SF Giants had hit 3+ HR twice in 62 games before doing so their past 2 contests, including 3 from Wilmer Flores.
Wilmer Flores #41 of the San Francisco Giants celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run against the Texas Rangers during the fourth inning at Globe Life Field on June 7, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. ARLINGTON, Texas — The Giants have not been been a particularly powerful group through the first portion of the season, entering Friday’s series opener with the Texas Rangers 22nd in the majors with 59 home runs.
Flores has three home runs in the past two games after leaving the yard just once in his first 50 games of the season. Hooking near-identical solo shots to left field in his first two at-bats — both traveled 387 feet and as he punished middle-middle fastballs in hitters’ counts — Flores built a 2-0 lead behind Logan Webb heading into the fifth inning.
Webb mostly mowed through the Rangers’ order, striking out six without walking a batter over seven innings but ran into trouble in the fifth, allowing the first two batters of the inning to reach base and score to even the game at 2. It was the eighth time this season Webb has gone seven or more innings, the most in the majors, but the Giants have gotten only two such starts in 50 games from the rest of their rotation.
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