Since the start of 2022, the Giants had lost four of their six matchups against Gallen, who had a 2.90 ERA in those starts.

Lee’s home run landed on the concourse, an estimated 364 feet away, just missing out on a splash hit.

Four innings later, though, Bailey wouldn’t be denied a dip.

Already with two hits and an RBI on his ledger, Bailey stepped in against Gallen following a two-out single from Wilmer Flores that extended the inning. He saw four straight fastballs on or outside the edges of the strike zone before a fifth caught a little more of the plate.

Bailey’s left-handed swing uncorked it at 109.7 mph, sending the ball to a group of happy kayakers, who might have begun to grow impatient if they had to wait any longer.

Coming the afternoon after the Jorge Soler slugged the Giants’ first home run at Oracle Park all season, it was the first Splash Hit of Bailey’s career and the first by a Giants hitter this season. Before Soler’s solo shot Friday, the Giants were the last team in the majors without a home run at home.

With a chance at the cycle in his next at-bat, Bailey worked the count full against reliever Bryce Jarvis and drove a cutter toward the wall in left-center field. On his horse out of the box, the catcher clearly had his mind on the second triple of his career. But as he made the turn at second, he realized the ball was no longer in play and, thus, neither was the cycle.

Up next

RHP Jordan Hicks (2-0, 1.57) vs. RHP Merrill Kelly (2-0 2.19) at 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

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