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Giants Close Wild-Card Gap as Adames, Bailey Homer in 5-3 Win Over D-backs

A sustained power surge has fueled 13 wins in 16 games for San Francisco, narrowing the race despite New York’s tiebreaker edge.

Overview

  • Willy Adames opened the scoring with his 28th home run, a three-run shot in the first inning that put San Francisco ahead for good.
  • Patrick Bailey added a solo homer to restore momentum after Arizona cut into the lead.
  • Robbie Ray earned the win with two runs allowed over five innings and improved to 3-0 this year against his former team.
  • Zac Gallen surrendered five runs and remains one strikeout shy of becoming the third pitcher to reach 1,000 with Arizona.
  • Ryan Walker recorded his 15th save after Joel Peguero stranded the tying runs, and the Giants moved within two games of the Mets for the final NL Wild Card.