Multiple Giants ejected after benches clear during win in Colorado

Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News on Sep 2, 2025

Published in Baseball

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From a shove at the pitchers’ mound to multiple home runs, heavy hitters were everywhere in the Giants' 7-4 victory over the Rockies on Tuesday.

A benches-clearing brawl resulted in Willy Adames and Matt Chapman being ejected in the top of the first inning of San Francisco’s game in Colorado, a game that saw the team, finally, climb back over .500 at 70-69.

After Rafael Devers smashed his 30th home run of the season off left-hander Kyle Freeland to give the Giants a 2-0 lead, the two exchanged words as San Francisco’s slugger rounded the bases.

As the benches cleared, Giants third baseman Chapman ran up to Freeland and shoved the pitcher.

A few seconds later, as the teams met at the pitcher's mound, Adames confronted Freeland and appeared ready to fight with the Rockies starter but ended up only lightly patting the pitcher.

Once the teams went back to their respective dugouts and Devers rounded the bases, umpire Phil Cuzzi tossed Adames, Chapman and Freeland. The Giants players were due up next in the batting order.

Casey Schmitt, coming off an elbow injury sustained on Monday, came in to play second base as Christian Koss shifted over to shortstop.

Dominic Smith came in to play first base, as Devers, who was named the National League’s co-Player of the Week earlier in the day, moved to third.

The Giants, who entered Tuesday’s game having won eight of their last nine, were now down two of their best players.

Fortunately for the visiting team, it had ace Logan Webb on the mound. He went five innings and struck out seven, while he also allowed seven hits, two walks and two earned runs on 94 pitches in his 13th win of the season.

Webb, not quite at his best, enjoyed solid run support from the short-handed offense.

After Hunter Goodman cut the Giants’ lead to 2-1 on a ground-ball single in the third inning, San Francisco responded in the fifth.

A banged-up Schmitt looked perfectly healthy as he pounded the ball through the thin Denver air for his 10th home run of the season in the fifth inning.

Following Smith’s single, Wilmer Flores made it a 5-1 lead with a 385-foot blast to left for a two-run homer.

Goodman drove in his second run of the game in the bottom of the inning, but Webb got the classic 6-3 double play to end the threat.

But just like Webb, the Giants bullpen was unable to figure out Goodman, who smoked his 27th home run of the season a whopping 440 feet to cut the Giants' advantage to 5-4 in the seventh inning.

It did not take long for San Francisco to respond. Patrick Bailey hit his third home run of the season in the top of the eighth to give San Francisco a 7-4 lead.

Robbie Ray (10-6, 3.18 ERA) is expected to start for the Giants on Wednesday.