Flores, Webb Lead Giants Past Athletics

Wilmer Flores of the Giants celebrating a home run against the Athletics

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May 16, 2025

Giants 9, Athletics 1

SAN FRANCISCO (May 16) — Wilmer Flores hit three homers — a grand slam, a three-run shot, and a solo shot — to drive in eight San Francisco Giants runs as they crushed the visiting Athletics, 9–1, Friday night at Oracle Park.

Giants right-hander Logan Webb kept the Athletics from making a game out of it, allowing one run on five hits across eight innings. He walked two, struck out four, and induced a career-high 17 groundouts.

Athletics – Giants Game Summary

The teams traded zeroes in the first two innings. After a scoreless top of the third, a single and pair of walks loaded the bases for Flores, who belted a grand slam to left-center. “I obviously paid in the third with those two walks before the home run,” Sears said after the game. “Flores had a good night tonight, and a good at-bat there. He put a good swing on the fastball I was trying to get in. It was one of those nights. I just didn’t feel very sharp.”

It became a 7–0 game in the bottom of the sixth when Flores ripped a three-run blast into the seats in left-center. This made him the first Giant since they moved to San Francisco and third in franchise history to have both a grand slam and a three-run homer in the same game.

Tyler Soderstrom prevented the shutout in the top of the eighth with a pinball-type single to the right side, one deflected by both Flores at first base and Tyler Fitzgerald at second. The hot potato sequence allowed Luis Urias to come around from second and score.

In the bottom of the eighth, Flores made it an 8–1 game with a solo shot to left-center. This marked the 32nd three-homer game in Giants history and ninth by a right-handed batter. He would have had the second-highest RBI total among players to drive in all of their team’s runs in a game, but later that inning, Willy Adames plated Matt Chapman from second with an RBI single to left. That completed the scoring for the night after making the score 9–1.

What Went Right for the Athletics

Did Not Get Shut Out

Very little went right for the Athletics in this game. But one bright spot is they avoided the shutout.

What Went Wrong for the Athletics

Wilmer Flores Showed Up to the Ballpark

The whole Athletics pitching staff had trouble with Flores, who ended up 3-for-5 with three homers and eight RBI, as mentioned earlier.

Logan Webb’s Gem

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The Athletics had trouble producing offensively for the second consecutive night. This time it was due to the pitching performance from Webb.

The offensive struggles from this game and from the 19–2 blowout at Dodger Stadium Thursday night are not a cause for concern, according to manager Mark Kotsay. “You’re gonna go through stretches like this in the season,” he said, “Where a good offense gets shut down, and we’ve had that in the past. There’s still a lot of confidence in these guys in the lineup and their ability to score runs. We’ve just faced really good pitching.”

Mop-Up Relief Pitching

In recent games, when Athletics relievers have taken the mound with a multi-run deficit, they have tended to give up even more runs. This game was no exception, and the mop-up trouble dashed hopes for a comeback.

Quick Hits

No one in the history of Major League Baseball has ever notched a Home Run Cycle, where a player hits a solo, a two-run, and a three-run homer plus a grand slam in the same game. Flores became the second player in Giants history to miss the feat by one type of home run, as he did not hit a two-run blast. The other was Hall of Famer George “High Pockets” Kelly of the New York Giants on June 14, 1924, against the Cincinnati Reds. He lacked a three-run shot.

Flores was the first Giant with three homers in a game since Joc Pederson, who did so May 24, 2022, against the New York Mets. He is also the first with eight RBI in a game since Pederson in that same game. … The other two Giants to ever have a grand slam and three-run homer in the same game are Johnny Rucker and Hank Thompson. They did so on September 29, 1940, and July 5, 1953, respectively. … Flores is the first right-handed Giants hitter to hit three home runs in a game at Oracle Park. He is the second righty of any team to do so, joining Kevin Elster of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Elster accomplished the feat April 11, 2000, in the first-ever regular season game at the ballpark.

Looking Ahead

Webb (5–3, 2.42 ERA) earned the win, with Sears (4–3, 3.31 ERA) taking the loss. There was no save.

The Athletics (22–23) and Giants (26–19) will play the second game of the three-game set late Saturday afternoon. It will be a righty-righty battle, Luis Severino (1–4, 4.70 ERA) for the Athletics and Landen Roupp (2–3, 4.95 ERA) for the Giants. First pitch will be at 6:05 pm Pacific.