SAN FRANCISCO — Following Friday night’s 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, shortstop Willy Adames assessed that there were “too many Dodgers fans here.”
“Maybe tomorrow we get some San Francisco fans,” Adames said.
It wasn’t quite a complete takeover of Oracle Park, but there appeared to be even more Dodgers fans on Saturday afternoon donning white jerseys and blue hats at 24 Willie Mays Plaza. And when when the ballgame ended, the Giants having lost 2-1 as the Dodgers snapped their seven-game losing streak, those opposing fans talked their talk.
Shohei Ohtani pitched three scoreless innings with four strikeouts in his first time pitching against the Giants as part of the rivalry. Including his time with the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani has allowed one run in 15 career innings (0.60 ERA) against San Francisco.
Landen Roupp turned in a quality start in his final appearance of the first half, allowing two runs over six innings with eight strikeouts. Roupp will go into the break with a 3.27 ERA over 96 1/3 innings, firmly establishing himself as the No. 3 starter in the Giants’ rotation behind Logan Webb and Robbie Ray.
For Roupp, Saturday’s outing represented a rebound after he allowed six earned runs over 1 2/3 innings during his last against the Dodgers as the Giants were blown out in Los Angeles. In five starts since then, Roupp has allowed five earned runs over 26 1/3 innings (1.71 ERA) with 26 strikeouts.
Mike Yastrzemski singled off Ohtani with two outs in the bottom of the third inning, and the Giants didn’t have another hit until Patrick Bailey singled off Sheehan with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning and San Francisco trailing 2-0. Following Bailey’s single, Yastrzemski walked and Heliot Ramos singled to load the bases. Sheehan’s afternoon was over, and left-hander Alex Vesia would enter to face the heart of San Francisco’s order.
Rafael Devers trimmed the deficit to 2-1 with a sacrifice fly to deep right-center field, setting the stage for Matt Chapman with runners at the corners and two outs. That one run would be all that San Francisco got as Chapman hit into an inning-ending force out.
That one run would be all that San Francisco got, period.