SEATTLE — Not much went right for the Giants in the first half, but manager Tony Vitello felt the All-Star break was a chance for his club to reset and show it was capable of playing better baseball down the stretch.
“It’s nice to kind of see the fresh-start attitude and vibe that’s going around,” Vitello said. “One thing we’ve struggled with, I think, is you’ve got great expectations going into the season, and the past can weigh on you a little bit. The future is not here yet, and the past is over and done with. The best thing we can do is focus on today. It’d be nice to build a little momentum.”
The 21-year-old Eldridge put the Giants on the board with a two-run blast to right-center field off Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller in the top of the fifth. San Francisco extended its lead to 3-0 with the help of an error from Seattle second baseman Cole Young in the sixth before Adames broke the game open with a grand slam off reliever Nick Davila in the seventh.
Casey Schmitt and Heliot Ramos singled and Jung Hoo Lee reached on a hit-by-pitch to load the bases with one out for Adames, who proceeded to drive a hanging slider over the right-center-field fence for his 16th home run of the year.
It was the eighth grand slam for the 2026 Giants, the second most in a single season in franchise history behind the nine they hit in 2015.
The long balls provided more than enough run support for right-hander Landen Roupp, who allowed only two hits over seven scoreless innings in his first start since July 6. The 27-year-old has given up only one run in 15 innings over his last two outings, lowering his ERA to 3.98 over 19 starts this year.