As injuries pile up Matos Ramos to get extended look for SF Giants.
Injuries to Jung Hoo Lee and Michael Conforto have paved the way for Matos and Ramos to start
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As injuries pile up, Matos, Ramos to get extended look for SF Giants
Injuries to Jung Hoo Lee and Michael Conforto have paved the way for Matos and Ramos to start
San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos #29 hits a three-run home run off Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 in the second inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, May 13, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos #29 hits a three-run home run off Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 in the second inning of their MLB game at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, May 13, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
Justice delos Santos is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter
By JUSTICE DELOS SANTOS | jdelossantos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2024 at 5:35 a.m. | UPDATED: May 17, 2024 at 5:37 a.m.
On Tuesday, Luis Matos missed a play that almost every outfielder should make, dropping a catchable fly ball and turning an out into three bases. Roughly 24 hours later, Matos made a play that just about no one would make, tracking Teoscar Hernández’s deep drive to center field and robbing a home run.
That’s duality.
Over in left field, Heliot Ramos had a field-level view of Matos’ lowlight and highlight. Ramos will have plenty of opportunities to graze that patch of outfield grass himself.
With Jung Hoo Lee potentially out for months and Michael Conforto dealing with his own ailment, Matos, 22, and Ramos, 24, will be the team’s starting center and left fielders, respectively. The kids will get their shot.
“He’s a showman,” said Logan Webb of Matos after throwing six shutout innings on Wednesday, thanks partly to Matos’ catch. “That’s what excites people and excites us.
