Arraez, Ramos make possible final Giants home game one to remember in rout of Brewers

Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News on Jul 29, 2026

Published in Baseball

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SAN FRANCISCO – Monday’s trade deadline loomed as Luis Arraez batted leadoff and Heliot Ramos slotted in at the No. 3 slot for the San Francisco Giants’ 16-3 romp over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.

If it was to be his final start at Oracle Park wearing the orange and black of the Giants, Arraez made it a game to remember for the 35,399 who attended.

He had four hits and two RBI while pushing his average to a National League-leading .329. Fellow trade candidate Ramos chipped in with three hits, two RBI and a walk.

Pitchers Tyler Mahle and Robbie Ray, both candidates to be sent away next week, watched from the dugout as the Giants blew the game open in the sixth inning with seven runs. San Francisco finished the day with 17 hits and were aided by three Milwaukee errors.

Manager Tony Vitello made it no secret that the clubhouse is well aware that the roster will experience a shakeup at the deadline, but described the upcoming event as a positive.

“There will be changes for sure,” Vitello said, later adding. “For any team that makes a change throughout the league, it’s a bit of a restart to the season or a fresh start.”

Jackson Flora, the team’s first-round pick and presumed future of the pitching staff, watched from the stands with his East Bay family.

Meanwhile, the franchise’s current ace Logan Webb made his 19th start of the season. Thomas Pannone took the ball for the Brewers.

Webb earned his sixth win of the season by going six innings and allowing five hits while striking out four on 96 pitches.

His catcher Daniel Susac helped give the right-hander some early run support. His first home run of the season flew 411 feet, scraped over the center field wall and gave the Giants a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Susac hit his second home run in the eighth inning off position player and Santa Rosa native Andrew Vaughn.

Brice Turang cut into the lead with an RBI groundout after Webb allowed back-to-back singles to lead off the third, but that was all the damage the Brewers could do in the inning as Webb induced a double-play to get out of trouble.

Garrett Mitchell drove in another run in the fourth to cut the Giants lead to just 3-2, but San Francisco padded their lead when Christian Koss and Arraez each singled in a run apiece with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth.

Ramos then made it 7-2 when he singled in a pair with a hit to shallow right, and Rafael Devers drove in another run and reached on a fielder’s choice when catcher Gary Sachez dropped the ball at home plate. Jung Hoo Lee plated two more as the Giants piled on their sixth and seventh runs of the inning.

Osleivis Basabe made his Giants debut and struck out when he subbed in for Arraez in the eighth inning.

Thus ended a painful series against the Brewers that saw the Giants suffer a slew of injuries. Harrison Bader aggravated an injury to his left foot while riding a scooter, the news coming the day after the Giants announced that infielder Casey Schmitt tore the meniscus in his left knee and rookie pitcher Trevor McDonald needed to undergo UCL surgery.

The Giants will begin their four-game series in San Diego on Thursday.

Injury updates

— Schmitt does not have surgery scheduled yet, but Vitello said he is expected to undergo a procedure “as soon as possible.” Schmitt was enjoying a breakout season and had hit 21 home runs.

— Bader’s foot is “swollen and definitely not in ideal shape,” and Vitello said the latest injury puts “everything on the back burner” in relation to his recovery from plantar fasciitis.

— Matt Chapman is close to returning, Vitello said. Chapman did base running, defense and took swings. Chapman has missed nearly a month with an abdomen injury.

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