Bays Bash Four Homers to Stay Alive in Game 3

The ocean air was cool, the fog hung low, and for the first time all postseason, the San Francisco Bays looked like a team that refused to fade quietly.

After dropping the first two games, the Bays returned home and put on a show of raw power, launching four home runs in the first three innings on their way to a 5–2 win over the San Diego Friars.

Luke Raley hit two of them. Ketel Marte and Luis Urías each added one of their own. The crowd at Oracle Park didn’t just watch, they celebrated with a kind of relief, as if each swing confirmed that the series wasn’t finished yet.

Tyler Glasnow, San Diego’s Game 3 starter, ran into trouble early and never really escaped it.

The right-hander gave up all four homers before recording his tenth out, every mistake punished, every pitch met with thunder.

“Sometimes you just have to tip your cap,” said Friars manager afterward. “They hit everything we left up.”

While the long ball carried the headlines, Justin Steele quietly delivered one of the best pitching performances of San Francisco’s postseason. The left-hander was precise and patient, allowing just two hits over five and two-thirds innings while striking out five. He worked efficiently, pounding the strike zone and setting a calm tone that never wavered.

The Friars managed to scratch out a pair of runs, one on an Isaac Paredes double in the fourth and another on a Victor Robles single in the sixth, but both times, the Bays quickly shut the door. Every hint of a rally met a ground ball, a lineout, or a well-timed mound visit.

Marte’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth gave San Francisco breathing room, and from there, the bullpen took control. Will Vest, Sam Moll, and Tanner Scott combined for the final ten outs without allowing a run.

The win snapped San Diego’s postseason winning streak and gave the Bays a foothold in the series, now trailing 2–1.

“This team’s been through enough to know how to respond,” said Steele. “You take one game at a time, and tonight, we finally played our kind of baseball.”

W – Steele (1–0)

L – Glasnow (0–1)

SV – Scott (1)

HR – Raley 2 (SFB), Marte (SFB), Urías (SFB)

Series: San Diego leads 2–1