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    Giants' Matt Chapman, Casey Schmitt on good terms after fiery remarks

    Marcus D. Smith, USA TODAY
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    Things are already getting fiery for San Francisco Giants' brass, but cooler heads have prevailed, as expected. It's sports, god forbid guys have a little competitive edge.

    Cameras caught Giants third baseman Matt Chapman cursing out first baseman Casey Schmitt in their 7-1 loss against the San Diego Padres on April 1.

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    Schmitt, who is a natural third baseman, missed a ball thrown from Chapman off his glove, causing an error in the bottom of the fifth inning as San Francisco trailed 1-0. It was the second instance of the game.

    Chapman appeared to have yelled at Schmitt after one of the game's errors.

    Schmitt missed a couple of catches, which turned into unearned runs. Chapman particularly had it after bases were loaded with two outs in the fifth as Xander Bogaerts took the plate for the Padres. Prior to the error, it would have been a Bogaerts single out and on to the next inning, but instead Bogaerts was safe at first as Gavin Sheets ran in a score.

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    Chapman says 'it's baseball'

    However, bygones are bygones. The two chopped it up and it's on to the next game.

    "We weren't able to get the job done and it cost us some runs unfortunately," Chapman told reporters after the game. "It's just frustrating. You want to make the play and want to get outs and it sucks when we're not able to get outs and they cost us and ultimately, we lose the game, so just frustrating."

    As far as the play that caused the viral moment, Chapman said: "It's baseball, it happens."

    "First base isn't something he plays every single day and we're all trying to get out. We're all working hard here, so it happens," Chapman said. "We're all brothers here. Heat of the moment. I've already talked to Casey. It's all good. Figured that people would try to make that a big deal but it's baseball, stuff happens. We all learn from it, we'll move on. I already told him that it's kind of heat of the moment. I was just wanting to get those outs. It happens."

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    The Giants won their three-game series against the Padres 2-1, with the April 1 game being their loss.

    "We come out here and take the first two games of the series against a good team and we're able to score a lot of runs," Chapman said. "Unfortunately, came back today and wasn't able to get the job done, but to come here and win a series, we're headed in the right direction. That's what we came to do, come here and win the series."

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    Who's at fault anyway?

    There were no hard feelings from Schmitt.

    “We’re trying to win games,” Schmitt said. “I’m not mad about it or anything. It’s baseball. Those are things I should have done and didn’t. At the end of the day, we wake up tomorrow, we play another game and we get back at it. We’re trying to win games. That’s the bottom line. Sometimes things happen. I just messed up. We just move forward.”

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    Schmitt said he messed up, but Chapman also admitted some fault.

    "I mean, I gotta make better throws, too, so it's fine," he said. "I don't think anybody's gonna put too much talk into it."

    For what it's worth, they are both right. Schmitt probably should have caught the one in the fifth. But the first one that happened at the beginning of the game, turns out that was on Chapman.

    According to the MLB, in the bottom of the 1st, the error allowing Jackson Merrill to score following Jackson Chourio 's hit has been changed from an error charged to Schmitt to a throwing error charged to Chapman.

    The Giants return home and are in search of their first win of the 2026 season at Oracle Park as they take on the New York Mets at 9:45 p.m. ET (6:45 p.m. local).

    This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Giants' Matt Chapman, Casey Schmitt are just fine after fiery exchange

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