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05/02/24 04:11:00
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05/02 16:09 CDT Mike Yaz homers at Fenway after visit from Hall of Fame
grandfather; Giants beat Red Sox 3-1
Mike Yaz homers at Fenway after visit from Hall of Fame grandfather; Giants
beat Red Sox 3-1
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) --- Mike Yastrzemski had a visit from his grandfather Carl and then
homered into the Red Sox bullpen like the Hall of Fame outfielder so often did
in his heyday, and the San Francisco Giants beat Boston 3-1 on Thursday.
Ryan Walker (3-2) pitched a perfect sixth inning to help the Giants avoid the
sweep and snap Boston's four-game winning streak. Camilo Doval pitched the
ninth for his sixth save.
"Six hits. Scratched three runs out of it today, but there's still more out
there," said Giants manager Bob Melvin, whose team had just 15 hits in the
three-game series. "But when you win a game you don't really concern yourselves
with that. It's when we're losing games and not get many hits and not scoring
many runs. Did enough today."
Tyler O'Neill walked twice and hit a wall-scraping popup to drive in Boston's
only run.
Carl Yastrzemski visited his grandson in the visitor's clubhouse before the
game, but did not stay to see Mike come up in the third inning of a scoreless,
hitless game and line a 1-1 pitch from Josh Winckowski over the short wall in
right field. Although there were plenty of Giants fans in the crowd for the
team's first trip to Boston in five years, even the Red Sox fans stood and
cheered for the opponent with the familiar last name.
The Red Sox tied it in the bottom half when O'Neill doubled off the Green
Monster and Rafael Devers came around from first base to score. But San
Francisco went ahead in the seventh on three straight singles that chased Zack
Kelly (0-1), and then made it 3-1 on Nick Ahmed's sacrifice fly.
The elder Yastrzemski hit 237 of his 452 career homers at Fenway Park during a
23-year career as the Red Sox left fielder. Mike now has two of his 90 career
homers in six interleague games at the ballpark.
GOOD AND BAD
The Red Sox loaded the bases in the first on two walks and a hit batter, but
Giants starter Kyle Harrison got Garrett Cooper to fly out to end the inning.
Harrison allowed one run and three hits in five innings, striking out seven and
walking five.
Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee lost Ceddanne Rafaela's high fly ball in the
sun in the fourth inning, allowing it to fall in for a double. But Harrison got
Bobby Dalbec on a grounder to second.
In the fourth, Lee came in to make a diving catch of Jarren Duran's sinking
liner, saving a run in a 1-1 game.
"I've never played outfield in the big leagues, so I'm not one to speak on it.
But at that time, in that situation, I needed to get that last guy out,"
Harrison said. "I didn't make the best pitch, and Jung Hoo picked me up in the
outfield. I was fired up."
UP NEXT
Giants: Head to Philadelphia for four games, with RHP Jordan Hicks (2-0)
starting against RHP Aaron Nola (4-1) on Friday.
Red Sox: Travel to Minnesota for a three-game series starting Friday. RHP
Tanner Houck (3-2) will face RHP Chris Paddack (2-1).
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AP MLB: https://www.apnews.com/MLB
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