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Estrada, Flores hit home runs as Giants offense comes alive in 7-0 win over Rays

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) As trying a baseball journey as Wade Meckler had to reach the majors only a year after being drafted, Giants manager Gabe Kapler knew he had to defend the rookie center fielder playing just his second big league game.

Kapler argued a questionable strike call in the fourth inning of a 7-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays and had to watch on television Tuesday night, after being ejected by plate umpire Chad Whitson, as Meckler delivered his first career hit in the sixth.

The high pitch to the outside corner certainly appeared to be a ball on replay. Meckler hardly flinched - and knew better than to argue two days in - after all, he got cut twice at Oregon State after joining the program as an undersized walk-on.

“To get one feels very thrilling,” Meckler said of coming through after an 0-for-3 performance with two strikeouts in his debut Monday. “I don't want to come off as disrespectful to them and say anything, even if I say in a respectful way they might say I've played two major league games. Just keep making the right swing decisions and eventually build a reputation I know what the strike zone is and if I say something there's a cause behind it.”

It was Kapler’s second ejection this season and seventh of his career. Meckler hit a sharp single to center in the decisive sixth that chased Rays right-hander Zack Littell (2-4). Meckler became the ninth Giants rookie to record a hit this year, most in baseball.

Thairo Estrada homered with one out in the sixth to break up a scoreless game and Wilmer Flores hit a two-run drive three batters later as the Giants' offense came alive.

Jakob Junis struck out seven over four scoreless innings then gave way to Sean Manaea (4-3), who struck out five and allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

A day after the Giants surrendered a season-high 18 hits - also the Rays' most this season - they showed energy and enthusiasm for 27 outs to win for just the third time in 10 games. San Francisco added two more runs in the seventh on catcher René Pinto's wild pickoff attempt throw that sailed over third baseman Isaac Paredes.

Joc Pederson made a hard slide into home on Michael Conforto's double in the eighth and Pederson looked up at Whitson and said “safe” as the umpire made the safe call. The play went to replay review and was confirmed.

“One day we'll have monitors in the dugout and be able to watch this stuff because you actually see the game even better than you do from the dugout. That was a really fun moment,” Kapler said. “It was great to see Joc break out in that big smile, both in the moment and then the camera panned to him in the dugout after the call was confirmed on the field and just a huge smile comes out.”

Littell, who pitched for the Giants the past two seasons, struck out five and didn't walk a batter over 5 2/3 innings.

Randy Arozarena went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts to have his eight-game hitting streak snapped for the Rays, who are 10-7 in their last 17 games after a majors-worst 5-15 streak from July 1-26.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rays: OF Manuel Margot traveled back to Florida and will undergo a procedure to remove bone chips from his right elbow on Wednesday and is set to miss up to a month. Team orthopedist Dr. Koco Eaton will do the surgery. ... In more tough news for Tampa Bay, ace left-hander Shane McClanahan is scheduled to undergo Tommy John elbow surgery Monday. He was examined by Dr. Keith Meister on Tuesday and is expected to miss the entire 2024 season. The 26-year-old McClanahan went on the 60-day injured list retroactive to Aug. 3 with tightness in his pitching forearm and last pitched Aug. 2 on the road against the Yankees. “Tough loss, no doubt,” manager Kevin Cash said. ... The Rays recalled INF Jonathan Aranda from Triple-A Durham to fill the roster void.

Giants: Flores returned to the lineup at third base after he was a late scratch for Monday's 10-2 defeat with an ear infection and nausea. ... Kapler has been trying to give a full day off to J.D. Davis, who didn't start for a second straight game.

UP NEXT

RHP Aaron Civale (5-3, 2.61 ERA) pitches the series finale for the Rays in his third start since being acquired by Cleveland. RHP Ryan Walker (4-1, 2.28) will start for the Giants.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays TB72-50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Giants SF64-56	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	X	7	9	1

Oracle ParkSan Francisco, CA

W: S. Manaea (4-3)L: Z. Littell (2-3)S: (0)
HR: SF - W. Flores (23), T. Estrada (14)

TBRays

SFGiants

.S. ManaeaSean Manaea
P
3.1 IP, 2 BB, 5 SO, 57 P
.J. JunisJake Junis
P
4.0 IP, BB, 7 SO, 62 P

