SEATTLE - The Giants wasted no time making their second-half statement at T-Mobile Park, and the loudest swings came from two bats that sent the ball to the same place: beyond the right-center field fence into the “J-Rod Squad.”
Willy Adames delivered the knockout punch with an opposite-field grand slam, and Bryce Eldridge added a two-run homer as San Francisco rolled past the Mariners 7-0 on Friday night. It was the Giants’ third straight win, and if they can make it four on Saturday, it would be their first four-game streak of the season.
The night started with a couple of warning shots that showed just how tricky the ballpark was playing early. In the bottom of the second, Luke Raley launched a 400-foot drive to straightaway center, only for Drew Gilbert to track it down with his back to the wall.
One inning later, Casey Schmitt sent a 386-foot fly ball toward center, but it faded to the warning track and landed in Victor Robles’ glove. Those near-misses made what Adames and Eldridge did later look even more imposing.
Eldridge got San Francisco on the board in the fifth, turning on a Bryce Miller splitter that leaked over the plate and sending it out for his ninth homer of the season. The two-run blast gave the Giants a 2-0 cushion. After San Francisco tacked on another run in the sixth, Adames blew the game open with his grand slam, a shot that had just enough to clear the fence in right-center.
While the offense was landing heavy blows, Landen Roupp kept the Mariners from ever finding a foothold. He gave up only two hits across seven shutout innings, continuing a sharp stretch that has carried over from the end of the first half.
Roupp closed that side of the schedule with eight innings of one-run ball against the Toronto Blue Jays, and in July he’s allowed just one run over 15 innings. That run of work has trimmed his ERA from 4.55 to 3.98.
Jason Foley also had a clean return to the majors, retiring the side in the eighth in his first big-league appearance since Sept. 27, 2024. He finished the inning by striking out a hitter with an elevated fastball.
On Saturday, Logan Webb will make his first start of the second half after earning his third straight All-Star selection. He’ll be opposed by Bryan Woo, who enters at 7-6 with a 4.23 ERA, while his 3.05 FIP ranks fourth among all American League starters.
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