DENVER (AP) — Matt Chapman hit two home runs after appealing a one-game suspension, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 10-8 on Wednesday night to finish a three-game sweep with their fourth straight victory.
Chapman gave the Giants a 1-0 lead in the second with a 450-foot shot to center field off Germán Márquez. He hit his 20th of the season in the sixth — a 423-foot three-run shot to left-center off Juan Mejia for a 9-5 advantage. Chapman was suspended by Major League Baseball for his part in a benches-clearing brawl Tuesday night in a 7-4 victory.
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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker works against the Colorado Rockies in the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Drew Gilbert circles the bases after hitting a solo home urn off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Matt Chapman follows the flight of his three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, right, congratulates Matt Chapman as he returns to the dugout after hitting a three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, left, congratulates Matt Chapman as he crosses home plate after hitting a three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Rookie Drew Gilbert hit his third homer — a solo shot off Mejia in the seventh for the Giants' final run.
Heliot Ramos and Patrick Bailey both went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored as the Giants won for the 10th time in 11 games to pull within four games of the New York Mets for the final NL wild card.
Robbie Ray allowed five runs — four earned — on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out eight.
Joel Peguero (1-0) got four outs for his first win in his sixth appearance. JT Brubaker allowed three runs in 2 1/3 innings before Ryan Walker came in to get the final two outs for his 14th save.
Márquez surrendered four runs on eight hits in five innings. Luis Peralta (1-3) got one out and allowed four runs.
Hunter Goodman had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Rockies.
Chapman's second homer came after Colorado had taken a 5-4 lead. It was his second multi-homer game this season and the 14th of his career. Giants manager Bob Melvin was ejected for arguing balls and strikes during the Rockies' rally.
The Giants hit 10 home runs in the series and have homered in a franchise-record 17 straight games.
The Giants haven't announced who will start Friday night in St. Louis opposite Cardinals RHP Michael McGreevy (6-2, 4.17). No starters have been announced for Friday when the Rockies host the Padres.
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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker works against the Colorado Rockies in the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Drew Gilbert circles the bases after hitting a solo home urn off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Matt Chapman follows the flight of his three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, right, congratulates Matt Chapman as he returns to the dugout after hitting a three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos, left, congratulates Matt Chapman as he crosses home plate after hitting a three-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Juan Mejia in the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean,” she said.
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Several U.S. government social media accounts posted brief videos that appeared to show various parts of the ship’s capture. Black-and-white footage showed at least four helicopters approaching the ship before hovering over the deck while armed troops dropped down by rope. At least nine people could be seen on the deck of the ship.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, the ship was partially filled with crude.
Days later, the Veronica became one of at least 16 tankers that left the Venezuelan coast in contravention of the quarantine that U.S. forces have set up to block sanctioned ships, according to Samir Madani, the co-founder of TankerTrackers.com. He said his organization used satellite imagery and surface-level photos to document the ship movements.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the Treasury Department for being associated with a Russian company moving cargoes of illicit oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Thursday, Noem declined to say how many sanctioned oil tankers the U.S. is tracking or whether the government is keeping tabs on freighters beyond the Caribbean Sea.
“I can’t speak to the specifics of the operation, although we are watching the entire shadow fleet and how they’re moving,” she told reporters.
But other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
Associated Press writer Ben Finley contributed to this report.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro’s capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
