SAN FRANCISCO — Casey Schmitt hit a double in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Sunday but lost Jung Hoo Lee to a left shoulder injury.
After the Reds failed to score in the top of the tenth off Giants reliever Luke Jackson (1-1), Schmitt’s first hit of the season was a two-out double into left-center field off Emilio Pagan (2-3), marking automatic runner Luis Matos. He went 0 for 11 after being recalled Friday from Triple-A Sacramento.
“Just see something I can hit and let rip,” said Schmitt, whose mother was in the stands on Mother’s Day. “I’m not trying to do too much.”
The Giants’ concern now turns to Lee, who strained his left shoulder in the first inning while jumping on a Jeimer Candelario double that cleared the bases and gave the Reds an early 3-0 lead. Lee’s arm hit the wall as he leapt for the ball that hit the top of the right-center field wall, and he grabbed it with immediate discomfort.
Lee, who signed a six-year, $113 million contract with the Giants in the offseason, walked off the field with a trainer holding his left wrist after sitting on the floor for a few minutes.
“Not great,” coach Bob Melvin said when asked how Lee was after the game.
Melvin described Lee’s shoulder as “separated,” although a Giants spokesman later clarified the injury as a “dislocated” shoulder. Lee will have an MRI on Monday.
“When he hit the wall and fell and didn’t get up, I didn’t have a good feeling about it,” Melvin said.
The Giants had six hits in the fifth to rally from a 3-0 deficit, including a two-run home run by LaMonte Wade Jr. Heliot Ramos gave the Giants the lead with an RBI single and then scored on an infield hit by Blake Sabol when Elly De La Cruz’s pitch passed first and went down the right field line.
Mike Ford evened the score at 5-5 for Cincinnati with a solo home run in the eighth after the Reds had cut the deficit to one run in the seventh.
The Giants took two of three against the Reds, who lost 10 of 11. Giants starter Kyle Harrison pitched four scoreless frames after Candelario’s double in the first inning. San Francisco has won each of Harrison’s last six starts.
“Right now we are in a difficult situation,” said bench coach Freddie Benavides. “We’re not playing (like) we’re capable of.”
The Giants were hit with a series of bad injury news on Sunday, losing their seventh-ranked player of the past nine days. After placing outfielder Michael Conforto (strained right hamstring) on the 10-day injured list before the game, the Giants scratched catcher Patrick Bailey – who had just come off a seven-day concussion on the IL on Saturday – with a viral illness minutes before the first pitch and then I saw Lee leave the game.
“This guy lets it all hang out and I have a lot of respect for him,” Harrison said. “I hope he’s all right. The guy is just a player. He’s going after that ball and comes up with it most of the time too, which is amazing.”
The Giants were already without injured hitter Jorge Soler, shortstop Nick Ahmed, catcher Tom Murphy and outfielder Austin Slater.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: LHP Alex Young (back) was expected to make his fourth rehab appearance Sunday with Triple-A Louisville. Coach David Bell said Young is “doing really well” but will need more time to recover. … Outfielder and leadoff hitter TJ Friedl suffered a right thumb contusion after being hit by Harrison’s first pitch of the game, and will see a doctor on Monday. He remained in the game to run the bases, but was replaced in center field by Will Benson in the second inning. … Bell himself had to leave the game with a “stomach problem,” according to Benavides, who held the position of coach.
Giants: Luis Matos was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento to fill Conforto’s spot. … Wilmer Flores filled Bailey’s spot in the lineup as designated hitter. … Tyler Fitzgerald took over center field for Lee.
Next:
Reds: Graham Ashcraft (3-2, 3.86 ERA) will start for the Reds at the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday to start a three-game set.
Giants: Jordan Hicks (3-1, 2.30 ERA) pitches for the Giants on Monday as they begin a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at home.
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