Ruf homers twice, Junis tosses 6 innings, but late rally sinks Giants in opening game of home stand.
SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of home runs from Darin Ruf and a ninth-inning rally that forced extra innings weren’t enough for the Giants to start their homestand on a positive note.
Tommy La Stella struck out with the winning run on second base to end the inning but started the 10th by scoring as the Giants’ ghost runner on a base hit by Brandon Crawford. Both teams were able to drive in their free runner in extra innings, but it was the Padres’ ability to plate one more that won them the game.
San Francisco Giants’ Darin Ruf hits a solo home run against the San Diego Padres during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, May 20, 2022. Few players seemed as snakebitten as Ruf over the first month of the season, but the Giants stuck with him, seeing the underlying data behind his frustrating start. Through his first 23 games, Ruf was batting .172/.280/.195 — a .
Even before his two-homer night, Ruf had batted .412/.533/.588 since May 4, raising his OPS nearly 200 points. Add in his double dose of dingers Friday night, and Ruf’s OPS now stands at .736.
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