SF Giants down A's 3-1 as Robbie Ray yields two hits in eight innings

Cam Inman, The Mercury News on Jun 24, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SAN FRANCISCO – A sellout crowd of 40,043 saw the embattled Giants snap their latest losing streak Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over their former Bay Area neighbor, the A’s.

Robbie Ray’s dominant pitching – two-hit ball through eight innings — was supported by the heart of the Giants’ batting order, with Jung Hoo Lee supplying a home run for a 1-0 lead and Rafael Devers driving home an insurance run in the seventh.

The Giants (32-46) had Monday off to recalibrate after getting swept in Miami, but dramatic storylines still followed them into this six-game homestand.

A small, pregame protest took place in Willie Mays Plaza stemming from the Giants’ June 12 Pride-cap controversy. Also, Devers addressed reporters at his locker before the game, confirming he apologized to manager Tony Vitello for Sunday’s objection to getting replaced by a ninth-inning pinch-runner.

Rather than get benched, Devers batted cleanup, overcame an 0-for-3 start, and singled up the middle in the seventh to score Bryce Eldridge, who narrowly beat a tag at the plate for a 3-1 lead.

Ray’s second-longest outing in a Giants’ uniform saw him allow just a third-inning, RBI single to Muncy and a fourth-inning single to Jacob Wilson. Ray (6-6, 3.70 ERA) walked four and struck out six.

Caleb Killian, named the Giants’ closer by Vitello on June 12, allowed a one-hit single and two-out walk en route to his fifth save this season. Killian, after a mound visit, struck out Henry Bolte to end it.

The bad news for the Giants? An apparent foot injury forced an early exit from Luis Arraez, the Giants’ leadoff hitter whose .320 average ranks fifth in the Majors. Arraez fouled a pitch off his right foot in the first inning, and after a third-inning single, he eventually got replaced in the fifth inning as Casey Schmitt moved from left field to second base.

Lee’s fifth home run of the season put the Giants in front 1-0 in the second inning, via a 414-foot shot into the right-center gallows against A’s starter Aaron Civale (5-4).

Willy Adames promptly made it 2-0, having reached on double that eluded left fielder Tyler Soderstrom. Adams scored on a hit that Matt Chapman failed to stretch into a double; Chapman went into second base and inadvertently stomped on the right hand of shortstop Zack Gelof, who immediately left with a laceration and contusion.

Muncy’s RBI single pulled the A’s within 2-1 in the third inning, after Colby Thomas reached on a dropped flyball by Lee in right field.

Lee, come the sixth inning, withered in pain behind second base. He got clotheslined amid an errant throw as he stole second base, struck by the arm of Gelof’s replacement, Jeff McNeil. Lee remained in the game.

NOTES: Three of the Giants’ past four homestands have opened after getting swept on the road. … In last month’s visit to the A’s, the Giants lost the opener 5-2 but won the next two games. The Giants had won eight of its previous 10 against the A’s. … Tyler Mahle will return from a hamstring strain and start for the Giants in Wednesday’s Irish Heritage Night game, his first start since May 26.