Matt Chapman's early home run Giants' lone offense in blowout loss to Brewers
On "Giants Postgame Live," Bonta Hill and Shawn Estes break down Matt Chapman's home run in San Francisco's loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday.
Matt Chapman's early home run Giants' lone offense in blowout loss to Brewers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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And you know what?
Matt Chapman, he said, "Look, I'm starting to come around here.
I'm starting to hit the ball hard," and he opens the second inning there with a two-run shot, his second home run this season.
The longest drought he's gone through over the course of his career, Sean, 53 games he went without a home run.
Still has yet to hit a bomb at Oracle Park.
But man, it was good to see this sight as Jackson Turino barely missed this ball out in center field.
We thought he caught it for a second.
Look how close this play was.
Yeah, he almost gets it, right.
didn't, didn't catch any leather, but, yeah, we've seen him make that play before.
Turio out in center field, he's a good one out there.
but fortunately he missed it for Matt Chapman, and he gets the second home run of the year.
205 at-bats it took him to get his second home run.
Longest drought, like you mentioned, of his career, but things were good early.
Yeah.
Jung Ho Lee gets on, sets the table, his 12th hit in his last four games, and then Chapman comes up, pops one out to center field, and he is hitting the ball harder.
Right.
He worked a walk later on in the game.
He was one for three today with a home run, a couple RBIs, so, so nice game at the plate for him today.
But- But hey, look all for naught.
Hey look, I, I Look, they lost 6 to 2.
Not even- That was all their offense, by the way I shouldn't have said this.
That was all their offense.
They got, like, two more hits the rest of the game.
Yeah.
It was, it was ugly.
But you know what?
For Matt Chapman, over the course of his career, he's hit the ball well in June, July, and August, Sean, so the splits, they stack up for Matt Chapman.
Hopefully this is a start or the beginning of a hot streak for Chappy.