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
Y. Diaz 1B	3	0	1	1	1	.321	.400	.508	.908	0.5
B. Lowe 2B	4	1	0	1	2	.221	.313	.425	.738	0.5
I. Paredes 3B	4	1	0	0	2	.246	.352	.491	.844	1.0
R. Arozarena LF	4	0	0	3	3	.255	.362	.422	.784	-1.5
L. Raley DH	4	1	0	3	0	.255	.340	.507	.846	-0.5
O. Basabe SS	3	0	1	3	1	.200	.333	.300	.633	-0.5
J. Siri CF	3	0	0	1	1	.217	.258	.511	.768	-0.5
J. Lowe RF	3	0	0	1	1	.270	.314	.474	.788	-0.5
R. Pinto C	2	0	1	2	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	0.0

HITTERS	AB
Y. Diaz 1B	3
B. Lowe 2B	4
I. Paredes 3B	4
R. Arozarena LF	4
L. Raley DH	4
O. Basabe SS	3
J. Siri CF	3
J. Lowe RF	3
R. Pinto C	2

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Wade 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.258	.383	.406	.789	-0.5
J. Camargo 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.0
W. Meckler CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2.0
W. Flores 3B-1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	.300	.356	.542	.898	7.0
J. Pederson DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229	.340	.407	.747	1.0
M. Conforto RF	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	.251	.344	.414	.758	6.0
A. Slater LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.329	.397	.725	0.0
P. Bailey C	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	.263	.312	.414	.726	4.0
B. Sabol LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.243	.304	.404	.707	-0.5
H. Ramos PR-RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.444	.734	2.0
B. Crawford SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.197	.267	.322	.589	-1.0
T. Estrada 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	.274	.326	.434	.760	6.0

HITTERS	AB
L. Wade 1B	4
J. Camargo 3B	0
W. Meckler CF	4
W. Flores 3B-1B	4
J. Pederson DH	4
M. Conforto RF	4
A. Slater LF	0
P. Bailey C	3
B. Sabol LF	3
H. Ramos PR-RF	1
B. Crawford SS	4
T. Estrada 2B	3

Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Arozarena

2B - M. Conforto (12)
HR - W. Flores (16), T. Estrada (10)
RBI - W. Flores 2 (41), M. Conforto (55), P. Bailey (39), T. Estrada (37)
2-Out RBI - W. Flores 2 (2), M. Conforto, P. Bailey
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - L. Wade, B. Sabol, B. Crawford

E - Y. Diaz (4), R. Pinto

DP - (Crawford-Estrada-Flores)
E - W. Flores (3)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Z. Littell (L, 2-3)	5.2	3	2	2	0	5	1	3.92	1.23	9.5
K. Kelly	1.1	2	3	1	1	1	1	3.48	1.10	0.5
E. Ramirez	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	5.50	1.58	-3.0

PITCHERS	IP
Z. Littell (L, 2-3)	5.2
K. Kelly	1.1
E. Ramirez	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Junis	4.0	2	1	7	4.10	1.37	12.5
S. Manaea (W, 4-3)	3.1	1	2	5	4.89	1.26	16.5
T. Rogers	0.2	0	0	0	2.51	1.08	2.0
L. Jackson	1.0	0	0	3	2.50	1.17	4.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Junis	4.0
S. Manaea (W, 4-3)	3.1
T. Rogers	0.2
L. Jackson	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - Z. Littell 79-52, K. Kelly 31-21, E. Ramirez 18-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Z. Littell 4-7, K. Kelly 2-3, E. Ramirez 3-1
Batters Faced - Z. Littell 20, K. Kelly 8, E. Ramirez 7

Pitches-Strikes - J. Junis 62-43, S. Manaea 57-36, T. Rogers 5-3, L. Jackson 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Junis 2-3, S. Manaea 4-1, T. Rogers 1-0
Batters Faced - J. Junis 16, S. Manaea 13, T. Rogers, L. Jackson 3

.S. ManaeaSean Manaea
P
3.1 IP, 2 BB, 5 SO, 57 P
.J. JunisJake Junis
P
4.0 IP, BB, 7 SO, 62 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rays TB72-50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Giants SF64-56	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	X	7	9	1

