Casey Schmitt made up for a baserunning blunder with a two-run homer, Drew Gilbert and Heliot Ramos added solo shots, and the San Francisco Giants evened their three-game home series against the Miami Marlins at a game apiece with a 6-2 triumph Saturday afternoon.
Robbie Ray combined with four relievers on a six-hitter, lifting the Giants to their first home win over the Marlins since August of 2024.
Miami had won six straight in San Francisco, including 9-4 in the series opener Friday night.
Xavier Edwards gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the rematch with an RBI single in the third inning that scored Agustin Ramirez, but the Giants dominated the action after that.
San Francisco finally broke through against Miami starter Eury Perez (2-2) in the fifth when Gilbert launched a leadoff homer, his second of the season, to tie the game at 1-1.
Schmitt’s homer, his third of the year, came two batters after Matt Chapman had doubled leading off the sixth. Patrick Bailey’s two-out RBI single against Marlins reliever Anthony Bender made it a three-run inning and a 4-1 game.
Earlier in a scoreless contest, Schmitt had blooped a double down the left-field line. After momentarily considering stretching the hit into a triple, he slipped rounding second base and was thrown out by shortstop Otto Lopez.
Jung Hoo Lee then followed with a double, but the Giants failed to score in the inning.
Ray, who did not get a decision, threw the first five innings, limiting the Marlins to one run and four hits. He struck out four and walked three.
Matt Gage (2-0), Keaton Winn, Erik Miller and Ryan Walker each followed with an inning of work.
Perez was lifted during the three-run sixth, charged with four runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out six.
Ramos’ homer, his third of the year, led off the eighth against the third Miami pitcher, Tyler Phillips. San Francisco added an insurance run later in the inning on an RBI double by Luis Arraez.
Schmitt, Ramos, Lee and Arraez had two hits apiece for the Giants, who out-hit the Marlins 11-6 en route to snapping a two-game losing streak.
Edwards and Ramirez collected two hits each for the Marlins, who capped the day’s scoring on a run-scoring single by Jakob Marsee in the ninth.
–Field Level Media
