Giants beat Baltimore

San Francisco beat Baltimore 6-3 on Friday, opening the series at Camden Yards behind Casey Schmitt’s three-hit night and Landen Roupp’s six strong innings. (mlb.com) Schmitt went 3 for 4 with a run batted in, including a seventh-inning RBI double after Jung Hoo Lee hit a two-run homer that stretched San Francisco’s lead to 6-1. Willy Adames also homered and doubled for the Giants. (mlb.com) Roupp improved to 2-1 after allowing one run over six innings, and San Francisco handed Shane Baz the loss in a game the Orioles nearly tightened only after Gunnar Henderson’s two-run homer in the ninth. (espn.com) The win pushed the Giants to 6-8 on April 10 after a 5-8 start that included a season-opening series loss to the New York Yankees and a four-game home series loss to the New York Mets. (cbssports.com) It also came in the middle of a stretch when San Francisco had started to steady itself, taking two of three from the Philadelphia Phillies before heading to Baltimore. (cbssports.com) Schmitt entered the Baltimore series as a part-time infielder and designated hitter, and on April 12 he was still one of San Francisco’s hottest bats, going 3 for 4 with a solo homer in a 6-2 loss. His batting line after that game stood at.368/.429/.579. (espn.com) The series did not finish the way it started for San Francisco. Baltimore won the final two games, 6-2 on April 11 and 6-2 on April 12, leaving the Giants at 6-10 and the Orioles at 8-7. (cbssports.com; baseball-reference.com) That left Friday’s 6-3 result as a snapshot of what San Francisco has been chasing in the season’s first three weeks: enough pitching to hold a lead, and enough production from Schmitt to lengthen the lineup. (mlb.com; espn.com)