Adames went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Friday's 5-4 loss against the Brewers.
The shortstop opened the scoring with a blast off Jose Quintana in the first inning and added another solo shot against Aaron Ashby in the eighth, giving the 29-year-old his 21st and 22nd homers on the year. Adames has now gone deep in back-to-back games and recorded his third multi-homer performance of the season. Across 127 contests, he's slashing .224/.312/.410 with 65 RBI, 76 runs scored and six stolen bases.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Crushes 20th homer amid cold spell
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Adames went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and two walks in Thursday's 8-4 loss to the Padres.
Adames went back-to-back with Rafael Devers in the sixth inning for the former's 20th homer of the campaign. Adames' production in August has been a far cry from his output during a prolific July, when he produced a 1.096 OPS across 24 outings. Across 70 at-bats to open this month, the shortstop is batting a paltry .129 with four big flies, six RBI and two stolen bases.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Receives day off
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Adames is not in the Giants' lineup versus the Padres on Tuesday.
Adams heads to the bench for just the second time this year as he had started in 124 of the Giants' 125 games played prior to Tuesday night's matchup. The shortstop has struggled since the start of August with a .123/.197/.262 slash line across 71 plate appearances in 16 games. Casey Schmitt is set to start at shortstop Tuesday in place of Adames.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Swipes sixth bag in loss
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Adames went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Rays.
Adames singled to left field in the sixth inning, then stole second before coming around to score the Giants' lone run. The 29-year-old shortstop has recorded a hit and a stolen base in back-to-back outings after going 0-for-18 over his previous five games. He's slashing .235/.316/.480 with 19 runs scored, 14 RBI, seven homers, four doubles and two stolen bases across 114 plate appearances since the All-Star break.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Homer, steal in loss
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Adames went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk, a stolen base and two total runs scored in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Rays.
Adames entered Friday 0-for-18 over his previous five games. He snapped the slump with a third-inning solo shot, and he was also able to swipe a bag for the first time since June 24 versus the Marlins. The shortstop was hot coming out of the All-Star break, but he's reverted to his early-season form over the last week. He's now at a .223/.309/.398 slash line with 19 homers, five steals, 62 RBI and 71 runs scored over 121 contests.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Struggles continue Tuesday
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Adames went 0-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Padres.
Adames went hitless for a fourth consecutive game, marking his longest streak without a hit since early June. The 29-year-old shortstop has struggled in August, slashing .111/.184/.244 with five runs scored, four RBI and two home runs across 49 plate appearances. Overall, he's now slashing .225/.311/.396 with 69 runs scored, 61 RBI, 18 home runs and four stolen bases over 508 plate appearances.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Knocks 18th homer
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Adames went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's win against the Pirates.
Adames ripped a two-run shot in the fifth inning and added a single in the ninth. It was his 18th long ball of the year and his ninth in 29 games since the start of July. Tuesday was his first multi-hit performance since July 28; he went 3-for-25 (.120) in six games between those two contests. Adames is now slashing .232/.318/.412 with 38 extra-base hits and 61 RBI in 113 games.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Homers for lone run in loss
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Adames went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Pirates.
Adames continued his hot second-half hitting -- he's now 16-for-41 (.390) with four homers and nine RBI since the All-Star break. His long ball Tuesday was one of just two base hits for the Giants in this low-scoring loss. Adames is up to 16 homers, 57 RBI, 64 runs scored, four stolen bases and a .238/.325/.415 slash line across 107 contests. He's been batting third or fourth frequently since the break after hitting lower in the order at the tail end of June.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Raps three hits in loss
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Adames went 3-for-5 with a double, a run and two RBI in Monday's loss to the Pirates.
Adames helped San Francisco come back from an early deficit, knocking a run-scoring single in the second inning and tying the score with another RBI single in the fourth. The veteran shortstop notched his second straight multi-hit game, achieving that feat for the first time this season. Adames has begun the second half of the season well, batting .395 (15-for-38) with three homers, 10 runs, eight RBI and a 5:7 BB:K through 10 contests.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Multi-hit effort in defeat
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Adames went 2-for-5 with a run scored in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Mets.
Adames hit a single in the fifth inning before coming around to score and added another single in the eighth. The shortstop was one of two Giants players to record two hits, marking his third multi-hit performance in his last 10 outings. During that stretch, Adames is slashing .316/.409/.632 with nine runs scored, six RBI, three homers and three doubles across 44 plate appearances.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Homer, two doubles in loss
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Adames went 4-for-5 with a homer, two doubles, two RBI and an additional run scored in Monday's 9-5 loss at Atlanta.
