SAN FRANCISCO—Casey Schmitt hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 6–5 on Sunday, but lost center fielder Jung Hoo Lee to a left-shoulder injury.
After the Reds failed to score in the top of the 10th off Giants reliever Luke Jackson (1–1), Schmitt’s first hit of the season was a two-out, ground-rule double to left-center field off Emilio Pagan (2–3), scoring automatic runner Luis Matos. Schmitt had been 0 for 11 since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento, Calif., on Friday.
“Just see something I can hit, and let it rip,” said Schmitt, whose mom was in the stands on Mother’s Day. “Not trying to do too much.”
The Giants’ concern now turns to Lee, who dislocated his left shoulder in the first inning while leaping for a double by Jeimer Candelario that cleared the bases and gave the Reds an early 3–0 lead. Lee’s arm hit the wall as he jumped for the ball that hit the top of the right-center field barrier, and he grabbed at it in immediate discomfort.
Lee, a former star in his native South Korea who signed a six-year, $113 million deal with the Giants in the offseason, walked off the field with a trainer holding his left arm, after he had sat in the outfield dirt for a couple of minutes.
“Not great,” Manager Bob Melvin said when asked how Lee was doing after the game.
Mr. Melvin described Lee’s shoulder as “separated,“ though a Giants spokesperson later clarified the injury as a “dislocated” shoulder. Lee will get an MRI on Monday.
“When he hit the wall and went down and didn’t get up, I didn’t have a great feeling about it,” Mr. Melvin said.
The Giants had six hits in the fifth inning to rally from the three-run deficit, including a two-run home run by LaMonte Wade Jr. that tied the game. Heliot Ramos gave the Giants the lead with an RBI single, and then scored after an infield hit by Blake Sabol when Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz’s throw skipped past first base and down the right-field line.
Cincinnati’s Mike Ford evened the score at 5–5 with a solo homer in the eighth, after the Reds had trimmed the deficit to a run in the seventh.
The Giants took two out of three against the Reds, who have lost 10 of their past 11 games.
“Right now, we’re in a tough stretch,“ said Cincinnati bench coach Freddie Benavides, who filled in for ill Manager David Bell. ”We’re not playing [how] we’re capable.”
Giants rookie left-hander Kyle Harrison, who struggled with his command early, pitched four scoreless frames after Candelario’s first-inning double. San Francisco has won each of Harrison’s past six starts.
The Giants were hit with a slew of bad injury news, losing their seventh position player in the past nine days. After placing left fielder Michael Conforto (right-hamstring strain) on the 10-day injured list before the game, the Giants scratched catcher Patrick Bailey—who had just come off the seven-day concussion IL on Saturday—with a viral illness minutes before first pitch. Then Lee left the game in the top of the first.
“That guy leaves it all out there, and I have so much respect for him,” Harrison said. “Hopefully, he’s all right. The guy’s just a gamer. He’s going for that ball, and he comes up with it most of the time, too, which is awesome.”
Trainer’s Room
Reds: Left-hander Alex Young (back) was expected to make his fourth rehab appearance with Triple-A Louisville, Ky., on Sunday. Mr. Bell said before the game that Young is “doing great,” but will need more time to build up. … Outfielder and leadoff hitter TJ Friedl suffered a right-thumb contusion when hit by Harrison’s first pitch of the game, and will see a doctor on Monday. He remained in the game to run the bases, but was replaced in center field after the top of the first. ... Mr. Bell had to leave the game with a “stomach issue,” according to Mr. Benavides.Up Next
Reds: Graham Ashcraft (3–2, 3.86 earned-run average) will start Monday’s opener of a three-game series at Arizona.Giants: Jordan Hicks (3–1, 2.30) pitches for the Giants on Monday when they begin a three-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.
