Giants ride Casey Schmitt's home run, Landen Roupp's gem to win over Marlins

Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News on Apr 26, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants appeared headed for another listless loss Sunday, only to rediscover their bats when they needed them most to support starting pitcher Landen Roupp.

Casey Schmitt had the big blow with a three-run home run in the seventh inning in a 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins before a sellout crowd of 40,445 at Oracle Park.

Schmitt’s blow, his fourth of the season, came against left-handed reliever Andrew Nardi (1-1) after Jung Hoo Lee singled, Matt Chapman walked and Luis Arraez sacrificed the runners to second and third. It came on the first pitch, left the bat at 105.4 miles per hour and traveled 406 feet to left field.

Roupp (5-1) pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in his career, departing with two outs to a standing ovation in favor of Erik Miller. He gave up just two hits and three earned runs on a second-inning home run by Graham Pauley, walking two and striking out six. Roupp threw 103 pitches, 66 of them strikes, leaving when he walked the No. 9 hitter with two out in the eighth.

Miller pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for his second save.

It was the third straight series win for the Giants (13-15), beating the Washington Nationals on the road and the Los Angeles Dodgers at home in three-game sets. The Marlins fell to 13-15.

The Giants will head to Philadelphia, take Monday off, and then play three games against the Phillies and then three in Tampa Bay.

Pauley, the Marlins’ No. 8 hitter, hit a two-out three-run home run against Roupp in the second inning. It was his first of the season.

Lee, who moved into the leadoff spot as the Giants rested shortstop Willy Adames, hit a triple and three singles to finish 9 for 12 in the series.

Miami starter Max Meyer departed after giving up one unearned run in five innings in favor of Calvin Faucher, who the Giants touched for a pair of runs on a pair of opposite-field hits — a run-scoring double from Rafael Devers and a line single by Drew Gilbert to tie the score 3-3.

Schmitt opened the inning with a walk, with Devers’ double leaving the bat at 108.2 miles per hour and scoring Schmitt from first. Schmitt went to third on a fly to center by Heliot Ramos and scored when Gilbert hit a first-pitch curve to left for a base hit.

Roupp walked Xavier Edwards to open the second and then gave up a single to Liam Hicks. He proceeded to retire Owen Caissieve on a fly to center and struck out Connor Norby before getting ahead of Pauley 0-2. Pauley, however, golfed the next pitch into the arcade to put Miami up 3-0.

It was Pauley’s first home run since Aug. 13 of last season, but Roupp would give up nothing else.

The Giants got a gift run against Meyer in the second when shortstop Otto Lopez threw away a potential double-play ball hit by Arraez. It scored Jung Hoo Lee, who singled to left and went to second when Matt Chapman was hit by a pitch.

The Giants wasted no time in getting a runner in scoring position when Lee, leading off in place of Adames, hit a drive into right center for a triple. Then the Giants almost as quickly squandered it as Chapman struck out, Arraez flied to shallow center and Schmitt took strike three.

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