The San Francisco shortstop continued his recent run of success by knocking his 15th homer along with his 15th and 16th two-baggers of the season. Adames has been scorching hot in July, batting .333 (20-for-60) with six homers, five doubles, 16 RBI and 12 runs scored in 16 games. Across 424 total plate appearances, the 29-year-old is now slashing .230/.312/.405 with 52 RBI and 57 runs scored.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Carries offense with two homers
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Adames went 2-for-3 with two solo home runs in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
The shortstop took Eric Lauer deep in the fifth inning to get the Giants on the board before adding another solo shot off Chad Green in the seventh. Adames is up to 14 homers on the season, including four in his last nine games, and he's batting .314 (16-for-51) in July with 10 runs and 14 RBI in 14 contests.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Launches homer in win
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 8-7 win over the Dodgers.
Adames opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second inning and added a two-run triple in the fifth as part of a five-run rally for the Giants. Over 10 games in July, Adames has gone 13-for-36 (.361) with seven extra-base hits and 12 RBI. He's starting to cash in on the potential that the Giants saw when signing him to a seven-year, $182 million contract in December. Overall, the shortstop is at a .225/.312/.382 slash line with 12 homers, 48 RBI, 53 runs scored, four stolen bases, 14 doubles and two triples through 94 contests.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Homer, three RBI in win
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Adames went 1-for-3 with a home run, two walks and three RBI in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Athletics.
Adames twice drew bases-loaded walks to force in runs. He also had a solo shot in the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to seven games. During that span, he's gone 11-for-26 (.423) with four extra-base hits, nine RBI and four walks. The shortstop's up to a .226/.313/.370 slash line with 11 homers, 45 RBI, 50 runs scored and four stolen bases through 90 contests this season.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Drives in four runs
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Adames went 3-for-5 with four RBI during Saturday's 7-2 win against the Athletics.
Adames didn't provide any extra-base hits, but he singled with the bases loaded in the first and third innings to provide San Francisco with an early lead. It's the sixth three-hit game of the campaign for the veteran shortstop, who has gone 10-for-23 with two doubles, a homer, six RBI and five runs during a six-game hit streak.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Gets aboard four times Thursday
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Adames went 3-for-4 with two doubles, one walk, one RBI and three runs scored in Thursday's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Adames has hit safely in the last four games, though this was his first multi-hit effort since June 26. The shortstop contributed an RBI double in the third inning as well. He hasn't always hit consistently this season, but Adames has posted an 11.3 percent walk rate, which includes a 6:11 BB:K over his last 10 games. He's up to a .218/.305/.358 slash line with 10 home runs, 38 RBI, 49 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple and four stolen bases through 87 contests.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Racks up three hits Thursday
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Adames went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored in Thursday's 12-5 loss to the Marlins.
All three hits were singles for the shortstop. Since June 10, Adames has gone 17-for-54 (.315) with four home runs, one double, nine RBI and a 7:15 BB:K across 15 games. That's a large enough sample to suggest he's working his way out of the struggles that defined the better part of his first two months of the season. He's at a .215/.298/.349 slash line with nine home runs, 35 RBI, 43 runs scored, 11 doubles, one triple and four stolen bases through 80 contests overall.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Logs stolen base in loss
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Adames went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Marlins.
Adames drew a walk in the second inning and stole his first base since May 30. However, the star shortstop failed to record a hit for the third time in his last five contests, during which he has posted a .200/.368/.400 slash line with four runs scored, one home run and a 4:6 BB:K across 19 plate appearances. Adames' struggles at the plate have persisted this month, as he's slashing .203/.301/.391 with 12 runs scored, eight RBI, four home runs, one stolen base and a 26.5 percent strikeout rate in 83 plate appearances during June.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Logs two hits in loss
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a walk during Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Guardians.
Adames drew a walk in the third inning before coming around to score. The shortstop also tallied a pair of singles in the matchup, marking his second multi-hit game since sitting out June 8 against Atlanta. Over seven games since that absence, Adames is slashing .321/.364/.679 with seven runs scored, six RBI, three home runs and a double across 33 plate appearances.
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Giants' Willy Adames: Keeps power surge going
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Adames went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-2 win over the Dodgers.
Adames has homered in three of his last four games, going 6-for-16 (.375) with six RBI in that span. The shortstop went just 2-for-30 over his 10 contests prior to this power surge. Recent success aside, it continues to be a challenging first year in San Francisco for Adames, who is batting .204 with a .635 OPS, eight homers, 32 RBI, 37 runs scored and three stolen bases over 69 games.