Casey Schmitt and Wilmer Flores homered as the visiting San Francisco Giants ended their six-game losing streak with a 9-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. Schmitt hit a solo homer, his fifth, as part of a four-run rally in the second inning. Flores delivered a three-run shot, his 12th and first since June 7, in the seventh inning to put the game away and help the Giants even the three-game series.

It's no secret the San Francisco Giants have been struggling all season long to score runs, and that issue has already continued to crop up in the first official week of the second half of the campaign. More News: Does Giants Young Pitcher Hayden Birdsong Miss Being Able To Hit? One of the main drivers of the Giants' utter futility on offense has been their inability to hit with runners in scoring position. As of the writing, San Francisco holds just a .234 batting average and an OPS of just .707 as a unit with RISP, both of which rank bottom eight in all of baseball.

The San Francisco Giants optioned starting pitcher Hayden Birdsong to Triple-A Sacramento after he failed to record an out in Monday night's 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Birdsong (4-4) issued four walks, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch while allowing five runs against the Braves. The right-hander threw just six of his 25 pitches for strikes in the Giants' sixth straight loss. It was the first time in 37 career appearances Birdsong did not record an out.

This should go over well in Boston.

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Things haven't been going the way future first-ballot Hall of Fame pitcher Justin Verlander had hoped they would in 2025, as he has been playing some of the worst baseball of his long career in his first season with the San Francisco Giants. It's clear that this hasn't been the year Verlander was hoping for when he signed with the Giants last winter, and his frustrations on the mound could be starting to carry over into his off days as well. A good case in point here would be this past Sunday up in Toronto, when Verlander got into it with home plate umpire Chad Whitson from the dugout.

The Braves are going for an early series win after an electric game one

July 22 - Rafael Devers was penciled in the San Francisco Giants' lineup at first base on Tuesday for the first time since he was acquired from the Boston Red Sox. A third baseman by trade, Devers has taken ground balls at first base since the trade out of Boston in June. Devers reported to spring training in a testy mood after the Red Sox signed free agent third baseman Alex Bregman. Devers told the Red Sox his position was third base, but in recent interviews said he would've played first base in Boston if the team asked at the start of spring training. Devers entered the game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night with a .257 batting average, 17 home runs and 68 RBis in 102 total games

The San Francisco Giants are on the verge of hitting panic mode. A hot start to the season that resulted in expectations for a playoff push have since changed, with the Giants enduring a tough stretch since June that has seen them lose their hold on an NL Wild Card spot and fall even further down in the NL West standings. Now, the Giants are making moves that they hope will mitigate their struggles and get them back into contention for the final stretch. Beck, whose last two outings have been scoreless, has struggled overall in his last 15 games, posting a 5.68 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP in that span.

The Braves seek to clinch a second win in a row…something that has seemed to be a struggle for them.

ATLANTA -- The San Francisco Giants optioned Hayden Birdsong to Triple-A Sacramento after the right-hander failed to record an out in Monday night's 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves . Birdsong (4-4) issued four walks, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch while allowing five runs against the Braves. He threw just six of his 25 pitches for strikes in the Giants' sixth straight loss. It was the first time in 37 career appearances Birdsong did not record an out. He has 17 walks in his past 13 innings. The loss left Birdsong's ERA at 4.80, including an 8.13 mark in his past seven starts. San Francisco also optioned right-hander Tristan Beck to Sacramento and recalled right-handers Carson Seymour and

Giants call up some fresh arms.

The San Francisco Giants optioned Hayden Birdsong to Triple-A Sacramento after the right-hander failed to record an out in Monday night's 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Birdsong (4-4) issued four walks, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch while allowing five runs against the Braves.

The Red Sox need help at first base.

The San Francisco Giants came into the 2025 MLB draft with the 13th overall pick, the same as they had in 2024. The new regime, headed by new president of baseball operations Buster Posey, went down the same path in drafting a college bat, Tennessee's Gavin Kilen. Posey discussed not only Kilen's scouting report, but how he and his team went about the draft. Kilen was a two year starter at Louisville, before transferring to Tennessee and having a breakout junior season.

San Francisco would shock baseball with this one.

The decision to start two catchers helped ignite the Atlanta offense. The Braves, who host the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday in the second game of a three-game set, have primarily used catchers Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin in the starting lineup since the All-Star break with one behind the plate and the other at designated hitter. Over those four games, the duo is 11-for-26 (.423) with four doubles, five walks and one hit by pitch. Baldwin was the DH on Monday and went 3-for-5 with a career-high six RBIs -- one shy of the franchise rookie record of seven set by Wes Helms in 2001 -- in Atlanta's 9-5 victory.

It’s decision time.

San Francisco Giants (52-49, third in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (44-55, fourth in the NL East) Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Landen Roupp (6-6, 3.36 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 89 strikeouts); Braves: Davis Daniel (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, six strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -110, Giants -110; over/under is 9 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants take on the Atlanta Braves after Willy Adames had four hits against the Braves on Monday. Atlanta has a 26-24 record in home games and a 44-55 record overall. The Braves have gone 37-19 in games when they record at least eight hits. San Francisco has a 24-29 record in road games and a 52-49 record overall.

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 57 43 .570 — New York 57 44 .564 ½ Miami 46 53 .465 10½ Atlanta 44 55 .444 12½ Washington 40 60 .400 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 60 40 .600 — Chicago 59 41 .590 1 Cincinnati 52 49 .515 8½ St. Louis 52 49 .515 8½ Pittsburgh 40 61 .396 20½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 59 42 .584 — San Diego 55 45 .550 3½ San Francisco 52 49 .515 7 Arizona 50 51 .495 9 Colorado 24 76 .240 34½ Sunday's Games Toronto 8, San Francisco 6 N.Y. Yankees 4, Atlanta 2 Chicago White Sox 7, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Angels 8, Philadelphia 2 San Diego 8, Washington 1 Kansas City 7, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 3, Cincinnati 2 Boston 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Minnesota 7, Colorado