BOSTON — Stephen Vogt hit a two-run homer and the Giants beat the Red Sox 11-3 on Wednesday night, giving Bruce Bochy his 2,000th career victory as a manager in the majors.
Bochy became just the 11th manager to achieve 2,000 wins, reaching the milestone with just 10 games remaining for the Giants before their skipper retires at the end of the season.
He won 951 games while managing the San Diego Padres over 12 seasons and is 1,049-1,047 in 13 years with San Francisco, which won three World Series titles with Bochy at the helm.
Giants fans who stuck around for the end of the rout chanted “Bochy!” in the ninth inning.
Jeff Samardzija didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning, and the Giants gave him plenty of offense, tagging eight Boston pitchers for 15 hits while winning for the second straight night at Fenway Park. San Francisco, which blew the game open with two runs in the eighth and five more in the ninth, will try and complete a three-game sweep of the interleague series Thursday afternoon.
Rafael Devers hit his 30th home run and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered for the second straight night for the Red Sox.
Vogt finished with four RBIs for the Giants. Samardzija (11-12) pitched six innings, holding Boston to one run on two hits and four walks. He struck out two.
The Giants capitalized quickly on control issues by Boston starter Jhoulys Chacin, who was tagged for three runs in the first inning and didn’t make it through the third despite striking out six.
Chacin (3-11) was in trouble from the start with a walk to leadoff batter Mike Yastrzemski, followed by a Brandon Belt‘s double to left-center. Kevin Pillar drove in Yastrzemski on a fielder’s choice and Vogt lined a two-out homer off the Pesky Pole to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.
Brandon Crawford‘s RBI double in the third put San Francisco up 4-0, which was plenty of cushion for Samardzija, who didn’t allow a hit until Devers’ homer to right with two outs in the sixth.
Enderson Franco made his major league debut when he started the ninth for San Francisco. He allowed Bradley’s homer, which bounced off the top of the Green Monster and was initially ruled a triple before being overturned after a video review.
MORE YAZ
Yastrzemski hit an RBI single in the ninth, one night after homering in his first game at Fenway, where his Hall of Fame grandfather, Carl, played 23 seasons with the Red Sox. Carl Yastrzemski, Boston’s beloved “Yaz,” threw out the ceremonial first pitch Wednesday night.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: C Buster Posey (back, hip) could return to the lineup Thursday, Bochy said.
Red Sox: Manager Alex Cora said LHP David Price (cyst on his left wrist), who hasn’t pitched since Sept. 1, will have surgery on his left wrist and is done for the season. “We’re going to shut him down,” Cora said. “It’s a head start to next year and a smart thing to do.”… OF Mookie Betts missed his fourth straight game with inflammation in his left foot. Cora said Betts could return as DH this weekend when the Red Sox visit Tampa Bay. … IF Sam Travis was under the concussion protocol after getting hit in the head by a throw while sliding into third Tuesday night.
UP NEXT
LHP Madison Bumgarner (9-8, 3.73 ERA) starts for the Giants in the series finale Thursday afternoon against Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (17-6, 3.64).