The Giants' nightmare homestand continued Friday with a 7-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, their sixth straight defeat and 14th loss in their last 15 games at Oracle Park. While the loss added to San Francisco's misery, there was at least some positive news on the injury front for infielders Matt Chapman and Casey Schmitt. Chapman, the Gold Glove third baseman who has been fighting through pain since spraining his right hand in June, landed back on the injured list before the game with inflammation. “It's something that kind of has to scar over,” Chapman explained, noting he sustained three tears in his hand earlier this summer.

Tampa Bay Rays (60-63, fourth in the AL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (59-63, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Saturday, 9:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Adrian Houser (6-4, 2.84 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 54 strikeouts); Giants: Justin Verlander (1-9, 4.62 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 87 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -130, Rays +110; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants look to stop their six-game home slide with a win against the Tampa Bay Rays. San Francisco has a 29-32 record at home and a 59-63 record overall. The Giants have a 26-44 record in games when they have given up at least one home run. Tampa Bay has a 28-33 record in road games and a 60-63 record overall.

Landen Roupp is back, but he won't have a certain five-time Gold Glove player behind him. The Giants announced on Friday evening that they placed Matt Chapman on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to August 13) with right hand inflammation, the same hand he injured earlier this season. Roupp, who will start on Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays, was reinstated from the 15-day injured list after dealing with right elbow inflammation. Additionally, right-hander Keaton Winn has been recalled from Triple-A Sacramento and will take the place of Ryan Walker, who was placed on the paternity list.

Joe Boyle just didn't have it Friday night. The Tampa Bay starter only got six outs before manager Kevin Cash had to go to the bullpen, and early hooks have usually spelled disaster for the Rays all season. Starting their fourth straight series on the road, the Rays really needed that one, and they got it.

Willy Adames had a big smile on his face as the sun shined down on him at Oracle Park on Friday afternoon. One was a familiar sight for the first-year San Francisco Giants shortstop who was a huge fan favorite in Tampa bay, and one was not. Adames signed a huge seven-year, $182 million contract with the Giants last December, — the biggest ever given by a franchise that has 55 all-time Hall of Fame players — and he's still getting used to his new team and his new surroundings.

Yandy Diaz had an RBI single in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 on Friday night. Junior Caminero hit his 35th home run and Chandler Simpson had four hits to help Tampa Bay win for the third time in four games. Diaz had two hits and two RBIs.

Two former South Korean league All-Star teammates met as opponents in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the first time this season in San Francisco on Friday, with the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edging out the home team Giants 7-6. Kim Ha-seong, the Rays' South Korean shortstop, went 1-for-4 and scored a run, while his countryman for the Giants, center fielder Lee Jung-hoo, batted 1-for-3 with a run, a walk and a steal.

Two former South Korean league All-Star teammates met as opponents in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the first time this season in San Francisco on Friday, with the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edging out the home team Giants 7-6. Kim Ha-seong, the Rays' South Korean shortstop, went 1-for-4 and scored a run, while his countryman for the Giants, center fielder Lee Jung-hoo, batted 1-for-3 with a run, a walk and a steal.

Players with the San Francisco Giants put on their jerseys, but not for a regularly scheduled game Friday. Instead, they went just a few blocks away from the ballpark, to play ball with a very special group of courageous kids.

The San Francisco Giants moved third baseman Matt Chapman to the 10-day injured list after he struggled to regain full strength from a right-hand injury. Chapman initially hurt his hand on June 8 while diving back to first base against the Houston Astros, an injury that sidelined him for 23 games earlier this season. Since his reinstatement, Chapman appeared in 31 games but batted just .200 with a .655 OPS, hitting four home runs. This slump coincides with broader team struggles as the Giants have scored only 1.8 runs per game over a 14-game stretch since July 12 and are hitting a mere .146 with runners in scoring position during that span.

Matt Chapman has been placed on the Giants’ 10-day IL with a right-hand injury, temporarily sidelining the team’s star third baseman.

Landen Roupp vs. Joe Boyle

Landen Roupp is back, but he won't have a certain five-time Gold Glove player behind him. The Giants announced on Friday evening that they placed Matt Chapman on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to August 13) with right hand inflammation, the same hand he injured earlier this season. Roupp, who will start on Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays, was reinstated from the 15-day injured list after dealing with right elbow inflammation. Additionally, right-hander Keaton Winn has been recalled from Triple-A Sacramento and will take the place of Ryan Walker, who was placed on the paternity list.

The Giants' early runs didn't prove to be enough in a 7-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night, while San Francisco dealt with an injury scare.

The San Francisco Giants' season has been one of the most confusing in the storied franchise's history. Recently, NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic, who co-hosts a Giants podcast with co-host Cole Kuiper (the son of Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper) went on a full-blown rant about the team's performance. To lose 13 or 14 at home at Oracle Park.

Yesterday on the farm.

Giants fans suffered the latest gutpunch this week of a lengthy second-half dry spell when the San Diego Padres completed a three-game sweep at Oracle Park with an 11-1 victory. The thrashing on Wednesday – San Francisco's 13th loss in its past 14 home games – appeared to be the final knell of a Giants season that looked promising just a couple of months ago. On June 15, while trailing the division-leading Dodgers by just two games in the NL West standings, the Giants acquired Dominican slugger Rafael Devers from Boston in a stunning move that seemed to put them well in position to scrap for the division title, and maybe even contend for the World Series. Instead, in the ensuing weeks, the team fell apart.

San Diego Padres left fielder Ramon Laureano has been one of the best trade-deadline acquisitions this season after the Baltimore Orioles traded him alongside Ryan O'Hearn to the Friars for a handful of prospects. Laureano picked up where he left off in Baltimore by continuing to smash extra-base hits and providing a valuable glove in the outfield. MLB Network's Mark DeRosa broke down Laureano's play with the Padres since he was traded a few weeks back.

The Giants have to veterans who might be more helpful to another team.

The National League West division race is heating up as the San Diego Padres close in on the Los Angeles Dodgers, setting up the tightest battle between these two rivals in 15 years. The Padres beat the Giants. The Dodgers have now lost two straight games, while the Padres have rattled off three consecutive wins, bringing San Diego one game behind the division leaders.