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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits including a triple and a double, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. Wilmer Flores had three hits including a home run for San Francisco, which avoided a three-game series sweep. Yastrzemski homered off Emilio Pagán (0-1) with automatic runner Matt Chapman at third. Elly De La Cruz had a two-run double and Gavin Lux singled in two for Cincinnati in a five-run third inning. The Giants trailed 6-1 in the sixth when Patrick Bailey tripled in a run during a four-run

The San Francisco Giants (9-3) will visit the New York Yankees (7-5), Friday at 7:05 p.m. ET, in the first game of a three-game series. The Yankees are favored (-118) in an expected tight game against the Giants (-101). The Yankees will start Marcus Stroman against the Giants and Robbie Ray (2-0). The Yankees won 4-3 over the Tigers Wednesday in their most recent game.

Beyond simply powering the San Francisco Giants to victory on Wednesday, Mike Yastrzemski also followed through on a promise and etched his name in the history books. The 34-year-old right fielder belted a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning against the Cincinnati Reds, pulling a 381-foot bomb into McCovey Cove. Yastrzemski revealed after that game that his 3-year-old daughter had asked for a home run, which is exactly what he gave her. It wasn't just any splash hit, either, since it was a walk-off that gave the Giants a victory in extra innings.

Giants pitchers will spend the next three games trying to keep the Yankees away from the short porch in right field, and the team's young players will attempt to settle the butterflies that always come with the bright lights of New York. Then, of course, there's the matchup with Aaron Judge, who certainly has enjoyed reminding the Giants of what they missed out on in MLB free agency two offseasons ago. The "torpedo bats" are spreading throughout the league, but they still are most connected to the Yankees, who made the new bats a national storyline by destroying the Milwaukee Brewers' pitching staff on the opening weekend of the season. The Yankees hit 15 homers over three games, many coming off the barrels of the new bats, which are designed to shift more wood to the part of the bat where a specific player makes contact.

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.

It's Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season, and while our top three teams are holding firm from Week 1, we have some big jumps shaking up the top 10. Juan Soto and the New York Mets crack the top five this week (in the process, passing Aaron Judge and the torpedo bat-powered New York Yankees), while Kyle Tucker's Chicago Cubs rocket all the way from No. 14 to No. 6. The San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox are also new members of the single-digit club.

It's Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season, and while our top three teams are holding firm from Week 1, we have some big jumps shaking up the top 10. Juan Soto and the New York Mets crack the top five this week (in the process, passing Aaron Judge and the torpedo bat-powered New York Yankees), while Kyle Tucker's Chicago Cubs rocket all the way from No. 14 to No. 6. The San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox are also new members of the single-digit club.

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Midway through the last game of a six-game homestand Wednesday, the Giants seemed primed to fade into oblivion. Instead, the Giants rallied from a five-run deficit to the delight of an announced crowd of 35,186 at Oracle Park to eventually tie the game in the eighth inning and win it 8-6 in the 10th. Mike Yastrzemski won it with a two-run home run in the 10th against Emilio Pagan that landed in McCovey Cove. It came on the first pitch he saw, with free runner Matt Chapman on base.

Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits, including a triple and a double, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. Wilmer Flores had three hits, including a home run for San Francisco, which avoided a three-game series sweep.

The Reds fell, 8-6, in 10 innings to the Giants on Wednesday at Oracle Park in the series finale. Cincinnati took the series after 2-0 and 1-0 wins.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- - Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits including a triple and a double, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a five-run deficit for an 8-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. Wilmer Flores had three hits including a home run for San Francisco, which avoided a three-game series sweep. Yastrzemski homered off Emilio Pagán (0-1) with automatic runner Matt Chapman at third. Elly De La Cruz had a two-run double and Gavin Lux singled in two for Cincinnati in a five-run third inning. The Giants trailed 6-1 in the sixth when Patrick Bailey tripled in a run during a four-run inning. Flores homered leading off

Ten days ago, Bob Melvin sat in the dugout at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati and tried to think of a polite way to frame his response. Mike Yastrzemski was out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third game of the season, and Melvin had a very good reason for the move. The numbers are the numbers, but Melvin is old school, and sometimes it's still worthwhile to go with your gut. "You've got your boy," Melvin said.