Giants demolish Athletics 8-3

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Oakland Athletics in a dominant fashion 8-3 on Wednesday night.

This Battle of The Bay is ours ✅ pic.twitter.com/k6fmdJioi1

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 27, 2023

The star of the show was pinch-hitter Austin Slater, who hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth, while Alex Wood secured the win with three scoreless innings of relief.

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It was Wood’s fifth relief game of 2023 out of his 11 appearances.

Shea Langeliers hit a tying single in the fourth for Oakland following Aledmys Diaz’s RBI single and an errant throw by center fielder Luis Matos that allowed a second run to come home.

Patrick Bailey and Mike Yastrzemski added RBI doubles in the eighth.

The Giants will now get a rest day for the first time since the All-Star break and they will go against Boston on Friday.