{"id":669885,"date":"2026-04-08T08:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669885\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:18:48","slug":"sf-giants-snap-four-game-losing-streak-as-daniel-susac-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669885\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants snap four-game losing streak as Daniel Susac makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Daniel Susac\u2019s career in the majors is about two weeks old. He\u2019s made two starts, and he\u2019s been the center of attention<\/a> in both. It would\u2019ve been understandable for Susac to have trouble containing his excitement when discussing his latest three-hit game, one that snapped the Giants\u2019 four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

Susac, though, maintained a steadiness when speaking with reporters following the Giants\u2019 6-0 win on Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. The 24-year-old was excited about going 3-for-4 and recording his first two RBIs, yes, but his answers were measured and his tone was calm. For Susac, his focus had already shifted to the next game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s just kind of always been my personality,\u201d Susac said. \u201cJust kind of an older soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

An older soul who made all kinds of new history.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to today, he earned the right to be out there for us more often. It\u2019d be good for both of those guys. I think they\u2019ve got a good friendship and also a good working relationship,\u201d said manager Tony Vitello of Susac and Patrick Bailey.<\/p>\n

With back-to-back singles in his first two at-bats, Susac became the first Giants player since 1900 to record a hit in his first five at-bats. The only other major leaguer in the expansion era (since 1961) to go 5-for-5 to start his career was Tex Cox, who went 6-for-6 in 1977. Before Susac, the last Giant to start his career with four hits in four at-bats was Willie McCovey in 1959.<\/p>\n

Susac finally made an out in his sixth career plate appearance when he flew out in the bottom of the sixth, but he checked off two more milestones in the bottom of the eighth when his first double manufactured his first and second RBIs.<\/p>\n

Along with his offense, Susac was behind the plate for left-hander Robbie Ray\u2019s first quality start of the season. Ray played the role of stopper, pitching 6 2\/3 scoreless innings (109 pitches) with seven strikeouts to three walks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing today was Robbie Ray,\u201d Susac said. \u201cHe was so good, just impressive. It\u2019s always good to see him execute his plan, and he did a really good job of that today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Susac attributed his early success to changes he made in the offseason. He worked with his older brother Andrew, who was Buster Posey\u2019s backup catcher for two seasons, and fellow former Giant Zach Green. The focus was on being calmer, smoother at the plate, allowing him to see the ball better. There was also an emphasis on going out to right field more often.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think growing up, my strength was the opposite side of the field, getting back to that,\u201d Susac said. \u201cI\u2019ll pull the ball when I get thrown there, but taking what they give me the other way as well has really helped me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

While Cox recorded his six hits in back-to-back days, Susac hadn\u2019t gotten a plate appearance since his first start last Thursday.<\/p>\n

Susac, the backup to two-time Gold Glove Award winner Patrick Bailey, knows his playing time will be sparse, but he\u2019s staying ready by catching as many bullpens as possible and sticking to his same hitting routine every day.<\/p>\n

Both of Susac\u2019s first two hits were against All-Star left-hander Cristopher S\u00e1nchez, who finished second in NL Cy Young Award last year. S\u00e1nchez could\u2019ve very well been the latest opposing pitcher to silence San Francisco\u2019s offense, but the Giants tagged him for four runs (two earned) on 11 hits over five innings.<\/p>\n

Along with Susac, the Giants received notable contributions against S\u00e1nchez from Willy Adames (two doubles), Luis Arraez (two RBIs) and Matt Chapman (three hits, one RBI, one run).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to know how you stack up against some of the best in the game,\u201d Susac said. \u201cObviously, a guy like S\u00e1nchez has had a lot of success, really good pitcher. To be able to work some good at-bats off him, it\u2019s obviously a good confidence boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c(The offense) had an approach, and they looked really good doing it,\u201d Ray said. \u201cIt seemed like they were just ready, and it was fun to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Matt Chapman (26) is doused with Gatorade by San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) after their 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) and San Francisco Giants\u2019 Luis Arraez (1) celebrate their 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) is tagged out at home plate by Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 J.T. Realmuto (10) in the third inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) celebrates his double against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Matt Chapman (26) singles against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) throws to first base after tagging out Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Kyle Schwarber (12) at second base on an attempted double play on a ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Bryce Harper (3) in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Harper was safe at first. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Matt Chapman (26) high-fives a teammate after scoring a run off of a single hit by San Francisco Giants\u2019 Luis Arraez (1) against the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Matt Chapman (26) hits an RBI double against the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Luis Arraez (1) is brushed back by a pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello pulls San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Robbie Ray (38) from the game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Keaton Winn (67) high-fives San Francisco Giants\u2019 Daniel Susac (6) after their 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) throws to first base for an out on a ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Trea Turner (7) in the sixth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello chats with WWE wrestler Kit Wilson before the Giants game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants\u2019 Matt Chapman (26) is doused with Gatorade by San Francisco Giants\u2019 Willy Adames (2) after their 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\n<\/p>\n

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With the Giants leading 4-0 going into the seventh, manager Tony Vitello gave Ray an opportunity to complete seven innings despite being at 90 pitches. Vitello stuck with Ray after he walked the first batter he faced, and the left-hander responded by retiring his next two batters.<\/p>\n

Following another walk, which put two on with two outs, Vitello pulled Ray and rolled with the right-hander Ryan Walker. Despite a wild pitch that put runners on second and third, Walker got rookie Justin Crawford to hit into an inning-ending groundout.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing he batted an eye at was taking the ball from him,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cA comical conversation out there, but make no bones about it, he wanted to be out there. To be honest with you, to give insight in the dugout, we gave him one hitter more than we said we were going to at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vitello sent Walker out for the eighth inning, and the crossfiring righty added an aura of anxiety when he allowed a leadoff single to Trea Turner and walked Bryce Harper. With two on and one out, Walker retired his next two batters and escaped from the mess he created.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Erik Miller was originally warming up to pitch the ninth inning, but right-hander Keaton Winn finished out the game after Susac\u2019s two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe five (starting pitchers) all got it in them that when it\u2019s not going good for the team to even take more of a stand than you normally would,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cI can\u2019t speak for Robbie, but it kind of felt like that. He was going to do the job he always does, but a little more determination in there to make sure things go well for his teammates tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Daniel Susac\u2019s career in the majors is about two weeks old. He\u2019s made two starts,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,2178,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-669885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-giants","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","16":"tag-sf","17":"tag-sf-giants","18":"tag-sfgiants","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116368111667156365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}