Oracle ParkSan Francisco, CA

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
Y. Diaz 1B	3	0	1	1	1	.321	.400	.508	.908	0.5
B. Lowe 2B	4	1	0	1	2	.221	.313	.425	.738	0.5
I. Paredes 3B	4	1	0	0	2	.246	.352	.491	.844	1.0
R. Arozarena LF	4	0	0	3	3	.255	.362	.422	.784	-1.5
L. Raley DH	4	1	0	3	0	.255	.340	.507	.846	-0.5
O. Basabe SS	3	0	1	3	1	.200	.333	.300	.633	-0.5
J. Siri CF	3	0	0	1	1	.217	.258	.511	.768	-0.5
J. Lowe RF	3	0	0	1	1	.270	.314	.474	.788	-0.5
R. Pinto C	2	0	1	2	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	0.0
Total	30	3	3	15	11	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
Y. Diaz 1B	3
B. Lowe 2B	4
I. Paredes 3B	4
R. Arozarena LF	4
L. Raley DH	4
O. Basabe SS	3
J. Siri CF	3
J. Lowe RF	3
R. Pinto C	2
Total	30

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Wade 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.258	.383	.406	.789	-0.5
J. Camargo 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.0
W. Meckler CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2.0
W. Flores 3B-1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	.300	.356	.542	.898	7.0
J. Pederson DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229	.340	.407	.747	1.0
M. Conforto RF	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	.251	.344	.414	.758	6.0
A. Slater LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.329	.397	.725	0.0
P. Bailey C	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	.263	.312	.414	.726	4.0
B. Sabol LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.243	.304	.404	.707	-0.5
H. Ramos PR-RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.444	.734	2.0
B. Crawford SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.197	.267	.322	.589	-1.0
T. Estrada 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	.274	.326	.434	.760	6.0
Total	34	7	9	5	2	1	6	15	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
L. Wade 1B	4
J. Camargo 3B	0
W. Meckler CF	4
W. Flores 3B-1B	4
J. Pederson DH	4
M. Conforto RF	4
A. Slater LF	0
P. Bailey C	3
B. Sabol LF	3
H. Ramos PR-RF	1
B. Crawford SS	4
T. Estrada 2B	3
Total	34

Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Arozarena

2B - M. Conforto (12)
HR - W. Flores (16), T. Estrada (10)
RBI - W. Flores 2 (41), M. Conforto (55), P. Bailey (39), T. Estrada (37)
2-Out RBI - W. Flores 2 (2), M. Conforto, P. Bailey
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - L. Wade, B. Sabol, B. Crawford

E - Y. Diaz (4), R. Pinto

DP - (Crawford-Estrada-Flores)
E - W. Flores (3)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Z. Littell (L, 2-3)	5.2	3	2	2	0	5	1	3.92	1.23	9.5
K. Kelly	1.1	2	3	1	1	1	1	3.48	1.10	0.5
E. Ramirez	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	5.50	1.58	-3.0
Total	8.0	9	7	5	1	6	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
Z. Littell (L, 2-3)	5.2
K. Kelly	1.1
E. Ramirez	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Junis	4.0	2	1	7	4.10	1.37	12.5
S. Manaea (W, 4-3)	3.1	1	2	5	4.89	1.26	16.5
T. Rogers	0.2	0	0	0	2.51	1.08	2.0
L. Jackson	1.0	0	0	3	2.50	1.17	4.5
Total	9.0	3	3	15	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Junis	4.0
S. Manaea (W, 4-3)	3.1
T. Rogers	0.2
L. Jackson	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - Z. Littell 79-52, K. Kelly 31-21, E. Ramirez 18-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Z. Littell 4-7, K. Kelly 2-3, E. Ramirez 3-1
Batters Faced - Z. Littell 20, K. Kelly 8, E. Ramirez 7

Pitches-Strikes - J. Junis 62-43, S. Manaea 57-36, T. Rogers 5-3, L. Jackson 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Junis 2-3, S. Manaea 4-1, T. Rogers 1-0
Batters Faced - J. Junis 16, S. Manaea 13, T. Rogers, L. Jackson 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

6TH INNING
Estrada homered to left 0 1
Flores homered to left, Meckler scored 0 3
7TH INNING
Ramos and Bailey scored, Estrada to second on catcher Pinto throwing error 0 5
8TH INNING
Conforto doubled to deep left, Pederson scored 0 6
Bailey singled to left center, Conforto scored 0 7

6TH INNING
	Estrada homered to left	0	1
	Flores homered to left, Meckler scored	0	3

7TH INNING
	Ramos and Bailey scored, Estrada to second on catcher Pinto throwing error	0	5

8TH INNING
	Conforto doubled to deep left, Pederson scored	0	6
	Bailey singled to left center, Conforto scored	0	7

