Baltimore Orioles' Trevor Rogers pitches to a San Francisco Giants batter during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Basallo hits 1st MLB homer and Rogers pitches Orioles to 11-1 win over Giants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched seven splendid innings, Samuel Basallo hit his first major league home run and the Baltimore Orioles routed the San Francisco Giants 11-1 on Saturday to stop their five-game skid.

Jeremiah Jackson homered and had four RBIs for Baltimore, which ended San Francisco’s six-game winning streak. Ryan Mountcastle also went deep.

Willy Adames hit his 25th longball in the first inning for the Giants, who have homered in 13 consecutive games — tying their longest streak since 2019.

Rogers (8-2) allowed five hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter for the fifth time in 14 starts this season. It was his 10th straight start of six-plus innings while allowing two runs or fewer, the longest streak by an Orioles pitcher during the Baltimore era that dates to 1954.

Shawn Dubin got the final six outs for the Orioles.

The Giants used infielder Christian Koss to pitch the ninth. Koss pitched in three games earlier this season.

Baltimore got to rookie Carson Seymour early in his first career start, batting around and scoring four runs in the third.

Jackson and Mountcastle each hit a two-run homer in the inning. Basallo connected leading off the fifth against Tristan Beck.

Seymour (0-2) allowed four runs and five hits over three innings.

Key moment

Baltimore broke open the game when Jackson and Mountcastle both homered within a six-pitch span.

Key stat

Twenty of Adames’ 25 homers this season have been solo shots.

Up next

Giants RHP Justin Verlander (2-10, 4.47 ERA) attempts to win consecutive starts for the first time this season when he faces Orioles RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-6, 4.06) on Sunday.

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Baltimore Orioles’ Samuel Basallo runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday (7) and left fielder Daniel Johnson (56) celebrate after the team’s victory over the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco Giants second baseman Casey Schmitt can’t force out Baltimore Orioles’ Jackson Holliday on a throwing error by teammate shortstop Willy Adames during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
San Francisco Giants’ Willy Adames (2) hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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