Giants vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (5-11-26) - MLB Highlights

There's a little something extra on this you can feel it and right now I mean both teams are not really playing up to their capabilities I mean offensively both teams are sputtering a bit, but because it's a rivalry I I throw all that out the window Because these just are different games and you could have a one for 90 coming into this thing and have six hits in a four Game series. I mean, it's just the beauty of this series So I expected it's going to be well played tightly played it played like a playoff game So here is Sasaki who makes his first start in nine days You got to go back to last Saturday in St. Louis when he went six innings for the first time this year Off we go with a fastball that Lee pounces on lines the left center Hernandez plucks it highlight play to start the game It looked for all the world. It was headed toward the gap But Hernandez would have none of it first pitch first out Spectacular play and here's a rise one of the lone bright spots in what has been the worst offense in baseball Cracks this one in the air to left center field task of Hernandez with a busy start to this game two up and two down two gone Casey Schmidt Hits it in the left field. We got a hatchet coming for task So this is becoming a more common sight showing Ohtani taking batting practice on the field before the game I wish that I could report that he put on his show, but it was a Work in progress for Ohtani who visibly frustrated throughout it as he tries to break out of his slump He's hitting just 121 over his last 10 games Ohtani on one pitch to Schmidt One out Now this game is easy So how about Trevor McDonald who made his season debut last week against San Diego and a sight for sore eyes here having bets back Dodgers yesterday just the two runs on two hits all too common lately games like that Line to center field but right at Vader to us Seven pitch top of the first for Sasaki five pitches to get the first two outs here for McDonald and up comes Freddie Freeman Cracked in the right center field and a base hit for Freeman. That's gonna split the gap Extra bases for Freeman with two gone here in the first All you had to do is drop him out of the two spot get out of the two spot and he cranks one doubles machine That keeps his first inning alive for Kyle Tucker This is cued right back to McDonald and that'll in the inning so no runs a double one left Devers at 232 just four home runs 16 runs batted in so he's been a major disappointment In the first quarter of the season Now here's a swing in Devers. It's a high drive deep to right center on its way Rafi Devers in the right center field and back into the bleachers and the Giants have taken a one-to-nothing lead and His hot bat here in May continues this time against the rivals Yeah, it was a 3-2 split and it's just stayed up Well, we talked about what ails this Giants offense They may look at Sasaki and say this is what we need because the two things they don't do The two things that he tends to allow Come some of the one two turns it back up with the fastball and gets his first strikeout of the game One on one out here in the second the hitters Matt Chapman Try to check a swing one around to forget first base umpire Marvin Hudson Chapman has been struck out to gone two outs Harrison Bader his first at bat in a month So I'm not in this strike three So the home run the single and then three strikeouts in a row. All right, here's Jesus Rodriguez How about that the walk? He had a good at bat as he lined the left Fernandez made a great diving catches. That's to open the game but it takes off a Swing and a miss for strike three. The bat goes flying and so does Rodriguez from first to steal second arrives fly to left in his first at-bat Sasaki said at the belt and a base hit to right and It's gonna be one base at a time for Rodriguez is a rise at that ball to our first and third one out seven pitches for Sasaki in the first Twenty-five in the second and now he's already up to 47 pitches with one out in the third Probably not exactly what Mark Pryor had to say to Suzuki Yeah, I doubt if he went up there say hey listen I want you to hit this guy, but I want you to hit him with a breaking ball and then make sure yeah And then I want you to face Devers Reaches out flips it in the air to right field not deep That's a sake trying to make this an early turning point bases loaded for the Giants one out he gets Devers now to gone for Ramos Swing enough rounder up the third baseline field of unwanted pros Some trouble for Sasaki, but he gets out of all the misery Hitting eight today. It's the lowest that he's hit in the order in six years That base hit past the diving Matt Chapman into the left field corner arriving at second base Hernandez a leadoff double here in the bottom of the third Now here's Ohtani. He's been struggling turn it out first pitch that he saw like that Twice tonight he's bounced out to the right side up the third goes Hernandez to out Here comes Mookie most players that come off the injured list. They'll tell you it for the most part it's gonna take you a game or two to kind of Get re-acclimated swing and a miss he struck it out the slider Freeman has doubled in his first at-bat Freeman's two for two Two of the three Dodger hits belong to the first baseman Second inning in a row the Dodgers have had the leadoff man on up comes Kyle Tucker First time they've had multiple