MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Crawford hit his fifth profession grand slam, Mike Yastrzemski homered and doubled, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 15-6 on Friday night time.
Yastrzemski, Joc Pederson, Thairo Estrada and Jason Vosler homered off Miami reliever Elieser Hernández, who was initially scheduled to start out however allowed eight runs in an extended aid position.
The 5 residence runs had been a season excessive for the Giants.
“I think we were just kind of relaxed. We had pressed a little bit the last two games, after being behind,” Yastrzemski stated. “Today we just had fun. We felt we were in a good rhythm.”
Zack Littell (1-1) struck out 4 in two scoreless innings of aid.
Wilmer Flores’ RBI double and Yastrzemski’s three-run shot in the second put San Francisco forward 5-0.
An evening after being shut out by Miami’s Sandy Alcantara and two relievers, the Giants had their fifth double-digit scoring output of the season.
“No disrespect to the pitcher, but (Thursday) we faced a Cy Young-caliber pitcher that makes hitting a little bit harder,” Pederson stated. (*5*)
Pederson prolonged the Giants’ lead with a solo blast in the third. He drove Hernández’s pitch into the higher deck seats in proper for his thirteenth homer.
The Marlins narrowed the deficit on Jon Berti’s two-run double in the fourth earlier than Estrada related with a two-run blast in the fifth to provide San Francisco one other six-run lead.
“It’s encouraging. Any time you score a bunch of runs and have several big innings is another thing we believe leads to winning,” Giants supervisor Gabe Kapler stated. “It’s a confidence boost for this club but again, but you’re not going to get super high over this and super low over (Thursday’s) loss.”
Hernández’s outing lasted 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander has now surrendered a significant league-high 18 residence runs this season. The Marlins had additionally misplaced his six earlier begins.
“Nothing I can say, just terrible,” Hernández stated.
Crawford’s blast in opposition to reliever Louis Head capped a six-run seventh and elevated the Giants’ result in 15-2.
“It’s nice to have him back in the lineup, obviously,” Kapler stated of Crawford, who missed the collection opener due to cold-like signs. “It’s a powerful left-handed bat and when he’s not in there, we notice his absence.”
San Francisco’s Alex Cobb was scratched from his begin due to again tightness and reliever John Brebbia labored a scoreless first round a single. Brebbia struck out one.
Marlins reliever Richard Bleier (0-1) began and allowed Crawford’s RBI groundout. The left-hander gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one in his solely inning of labor.
Giants outfielder Luis González left in the second due to a proper decrease leg contusion after being getting hit by a pitch. Earlier Friday, González was named NL Rookie of the Month.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
The first-inning run continued a rewarding pattern for the Giants. They are 16-4 when scoring first and 12-19 if the opponent takes the primary lead.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL RELIEVERS
The Giants’ lopsided benefit resulted in ninth-inning aid appearances by place gamers Willians Astudillo of Miami and San Francisco’s Donovan Walton. Astudillo labored a scoreless prime half whereas Walton allowed three runs,
ROSTER MOVE
The Giants recalled Sean Hjelle from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned LHP Sam Long to the identical minor league membership.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: 3B Evan Longoria (shoulder) initially was scheduled to start out in the sector however after some pregame throwing he had not healed sufficiently to play the place. Longoria remained in the lineup as designated hitter.
Marlins: RHP Anthony Bender (again stiffness) performed catch Thursday.
UP NEXT
RHP Logan Webb (5-1, 3.52) will begin for the Giants on Saturday in opposition to Marlins RHP Pablo López (4-2, 1.83).