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SAN FRANCISCO – For the second consecutive night the Giants got a sub-par outing from one of their top pitchers.
For the second consecutive night, it didn’t matter.
On an evening when Robbie Ray failed to make it out of the fifth inning for the first time in more than a month, the Giants’ offense had the Oracle Park crowd buzzing with a fireworks display at the plate that paved the way for a 15-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles as San Francisco won its sixth straight.
Dominic Smith and Luis Matos both homered to lead the offensive onslaught. Smith drove in four runs while Matos added three RBIs as the Giants scored in double digits for the second time in three games while setting a 2025 season-high with in runs.
The night began on a somber note when a moment of silence was held for former Giants reliever Randy Moffit who recently passed away. Moffitt spent 10 seasons with the Orange and Black and is in the franchise top-10 for saves (83) and games pitched (459).
After that it was nothing but noise, and lots of it, coming off the Giants bats or from the crowd at the waterfront ballpark.
The only thing hiccup of the night came from Ray. The 2021 Cy Young Award winner battled control issues and allowed runs in three of the five frames he worked, finishing with 94 pitches in 4 1/3 innings.
Baltimore scored a two-out run off Ray in the first inning, tacked on three in the third then added two more in the fifth before Giants manager Bob Melvin turned to his bullpen.
Spencer Bivens (3-3) retired five batters to record the win.
Here are the takeaways from Friday:
Offense Roars
There’s been a ton of criticism regarding the Giants’ up-and-mostly-down offense this season, but the Orange and Black threw a blanket over that noise in Friday’s series-opening win.
In the first inning alone, San Francisco batted around and scored four runs. Six of the first seven batters in manager Bob Melvin’s lineup reached base, the lone holdout being Dominic Smith who delivered a sacrifice fly.
Good things happen when you put the ball in play 😅pic.twitter.com/6j9Q0Xxfie
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 30, 2025
The good times at Oracle kept rolling into the second inning when Rafael Devers singled in Jung Hoo Lee followed by a Matt Chapman sacrifice fly.
Every starter had at least one hit for San Francisco, six scored at least one run and five drove in two runs or more.
San Francisco got good contact up and down the lineup, flexing the type of offense many have expected all season. While it’s still an uphill climb to make it to the MLB playoffs, nights like this should give even the most pessimistic of Giants fans hope.
Streaking Into History
Smith’s splash hit into McCovey Cove extended the Giants streak of consecutive games with at least one home run to 12, a stretch in which they’ve gone yard a total of 24 times.
BIG DOM SMITH SPLASH 💦pic.twitter.com/3LlXG6mSlY
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 30, 2025
The power surge has come from up and down the lineup. Adames has led the way during the streak with five homers. Rafael Devers is right behind him with four, and Matos hit his third during the stretch leading off the fifth on Friday. Three other players – Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos and Wilmer Flores – have hit two each.
The franchise record for consecutive games with at least one home run is 19, set in 1947.
The current streak has been the biggest reason that the Giants still harbor playoff hopes, as slim as they might be. It’s not like the days of Barry Bonds but it sure feels good when the ‘Bye Bye Baby’ song breaks out at Oracle.
Willy Warming To Righties
It’s been a bit of a rough first season in San Francisco for Adames, but the veteran shortstop has been in a nice groove against right-handed pitching since the calendar changed months.
Adames, who on Thursday became the first Giants shortstop since 1929 to have four multi-homer games in the same campaign, had his second four-hit game of the season on Friday.
Since Aug. 16, Adames is batting .416 (10-for-24) against righties. While he’s still having his issues versus lefties, it’s an s encouraging headed into the weekend, as the Orioles are expected to start right-handers Saturday and Sunday.
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