base runners in an inning against McDonald person second nobody out Three consecutive singles to start the fourth for the Dodgers Here we go Dodger lineup looking like it's a gauntlet to go through And he got the right guy coming up here with the bases loaded as hot as he's been and against the Giants He always liked Max Muncy at the plate Drive base hit in the right a single RBI for Muncy This is where you want to just keep that conga line going breaks his bat of ground ball the second base out Six four three six four three Dodgers take the lead though as Tucker comes in to score You push the run across you get no ribeye steak But it'll taste a little bit like a fillet when you get the run across and take the lead this Dodger offense has struggled a Little bit Connie continues to struggle. Oh for two tonight Just looking at that swing he appears to be off balance, but Donald on one and two Ohtani strikes out swinging Well, he's lost at sea. It is really hard to swing your way out of a slump, especially when you don't get strikes and That's what it's starting to look like the show. Hey, he wants to hit his way out of this Pitchers are not giving him anything to hit. I do see light at the end of the tunnel with him There's just so much potential and throwing it in the zone more and getting them to chase But you know what? He's open to it He's coachable and the league is telling him to listen Casey Schmitt leads off against Roki Sasaki rounded up the middle in the center field base head and for the Giants, that's their fourth hit of the game Devers wrapped foot in the left field Schmitt read it right away He's gonna head to third and when the throw goes to third and the second goes Devers Pa has not a good play You're pitching out there right now the difference between a good outing and an outing you want to forget a lot of good things Have happened to move forward, but you want to try and finish it off on the ground a fair ball One run score Second with a double and the Giants take the lead and so Sasaki who had retired eight in a row coming into this sixth inning And had realistic hopes of getting through six gives up three straight hits and doesn't report an out in the six McDonald goes back out. He's facing Max Muncy. I'm certain you're pleased with McDonald going back out Well, I am he's gonna be on a short leash Muncy does it again against San Francisco what a game he's having what he's done on defense Started the score with the RBI single now hits his team Hernandez continues what has been a perfect night two for two with a walk Don't move them out of the eight hole Matt Gage ready down there and here comes Tony Vitello. That's gonna do it for Trevor McDonald Another good impression that he makes though Limited chances in the major leagues, but just about every time he's been given one He's at least given the Giants a chance and a handful of new relievers as well gonna get chances There's a spinner off the end of the bad hook the second Go ahead run into scoring position and Ohtani to the plate So the lineup turns over and here's the slumping Shohei Ohtani Go ahead run in scoring position two outs in the sixth And he does what he has done so often lately rolls it to the right side a routine play for a rise And the inning is over And he ropes one in the right field for a base hit Leave the runner at first the pitch swing line drive up the middle base headed to center field Man he hit that ball hard. So two left-handed hitters in a row have hit hard base hits against Vecchia Wraps one towards the gap. It's gonna fall Second time tonight Raphael Devers has come to the plate with the bases loaded try as hard as you can if Devers to be patient Bases loaded walk from Raphael Devers has given the Giants the lead again So much of the talk lately has been about the lack of offense it's a rare game where the pitching has let him down Six to three Giants and Willie Adonis is back the Dodgers once again go to their bullpen for Wyatt Now he takes outside ball for it's a walk to start the ninth inning Runner goes Schmitz got it and now he looks and sees that the ball ended up in center field Devers the only question is and there's the question answered. They are not going to pitch the Devers Chance to put a lot of men on base tonight way outside not close So he has walked the first three hitters of the inning Giants still have five walks tonight so now Mills With the bases loaded and nobody out to face Willie Adonis it was Adonis who got a two strike two runs single to right his last time up Would like to join the party he's over Easiest RBI you can get Well, I mean Bader he fought that hamstring problem all spring I don't think he was ever right before he went on the aisle after 15 games once the season started But he's moving a lot better now and he chops this one They're gonna get This is gonna get an RBI is coming in to score All Giants here late 9-3 ballgame to the bottom of the ninth inning JT Brubaker's on to pitch for San Francisco looking for the last three outs Shohei Ohtani steps in he's 0 for 4 With a big swing And that is the way it's been going lately for Shohei Ohtani especially against the Giants He is now 1 for 18 against Giants pitching this year and here's Mookie Betts just off the injured list to left And that's the ballgame the Giants win game one of this four-game series And blowout fashion 9 to 3 to the Giants coming off a 500 road trip This is not the way they wanted to start this homestead