Giants 3rd baseman Matt Chapman to begin rehab in a week
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A day after third baseman Matt Chapman landed on the injured list due to right-hand inflammation, the Giants placed catcher Patrick Bailey on the 10-day IL with a neck strain.
The San Francisco Giants are playing some great baseball, but they are going to still be without their star third baseman for quite some time.
The Giants were one out away from wasting another excellent start from Logan Webb. Chapman shifted the vibe. With a two-run, walk-off home run, Chapman delivered a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves, keeping San Francisco undefeated in four tries since Buster Posey’s roster shakeup in the process.
Trailing by three runs in the top of the ninth inning, San Francisco’s finally found life against the Rockies’ Zach Agnos. Casey Schmitt led off the top of the inning with a solo home run, trimming the deficit to 5-3, then Tyler Fitzgerald and Andrew Knizner followed Schmitt by drawing back-to-back walks.
No one plays more close games than the Giants and the Braves, who are tied for the Major League lead with 27 one-run games this year. It should come as no surprise, then, that the first two games of t