San Francisco Giants All-Star Slugger Makes Stunning Statcast Era Franchise History

The San Francisco Giants were playing a massive series against the Milwaukee Brewers this week at Oracle Park.

It was a good measuring stick opportunity for a Giants squad that has gotten off to a hot start, which some people are skeptical of. Confidence in the team would rise if they could handle business against the defending National League Central champions who are going to factor into the playoff picture again in 2025.

San Francisco certainly did its job, winning three out of four games to put themselves in a great position should tiebreakers come into play at the end of the season.

It was a hard-fought series, with the Giants actually having a negative run differential, losing by eight and winning their games by three, two and one run, respectively.

In the series finale, a 6-5 come-from-behind victory on Thursday afternoon, one of the heroes of the game was third baseman Matt Chapman.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, with San Francisco trailing 5-2, the star third baseman stepped to the plate against relief pitcher Abner Uribe.

He got into a hitter’s count, with Uribe firing a sinker in on a 2-1 count. Chapman was ready for it, launching it over the center field fence for a two-run home run to cut the deficit down to 5-4.

It was Chapman’s fifth home run of the season, and it turned out to be a first for an MLB player this season.

As shared by Eno Sarris of The Athletic on X, his long ball is the first this season off a pitch that was traveling 100+ mph.