Basallo hits 1st MLB homer and Rogers pitches Orioles to 11-1 win over Giants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched seven splendid innings, Samuel Basallo hit his first major league home run and the Baltimore Orioles routed the San Francisco Giants 11-1 on Saturday to stop their five-game skid.

Jeremiah Jackson homered and had four RBIs for Baltimore, which ended San Francisco's six-game winning streak. Ryan Mountcastle also went deep.

Willy Adames hit his 25th longball in the first inning for the Giants, who have homered in 13 consecutive games — tying their longest streak since 2019.

Rogers (8-2) allowed five hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter for the fifth time in 14 starts this season. It was his 10th straight start of six-plus innings while allowing two runs or fewer, the longest streak by an Orioles pitcher during the Baltimore era that dates to 1954.

Shawn Dubin got the final six outs for the Orioles.

The Giants used infielder Christian Koss to pitch the ninth. Koss pitched in three games earlier this season.

Baltimore got to rookie Carson Seymour early in his first career start, batting around and scoring four runs in the third.

Jackson and Mountcastle each hit a two-run homer in the inning. Basallo connected leading off the fifth against Tristan Beck.

Seymour (0-2) allowed four runs and five hits over three innings.

Baltimore broke open the game when Jackson and Mountcastle both homered within a six-pitch span.

Twenty of Adames’ 25 homers this season have been solo shots.

Giants RHP Justin Verlander (2-10, 4.47 ERA) attempts to win consecutive starts for the first time this season when he faces Orioles RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-6, 4.06) on Sunday.

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San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames (2) hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

San Francisco Giants second baseman Casey Schmitt can't force out Baltimore Orioles' Jackson Holliday on a throwing error by teammate shortstop Willy Adames during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday (7) and left fielder Daniel Johnson (56) celebrate after the team's victory over the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Baltimore Orioles' Samuel Basallo runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Baltimore Orioles' Trevor Rogers pitches to a San Francisco Giants batter during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama returned to the court after limping off with a right leg injury in the opening minutes of the San Antonio Spurs' game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.

Wembanyama returned to the bench at the close of the first quarter and was on the court to start the second quarter.

Wembanyama dropped to the court after making knee-to-knee contact with the left leg of Milwaukee center Giannis Antetokounmpo under the Bucks basket with 9:18 remaining in the first quarter. Antetokounmpo was driving to the rim when the two made contact.

Wembanyama remained on the court for a few seconds before rising and hobbling unassisted in a half sprint toward the locker room.

Wembanyama suffered a hyperextended knee on Dec. 31 in the fourth quarter against the New York Knicks in a similar play. He returned to the bench but missed the next two games.

San Antonio enters Thursday's game on a two-game skid, including a 119-98 loss at Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reveals a freshly shaved head as he warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)