May 4, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Eddie Rosario normally expects to need more than one pitch to pick up San Francisco right-hander Tyler Rogers' submarine delivery.
On this night, however, Rosario wasn't waiting.
Rosario had four hits, including a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.
Marcell Ozuna hit a two-out single off Rogers (4-5) in the eighth. Rosario followed with his 19th homer, a first-pitch blast that carried 441 feet to center field.
“The pitches are definitely hard to see and hard to pick up,” Rosario said through a translator when asked about Rogers' unique delivery. “Sometimes I feel I need to take a pitch just to see where it's coming from. Tonight it was just my night. I feel they could have thrown one underground and I would have still been able to hit it.”
Fans chanted “Eddie! Eddie!” before Rosario hopped out of the dugout to take his bow. Ronald Acuña Jr, who hit his 28th homer in the fifth to tie the game at 4, pointed Rosario back up the steps.
“I just needed to show some appreciation and gratitude for the fans,” Rosario said.
Rosario drove in three runs, including a run-scoring double in the second. He singled and scored on Travis d’Arnaud’s double in the fourth.
LaMonte Wade Jr. had two hits, including a homer on the game's first pitch, but the Giants were handed their third straight loss.
The Giants took a 5-4 lead in the sixth on Johan Camargo's bases-loaded, double-play grounder. Michael Conforto, who led off the inning with a single to right field off Brad Hand, scored on the play.
Logan Webb allowed four runs on nine hits in six innings for San Francisco.
Kirby Yates (7-0) pitched a scoreless eighth. Raisel Iglesias earned his 23rd save with a perfect ninth.
