Giants 8, White Sox 5: Devers' Grand Slam Follows Schmitt's Two-Homer Day

The lead

May 24, 2026 - San Francisco - The San Francisco Giants snapped a 2-7 slide with an 8-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at Oracle Park, as Rafael Devers hit San Francisco's third grand slam in a seven-day span—a tiebreaking, fifth-inning drive—and Casey Schmitt homered twice with three RBIs, per the Associated Press recap on CBS Sports and theScore.

The Giants scored 18 runs in the final two games of the series, their best two-game stretch of 2026.

How the game turned

Chase Meidroth homered off Robbie Ray to open the game, but San Francisco answered with consecutive RBI doubles from Schmitt and Devers in the first. Schmitt's 11th homer of the season—a two-run shot in the third—made it 4-1.

Chicago tied it 4-4 in the fifth when Keaton Winn (1-1) allowed an RBI groundout and Edgar Quero's run-scoring single. With the bases loaded, Devers crushed a first-pitch fastball from Grant Taylor to left-center for his eighth career slam and first as a Giant. Caleb Kilian struck out the side in the ninth for his third save.

Pitching and matchup notes

Ray allowed four runs, two hits, and a career-high seven walks in four innings—inviting rallies in the second, fourth, and fifth despite an eight-pitch leadoff homer being his only other hit allowed. Noah Schultz gave up six runs on six hits in four frames for the White Sox.

AthX Engine graded San Francisco at 14 team FP, with Schmitt at 13 hitting FP and Devers at 11.

Bats that changed the board

Schmitt and Devers combined for four extra-base hits and all eight RBIs—echoing Harrison Bader's slam-driven wins earlier in the week. Miguel Vargas homered for Chicago, but the White Sox lost consecutive games for the first time since May 5-8.

AthX Engine fantasy angle

Two hitters at 13 and 11 hitting FP can lift a team to 14 team FP even when the starter walks seven—AthX Engine captures Schmitt and Devers' production without requiring a clean pitching line. That separation from dynamic pricing matters on days when the box score looks messier than the fantasy board.

What comes next

San Francisco hosts Arizona on Monday with Merrill Kelly opposing the Giants' rotation, per AP. Chicago finished a 2-4 road trip.

*Sources: MLB.com schedule, CBS Sports recap, theScore/AP, AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*