BOSTON– Mike Yastrzemski received a visit from his grandfather Carl and then headed to the Red Sox bullpen, as the Hall of Fame outfielder so often did in his heyday, and the San Francisco Giants defeated Boston 3-1 on Thursday .
Ryan Walker (3-2) pitched a perfect sixth inning to help the Giants avoid the sweep and snap Boston’s four-game winning streak. Camilo Doval pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
“Six hits. Got three runs today, but there’s more out there,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin, whose team had just 15 hits in the three-game series. “But when you win a game you don’t worry about that. It’s when we’re losing games and we don’t get a lot of hits and we don’t score a lot of runs. I’ve done enough today.
Tyler O’Neill walked twice and hit a pop-up off the wall to drive in Boston’s only run.
Carl Yastrzemski visited his grandson in the visiting clubhouse before the game, but didn’t stay to see Mike appear in the third inning of a scoreless, hitless game and hit a 1-1 pitch from Josh Winckowski over the right-field fence. . Although there were plenty of Giants fans in the crowd for the team’s first trip to Boston in five years, even Red Sox fans stood up and cheered for the opponent with the familiar last name.
The Red Sox tied it in the bottom half when O’Neill doubled off the Green Monster and Rafael Devers came off first base to score. But San Francisco pulled ahead in the seventh on three straight singles that chased Zack Kelly (0-1), and then made it 3-1 on Nick Ahmed’s sacrifice fly.
The elder Yastrzemski hit 237 of his 452 homers at Fenway Park during a 23-year career as a Red Sox left fielder. Mike now has two of his 90 career home runs in six league games at the ballpark.
GOOD AND BAD
The Red Sox loaded the bases in the first on two walks and a batter, but Giants starter Kyle Harrison got Garrett Cooper to fly out to end the inning. Harrison allowed one run and three hits in five innings, striking out seven and walking five.
Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee lost Ceddanne Rafaela’s fly ball to the sun in the fourth inning, allowing him to ground out for a double. But Harrison grounded Bobby Dalbec for second.
In the fourth, Lee came in to catch Jarren Duran’s sinking liner, saving a run in a 1-1 game.
“I never played outfield in the big leagues, so I’m not one to talk about it. But at that moment, in that situation, I needed to get the last guy out,” Harrison said. “I didn’t throw the best pitch and Jung Hoo caught me in the outfield. I was excited.
NEXT
Giants: Head to Philadelphia for four games, with RHP Jordan Hicks (2-0) starting against RHP Aaron Nola (4-1) on Friday.
Red Sox: Travel to Minnesota for a three-game series starting Friday. RHP Tanner Houck (3-2) will face RHP Chris Paddack (2-1).
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