wilson, who will begin at shortstop for the American League within the All-Star Sport on July 15, was hitless in 4 at-bats.
Left-hander Jacob Lopez (2-4, 3.88 ERA) will begin for the Athletics on Sunday. He lasted simply 3 1/3 innings towards the Tampa Bay Rays final Monday, giving up 4 runs (three earned) and 5 hits and obtained a no-decision within the Athletics’ 6-4 victory.
Lopez picked up his lone massive league save towards the Giants within the 2023 season when he was a member of the Rays. He gave up one run over three innings in an eventual 10-2 Rays win.
Adames is 1-for-2 with a homer off Lopez.
Proper-hander Hayden Birdsong (3-3, 4.30 ERA) shall be on the mound for the Giants on Sunday.
Birdsong misplaced his final two outings as a part of a five-start winless stretch. His final victory was June 1 towards the Miami Marlins. In his final begin, Birdsong allowed 4 runs (three earned) and three hits in 4 innings in an 8-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
Birdsong, 23, misplaced his lone profession begin towards the A’s final August. He gave up one run and three hits over 4 2/3 innings in a 2-0 A’s win.
–Area Stage Media