1ST INNING
Rays
J. Junis Pitching:
Y. Diaz: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Diaz popped out to second
B. Lowe: Lowe flied out to left
I. Paredes: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Paredes singled to right
R. Arozarena: Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Arozarena struck out looking
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
E. Ramirez Pitching:
L. Wade: Foul, Wade grounded out to first
W. Meckler: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Meckler struck out swinging
W. Flores: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Flores grounded out to second
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rays
J. Junis Pitching:
L. Raley: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Raley struck out swinging
O. Basabe: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Basabe walked
J. Siri: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Siri flied out to right
J. Lowe: Ball, Foul, Lowe reached on fielder's choice to first, Basabe out at second
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
Z. Littell Pitching:
J. Pederson: Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Pederson fouled out to left
M. Conforto: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Conforto singled to center
P. Bailey: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Bailey grounded out to shortstop, Conforto to second
B. Sabol: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Sabol struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rays
J. Junis Pitching:
R. Pinto: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul tip, Pinto struck out on foul tip
Y. Diaz: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Diaz struck out swinging
B. Lowe: Lowe singled to center
I. Paredes: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Foul, Paredes safe at first on 1st baseman Flores fielding error, Lowe to second
R. Arozarena: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Arozarena struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
Z. Littell Pitching:
B. Crawford: Crawford flied out to deep center
T. Estrada: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Estrada lined out to third
L. Wade: Strike looking, Wade flied out to center
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
4TH INNING
Rays
J. Junis Pitching:
L. Raley: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Raley struck out swinging
O. Basabe: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Basabe struck out swinging
J. Siri: Ball, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Strike (foul tip), Siri flied out to deep right
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
Z. Littell Pitching:
W. Meckler: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Meckler struck out swinging
W. Flores: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Flores lined out to left
J. Pederson: Pederson grounded out to first
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rays
Sean Manaea relieved Jake Junis
J. Lowe: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Lowe struck out looking
R. Pinto: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Pinto walked
Y. Diaz: Strike looking, Diaz reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Pinto out at second
B. Lowe: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Lowe struck out looking
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
Z. Littell Pitching:
M. Conforto: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Conforto flied out to center
P. Bailey: Strike swinging, Ball, Bailey flied out to left
B. Sabol: Ball, Sabol flied out to deep center
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rays
S. Manaea Pitching:
I. Paredes: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Paredes flied out to center
R. Arozarena: Foul, Arozarena grounded out to second
L. Raley: Raley singled to left center
O. Basabe: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Basabe struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Giants
Z. Littell Pitching:
B. Crawford: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Crawford struck out swinging
T. Estrada: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Estrada homered to left
L. Wade: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Wade struck out swinging
W. Meckler: Ball, Meckler singled to center
Kevin Kelly relieved Zack Littell
W. Flores: Flores homered to left, Meckler scored
J. Pederson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Pederson flied out to deep center
End of the 6th (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rays
S. Manaea Pitching:
J. Siri: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Siri struck out swinging
J. Lowe: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Lowe lined out to left
R. Pinto: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Pinto struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors)
Giants
K. Kelly Pitching:
M. Conforto: Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Conforto singled to right
P. Bailey: Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Bailey walked, Conforto to second
B. Sabol: Sabol safe at first on 1st baseman Diaz fielding error, Conforto to third, Bailey to second
Heliot Ramos ran for Blake Sabol
B. Crawford: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Crawford struck out swinging
T. Estrada: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Estrada reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Conforto out at home, Bailey to third, Ramos to second
L. Wade: Strike looking, Ramos and Bailey scored, Estrada to second on catcher Pinto throwing error, Wade flied out to deep center
End of the 7th (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rays
Johan Camargo at third base
Wilmer Flores at first base
Heliot Ramos in left field
Y. Diaz: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Diaz walked
B. Lowe: Strike looking, Ball, Lowe reached on fielder's choice to second, Diaz out at second
Tyler Rogers relieved Sean Manaea
I. Paredes: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Paredes grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Lowe out at second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Giants
Erasmo Ramirez relieved Kevin Kelly
W. Meckler: Strike looking, Meckler reached on an infield single to second
W. Flores: Flores lined out to shortstop
J. Pederson: Ball, Foul, Pederson reached on fielder's choice to second, Meckler out at second
M. Conforto: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Conforto doubled to deep left, Pederson scored
P. Bailey: Bailey singled to left center, Conforto scored
H. Ramos: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ramos singled to center, Bailey to second
B. Crawford: Crawford flied out to deep right
End of the 8th (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rays
Austin Slater in left field
Heliot Ramos in right field
Luke Jackson relieved Tyler Rogers
R. Arozarena: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Arozarena struck out swinging
L. Raley: Strike (foul tip), Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Raley struck out swinging
O. Basabe: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Basabe struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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