{"id":699276,"date":"2026-05-15T03:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/699276\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T03:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T03:36:17","slug":"sf-giants-willy-adames-in-lineup-following-baserunning-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/699276\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants’ Willy Adames in lineup following baserunning mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Shortstop Willy Adames was in the starting lineup for Thursday\u2019s series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers after forgetting how many outs there were<\/a> during Wednesday\u2019s 4-0 loss<\/a>, leading to an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to win the game today is why he\u2019s in the lineup,\u201d said manager Tony Vitello.<\/p>\n

Vitello said Adames was the first player to arrive at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, adding that he had a conversation with Adames about the baserunning gaffe. Per Vitello, Adames held himself accountable to the team for the mistake.<\/p>\n

With right-hander Landen Roupp on the mound, Vitello also wanted Adames at short to field the best defense behind the sinkerballer.<\/p>\n

Vitello said he mentioned to Adames, \u201cWhen the ball\u2019s put in play today, we need to be able to win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a mistake that he doesn\u2019t want to make, and like ones I\u2019ve made or other guys have made, you\u2019d love to go back in time and redo it, but you can\u2019t do that,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cSo, most of our conversation today was a little bit of reviewing that and getting on the same page with what happened. But a lot of it, or the majority of it, was about what we got to do to win today\u2019s game.\u201d<\/p>\n

With one out in the top of the seventh, Drew Gilbert hit a fly ball that Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages caught at the left-center field warning track. Adames, the runner on second, was rounding third when Pages made the catch, and Los Angeles doubled off Adames at second in plenty of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost track of the outs,\u201d Adames said on Wednesday. \u201cA mistake on the read, too. Obviously, it\u2019s a mistake that can\u2019t happen in the game. That mistake is probably the most ashamed that I would feel in a game. I know that that can\u2019t happen. It was my fault. That\u2019s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adames, who\u2019s 10-for-27 (.370) in his last six games, was seen talking with Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts right before his baserunning mistake. Adames didn\u2019t attribute the mental error to his small talk with Betts, saying he often chats with opposing players.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was because of that, then I would make mistakes every two days,\u201d Adames said. \u201cIt\u2019s just my fault. It\u2019s something that can\u2019t happen. There\u2019s no excuses for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he would prefer that Adames chatted less with opponents, Vitello provided a thoughtful response, effectively saying there needs to be a balance.<\/p>\n

Vitello referred to himself as \u201cold school\u201d and in favor of \u201cRon Washington style baseball.\u201d That said, Vitello referenced the Rays\u2019 Junior Caminero and the Orioles\u2019 Gunnar Henderson as two players who were cordial with the Giants yet clearly wanted to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m old school. I can\u2019t speak because I haven\u2019t played in the big leagues,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cThese guys have a huge amount of respect for each other. They have relationships, but I\u2019m on the Ron Washington side of the fence is the safest way for me to say it. I\u2019m sure I got enough enemies, I don\u2019t need to create anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s a debate that would be fun for someone to write about, or for people to have, or old-school people and new-school people to have. I think the biggest thing is when the ball is put in play, you got to be trying to win the game as best as possible, no matter who you are or what you said to somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several Giants trending towards return from injured list<\/p>\n

Left-hander Erik Miller (low back strain) made his second rehab appearance on Wednesday, pitching a scoreless inning with Single-A San Jose with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n

Miller, who was placed on the 15-day injured list on May 4 (retroactive to May 1), is on track to be activated from the injured list on Saturday when he\u2019s eligible.<\/p>\n

Rookie catcher Daniel Susac, who is currently rehabbing from right elbow ulnar neuritis, could be activated on Friday ahead of the Giants\u2019 three-game series against the Athletics in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Logan Webb, currently rehabbing from right knee bursitis<\/a>, has thrown in back-to-back. Webb is trending towards returning on May 21 when he is eligible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 Shortstop Willy Adames was in the starting lineup for Thursday\u2019s series finale against the Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,5776,2178,162,5774,5775,853,4,5777,378,5778,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":["post-699276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-giants","tag-baseball","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-giants","tag-giants-hq","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfranciscogiants","tag-sf","tag-sf-giants","tag-sfgiants","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116576503961411993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699276","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=699276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}