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SAN FRANCISCO — Casey Schmitt proved his knack for high-pressure moments once more.
Following his game-winning homer to left field the previous day, Schmitt stepped up again, delivering a pivotal blow to the Marlins’ bullpen. This time, he smashed a three-run homer to left in the seventh inning, transforming a tie into a decisive lead for the Giants, who eventually clinched a 6-3 victory and took the three-game series.
Schmitt’s timely contribution ensured that the Giants maximized the longest outing of Landen Roupp’s career. Roupp, who took the mound into the eighth inning for the first time, received a heartfelt standing ovation as he exited with two outs, solidifying his performance and the team’s triumph.
The heroics ensured the longest start of Landen Roupp’s career didn’t go to waste.
Roupp took the mound to start the eighth inning for the first time in his career and was serenaded by a standing ovation as he walked back to the dugout with two outs.
The walk that ended his outing was only the fourth Marlins batter to reach base against him and snapped a streak of 18 retired in a row.
The only blip on Roupp’s pitching line came in a 29-pitch second inning, when he allowed the first two batters to reach. It looked like he was going to work out of the jam, but after getting Graham Pauley down 0-2 with two outs, the Marlins’ No. 8 hitter punished a curveball over the brick wall in right field that cashed in their only base runners until the eighth inning.
It appeared the early 3-0 lead would hold up as the Giants stranded runners in scoring position twice in the first five innings. But Rafael Devers woke up with an RBI double to get them on the board in the sixth, and Schmitt did the rest the following inning.
What it means
The Giants earned their second come-from-behind win in as many games to finish the homestand 4-2 and win their third series in a row. San Francisco had been 1-13 when its opponent scored first before prevailing the past two games.
Who’s hot
Jung Hoo Lee moved into the leadoff spot for the first time since the opening series of the season and kept on raking with his fourth multi-hit effort of the six-game homestand.
The Giants weren’t able to capitalize on his triple off the brick wall in right field to begin the game, but Lee came around to score — the 100th run of his career — after an opposite-field single in the third inning. He led off the seventh with his fourth hit of the afternoon and watched Schmitt’s home run leave the yard as he rounded the bases.
Altogether, the Giants outfielders combined to bat .367 over the course of the home stand, with seven extra-base hits, including home runs from each of Lee, Heliot Ramos and Drew Gilbert.
Entering the homestand, San Francisco’s outfielders had been the third-worst group in the majors, measured by FanGraphs WAR.
Who’s not
Willy Adames got his first day off of the season. Together with Monday’s day off in Philadelphia, manager Tony Vitello is hopeful the downtime can snap Adames out of an 0-for-21 funk.
San Francisco managed to take four of six games on the home stand despite getting almost nothing from the three bats expected to anchor the middle of its lineup. Rafael Devers’ double that drove in Casey Schmitt and made it 3-2 in the sixth was the first RBI of the entire home stand from himself, Adames or Matt Chapman, who combined to go 8-for-61 (.131) with 23 strikeouts.
Up next
The Giants are off Monday before beginning a six-game road trip against the Phillies and Rays. They took two of three from the Phils when they visited San Francisco earlier this month, kicking off a 10-game losing streak that Philadelphia just snapped out of this weekend.