Willy Adames drove in three runs with a triple and a home run, Dominic Smith added a solo homer and the host San Francisco Giants continued the Los Angeles Dodgers' misery with an 8-7 victory in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.

Willy Adames' consistency with the San Francisco Giants has been remarkable, and finally, the shortstop is being rewarded for it.

The right-center-field corner is typically where fly balls go to die at Oracle Park. That wasn’t the case for the hot-hitting Willy Adames on Friday night.

The 2025 season began with a little bit of a surprise in the NL West. While the Dodgers and Padres got off to good starts as usual and the Diamondbacks weren’t far behind, the San Francisco Giants kicked the campaign off in a big way as well.

Giants shortstop Willy Adames hits a second-inning solo homer to give San Francisco a 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday at Oracle Park.Willy Adames blasts solo home run to give Giants early lead vs.

San Francisco Giants fans will get an opportunity to see Shohei Ohtani pitch at Oracle Park for the first time, albeit for the Los Angeles Dodgers, when the National League West rivals continue a three-game series Saturday afternoon.

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani splashed his 32nd home run of the season into San Francisco's McCovey Cove beyond the right-field wall Friday night, but the big blast was not enough to snap the team's season-high seven-game losing streak.

Shortstop Willy Adames went 1 for 3, hit a solo homer and drove in three runs. He totaled seven RBIs in the series against the A’s. Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores each had two hits and scored once.

Willy Adames received a seven-year, $182 million contract in the offseason to join the San Francisco Giants, but his bat was missing in action for the first two-plus months of the season.

Willy Adames homered and drew a pair of bases-loaded walks, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Athletics 6-2.