Giants ride Rafael Devers grand slam, another homer by Casey Schmitt to victory

The Giants’ Rafael Devers hits a grand slam in the fifth inning to give his team the lead against the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park on Sunday. Rafael Devers high-fives teammate Luis Arraez after hitting a grand slam in the fifth inning to give the Giants the lead against the White Sox at Oracle Park on Sunday. Luis Arraez (1) reacts to getting hit by a pitch in the fifth inning as the San Francisco Giants play the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Jesus Rodriguez (79) leaps for, but can't catch, a Chase Medroth (10) homerun in the first inning as the San Francisco Giants play the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Robbie Ray (38) pitches in the first inning as the San Francisco Giants play the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sunday, May 24, 2026. The power was out a majority of this season’s first quarter for the San Francisco Giants, whose home run numbers are among the league’s worst despite a starting lineup rife with pop. Saturday, it was Rafael Devers’ grand slam and Casey Schmitt’s second home run in two days that created all the necessary separation in the Giants’ 8-5 win over the Chicago White Sox to clinch the series for San Francisco. Schmitt’s two-run home run — his team-leading 11th of the year — in the third inning gave the Giants what felt like a comfortable three-run lead. After the White Sox tied the score 4-4 in the fifth, Devers’ opposite field slam in the bottom of the inning served as a reminder of what this Giants offense can do in its element. Including Harrison Bader’s grand slams against the Sacramento A’s (last Sunday) and White Sox (on Friday), the Giants hit three grand slams over an eight-day span — no Giants team had done that since 1924. The Giants have hit nine home runs since Monday, which ties for second most over that span across the league, and they’re quietly sneaking up from the cellar with 46 total home runs, which ranks 22nd in baseball. Schmitt managed to keep his power all year despite moving all around the field defensively — a necessity to keep him in the lineup without a regular defensive role. He has hit a home run while playing five defensive positions: second base, third base, designated hitter, left field (on Saturday) and with Sunday’s homer, first base. Ray took the mound looking to brush off a career-high 10-run start against the Diamondbacks last Monday. He suspected tipped pitches then, and appeared to correct that, but wound up issuing a career-high seven walks that turned into four earned runs on three hits. He exited after issuing back-to-back walks to start the fifth inning.