{"id":2375,"date":"2026-06-17T21:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:09:39","slug":"in-rare-relief-appearance-ray-leads-sf-giants-to-win-in-game-1-of-split-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2375","title":{"rendered":"In rare relief appearance, Ray leads SF Giants to win in Game 1 of split doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Robbie Ray was always slated to pitch on Wednesday at Truist Park against the Atlanta Braves and he remained right on schedule, tossing 6 1\/3 innings of shutout ball.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2373\">Sharks start to address blue line, acquire defenseman from Buffalo Sabres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out of the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>With Tuesday night\u2019s game suspended due to rain, Ray made his fifth career relief appearance beginning in the bottom of the second and led the Giants to a 7-2 win in Game 1 of Wednesday\u2019s weather-induced doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>Ray\u2019s outing was the best that the veteran left-hander has looked in quite some time. Entering play, Ray had a 6.15 ERA (and 6.21 FIP) over his last seven starts.<\/p>\n<p>As concerning as the runs Ray was allowing were the walks he was issuing. During that seven-start stretch, Ray walked 22 batters over 33 2\/3 innings. Before Wednesday, Ray\u2019s walk rate of 11.5 percent was his highest in a full season since 2019 (11.2 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2371\">Man charged with killing wife at South San Jose home in troubling streak of domestic violence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ray\u2019s impact on Wednesday afternoon was two-fold. Not only did the left-hander lead the Giants to a win, but he helped manager Tony Vitello keep his bullpen fresh for Game 2 after Adrian Houser threw one inning on Tuesday night. Following Ray\u2019s departure, Vitello only needed to use two relievers (Dylan Smith, Caleb Kilian) to record the game\u2019s final five outs.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Ray, the Giants\u2019 offense played no small part in the win, getting home runs from Rafael Devers (10th), Jung Hoo Lee (fourth) and Willy Adames (12th)<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Bryce Eldridge extended his on-base streak to 21 games, the longest streak by a rookie in the majors this season, by recording\u00a0a single and a walk before Tuesday\u2019s game was suspended, then another single on Wednesday. His streak is the longest by a rookie in the majors this season, as well as the longest by a Giant rookie since Buster Posey, who reached base in 25 consecutive games in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2369\">\u2018The Tell\u2019 author Amy Griffin sues former classmate who accused her of poaching story<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Worth noting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Left-hander Carson Whisenhunt will start Game 2 of the split doubleheader and make his season debut. Whisenhunt pitched well for Triple-A Sacramento, posting a 3.65 ERA over 69 innings in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie Ray pitched 6 1\/3 shutout innings in his fifth career relief appearance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In rare relief appearance, Ray leads SF Giants to win in Game 1 of split doubleheader - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2375\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In rare relief appearance, Ray leads SF Giants to win in Game 1 of split doubleheader - 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