Overview

• He worked five scoreless innings and earned his third win of 2025, bringing his career total to 265.
• The 121-pitch effort to secure 15 outs included 10 strikeouts, and manager Bob Melvin said he kept him in because the veteran insisted and offered a teaching example.
• Verlander said going back out for the fifth felt routine to his old-school mindset that views five innings as a starter’s job.
• At 42 years, 192 days, he became the oldest pitcher with a 10-strikeout game since Randy Johnson in 2008, marking his 73rd such outing and lifting his career tally to 3,530—four shy of eighth all-time.
• Rafael Devers homered among three hits and rookie Drew Gilbert produced a three-hit game with a triple as San Francisco finished a 5-1 homestand and stayed five games behind the Mets for the final NL Wild Card spot.