Giants’ parade of rookies continues, with Yunior Marte stepping up in win over Arizona

By admin — In News — August 30, 2026

   ​Giants pitcher Yunior Marte, making his major league debut, held the Diamondbacks to one run in 4⅔ innings Saturday night at Oracle Park.  (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)
It was rookie debut day at Oracle Park and Yunior Marte, who started the second game of the San Francisco Giants’ doubleheader against Arizona, made quite an impression.Lefty Seth Lonsway made his first big-league appearance in Game 1, a Giants loss, but it was Marte, a 6-foot-6, 235-pound right-hander, who put himself firmly on the radar for next year and maybe even this. Marte worked 4⅔ innings in San Francisco’s 7-2 win Saturday night, going through the Diamondbacks lineup twice and allowing three hits and two walks, striking out three and getting a double-play ball after walking Lars Nootbaar to open the game. Marte was all smiles after his debut – already baby-faced, he also has braces, making him look like a teen. Among other things, he was wowed by Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent being on the field as he was warming up and he met countryman Juan Marichal, the Dominican Republic’s first Hall of Famer, before the game.”It was really awesome,” Marte said, with Erwin Higueros interpreting. “He just gave me a few tips – to enjoy the moment and try not to give up a lot of bases on balls.””That was a lot of fun,” manager Tony Vitello said, describing Marte as a player with personality and panache. “Marte was dancing a little before he went out on the mound. Normally you think your job is to calm a guy down, but he was talking to me like I was his college roommate before he went out there.”Giants 7, Diamondbacks 2ArizonaABRHBIBBSOAvg.Totals3227239Nootbaar dh301112.233Carroll rf200020.244Perdomo ss401000.255Arenado 3b400000.238Kepler lf411001.214Tawa 1b401002.247McCann c401003.295Vargas 2b412100.253Waldschmidt cf300001.267San FranciscoABRHBIBBSOAvg.Totals3379768Cox cf111010.276a-Gilbert ph-cf030030.239Devers dh502201.251Eldridge 1b504401.261Lee rf401110.291Whitcomb 3b400002.102Knizner c200000.174b-Cavanaugh ph-c200002.225McCray lf411001.118Basabe 2b320010.205Koss ss300001.200Arizona001000100_271San Francisco10003012x_790a-walked for Cox in the 5th. b-struck out for Knizner in the 5th.E: Martinez (1). LOB: Arizona 6, San Francisco 9. 2B: Nootbaar (12), Tawa (11). RBIs: Nootbaar (27), Vargas (66), Eldridge 4 (42), Devers 2 (78), Lee (49). SB: Cox 3 (8), Basabe (2). S: Koss.Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 5 (McCann, Nootbaar 2, Kepler, Perdomo); San Francisco 5 (Eldridge, Cavanaugh 3, Lee). RISP: Arizona 1 for 6; San Francisco 6 for 13.Runners moved up: Waldschmidt, Arenado. LIDP: Carroll. GIDP_Arenado.DP: San Francisco 2 (Eldridge; Koss, Basabe, Eldridge).ArizonaIPHRERBBSONPERABratt, L, 1-341-333322524.70Carrillo2-321121171.06Law11-321111366.75Ginkel2-300002134.34Martinez2-302012250.00Santana1-32000095.55San FranciscoIPHRERBBSONPERAMarte42-331123761.93Sanmartin, W, 2-01-30000154.91Harris, H, 3110000114.09Foley, H, 12-331101144.50Seymour, H, 511-300012254.58Smith100002143  

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