SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit San Francisco's third grand slam in a seven-day span, a tiebreaking, fifth-inning drive that led the Giants over the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Sunday.
With the score 4-4, Devers hit a first-pitch fastball from Grant Taylor to the opposite field in left-center for his eighth career slam, his first for the Giants. Harrison Bader hit slams against the Athletics on Monday and vs. the White Sox on Saturday.
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Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (5) walks back to the dugout after striking out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Caleb Kilian, right, celebrates with Daniel Susac, left, after their team's victory over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Chicago White Sox's Miguel Vargas rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers watches his grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Casey Schmitt homered for the second time in two days and had three RBIs as the Giants won their second straight after a 2-7 slide. They scored 18 runs in the final two games of the series, their best two-game stretch this season.
Keaton Winn (1-1) allowed Colton Montgomery's RBI groundout and Edgar Quero's run-scoring single as the White Sox tied the score 4-4 in the fifth. Caleb Kilian struck out the side in the ninth for his third save.
Chase Meidroth and Miguel Vargas homered for the White Sox, who lost consecutive games for the first time since three in a row from May 5-8. Chicago finished a 2-4 trip.
Giants starter Robbie Ray allowed four runs, two hits and a career-high seven walks in four innings.
White Sox starter Noah Schultz gave up six runs and six hits in four innings.
Giants: RHP Landen Roupp (5-4, 3.27) starts Monday against visiting Arizona and Merrill Kelly (4-3, 5.71).
White Sox: LHP Anthony Kay (3-1, 4.27) starts Monday against visiting Minnesota and RHP Zebby Matthews (1-1, 1.38).
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Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (5) walks back to the dugout after striking out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Caleb Kilian, right, celebrates with Daniel Susac, left, after their team's victory over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants pitcher Robbie Ray throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Chicago White Sox's Miguel Vargas rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers watches his grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in San Francisco, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
ANKARA (AP) — Police stormed the offices of Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days.
It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court, escalating tensions between the opposition and the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Supporters had barricaded the courtyard entrance with buses and the building with furniture. Footage taken by local media in the courtyard and inside the building showed clouds of tear gas as riot police stormed through the premises, before journalists were removed by the police.
Once the raid began, supporters attempted to resist the police by spraying them with fire extinguishers, but were quickly stopped. Doors, furniture and the ground floor windows were destroyed in the melee.
Among those inside the building was Ozgur Ozel, elected as party chairperson in November 2023 but dismissed by the court ruling. A video from inside his office at the start of the raid shows him being served the court order removing him, which he promptly ripped up.
Leaving party headquarters to cheers from supporters outside, Ozel told journalists: “We are leaving (the building) now only to reclaim it in such a way that no one will be able to meddle again. When we return, neither this administration nor the administration’s collaborators will dare do this once more.”
Ozel and his supporters then marched to Parliament about 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, joined by hundreds of passersby despite heavy rain and hail. Before arriving at Parliament, he stopped at the National Sovereignty Park where he asked the crowd if they were willing to rebuild the party for a third time.
The CHP was first established in 1923 by Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, but was shut down in a 1980 military coup, before reemerging in 1992.
Outside the legislature, Ozel rallied a crowd of hundreds, telling them that the CHP was “de facto shuttered” but would be reestablished.
Even if ousted as the chairperson of the CHP, Ozel is still an elected lawmaker from the western province of Manisa as well as the party's group speaker.
The appeals court on Thursday nullified Ozel's election as CHP chairperson, suspending him and members of the party’s executive board. The ruling said Ozel should be replaced by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, his predecessor, who led the party for 13 years but never won any national elections.
Meanwhile, Ozel, in his first and only election as party leader, delivered a decisive blow to Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party in the 2024 municipal polls.
The opposition says the decision was politically motivated to weaken the party as it struggles under waves of legal cases targeting its members and elected officials.
The next presidential election isn't due until 2028, but Erdogan can call for an early vote. His main challenger, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a CHP member, has been imprisoned since March last year and is on trial on corruption charges.
Many observers have said the legal cases against the CHP — mostly centered on corruption allegations — are aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next election. The government insists that Turkey’s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.
The vast majority of the party has rallied behind Ozel. He and most of the party had been inside the CHP headquarters in Ankara since Thursday’s ruling, with the new administration unable to enter. The rival teams were supposed to meet Sunday afternoon to figure a way out of the impasse.
Early on Sunday, a crowd gathered outside the office, watched by a growing police presence. Kilicdaroglu’s lawyer, Celal Celik, sent a request to Ankara police to assist in vacating the building, a move approved by the provincial governor.
The police raid comes at the start of a nine-day holiday for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, when many people are on vacation and out of the big cities.
Erdogan has ruled Turkey, first as prime minister and then as president, since 2003. His electoral record suffered a setback in 2019, when the CHP seized control of several major cities in local elections. In Istanbul, Imamoglu emerged as a popular and charismatic figure who many felt could successfully topple Erdogan.
Police officers stand at Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters after entering to evict supporters gathered inside for party leader Ozgur Ozel, in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) gather at the party's headquarters in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Police officers storm Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters to evict supporters gathered inside for party leader Ozgur Ozel, in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Police officers arrive at Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026, to evict supporters gathered inside. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP)
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) shout slogans as they gather at party's headquarters in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP)
Police officers arrive at Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, Sunday, May 24, 2026, to evict supporters gathered inside. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP)
Leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Ozgur Ozel, addresses supporters gather outside the party's headquarters in Ankara on Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, shout slogans as they gather outside the party's headquarters in Ankara, Friday, May 22, 2026. (Gunsu Ozmen/DIA Photo via AP)
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, gather outside the party's headquarters in Ankara, Friday, May 22, 2026, in support of party's leader Ozgur Ozel. (Yavuz Ozden/DIA Photo via AP)
Former Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party or (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu waves from a car after talking to journalists in Ankara, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP)
