San Francisco Giants lose Heliot Ramos to injury in series-opening game against the Athletics
San Francisco Giants catcher Daniel Susac tags out Athletics third baseman Darell Hernaiz at home plate while attempting to score in the second innning of their MLB game at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif.
, on Friday, May 15, 2026. After allowing singles to Lawrence Butler and Jeff McNeil, Mahle served up an 87-mph cutter to Nick Kurtz, who took it 417 feet to left center field, as part of a five-run fifth inning that put the Giants behind to stay in a 5-2 loss to the A’s before a sellout crowd of 12,348 at Sutter Health Park.
The Giants got solo home runs from Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader, but also left nine runners on base and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, in what became their third straight loss. Down 5-2 in the seventh, the Giants had runners on second and third with one out before A’s reliever Jose Suarez struck out Matt Chapman and got Rafael Devers to ground out.
Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos left the game after the fifth inning with what was described as tightness in his right quadriceps. Casey Schmitt, making his first appearance in the outfield in college, the minor leagues, and MLB, replaced Ramos in left field. Ramos appeared to be hurt during the bottom of the fifth as he grimaced while sliding to try to catch a bloop single to left field by McNeil.
Mahle, who was making his ninth start of the season, was coming off a no-decision at Oracle Park last Sunday when he allowed four runs on five hits, including two homers, in what became a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in 12 innings. Friday, Mahle had six strikeouts in the first four innings, three on four-seam fastballs and two others on splitters.
But he also allowed an RBI double to second baseman McNeil on a cutter that allowed A’s third baseman Zack Gelof to score. Including Friday’s game at hitter-friendly Sutter Health Park, Mahle has now allowed nine homers in 46 2/3 innings.
After allowing the fifth-inning homer to Kurtz, Mahle was kept in the game and allowed three more hits, including an RBI single to A’s centerfielder Henry Bolte, a Palo Alto High School alum who made his MLB debut earlier this week. The Giants went the first three innings without a hit before Arraez connected on his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth, taking a 90 mph fastball from Aaron Civale down the right field line before it landed just inside the foul pole.
The Giants then put runners on first and second with two outs before Bryce Eldridge lined out to second base. Arraez came within a triple of hitting for the cycle, as he homered in the fourth, singled in the fifth, and doubled in the seventh. He went 4-for-5.
Daniel Susac returned to the Giants’ lineup after missing the last 22 games with an elbow issue and went 0-for-4, although he threw out Bolte, who was trying to steal second, in the bottom of the fourth.
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