Rays’ brutal stadium appears to cost Giants home run, leading to ejections
Tropicana Field struck again Saturday night, resulting in a heated moment between San Francisco Giants players and staff during the team’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
The team most in need of a new stadium might be the Rays. The podium has been a thorn in the side of players since the team entered MLB in 1998. The Giants might agree with that idea after what happened in the second inning.
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San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos is set to return to St. Louis on May 1, 2026. Petersburg enters the dugout during the seventh inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in Florida. (Pablo Robles/Imagn Images)
Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos hit a ball that bounced off the podium. Rays center fielder Cedric Mullins followed the ball to the warning lane but realized it would land in front of him. He adjusted and made the play to the outside. Ramos was stunned, and the Giants challenged the play, arguing that it should have been scored.
The umpires upheld the decision, creating problems for Giants pitcher Adrian Houser and pitching director Frank Anderson. The crew removed both Houser and Anderson from the game while discussing the call from the dugout.
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Heliot Ramos of the San Francisco Giants will be transferred to St. Louis on May 2, 2026. He slides to first base when Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda tags him out during the seventh inning at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Pablo Robles/Imagn Images)
“I was stuck with the center fielder keeping coming back and going in, and then obviously I was just trying to get things going,” Giants manager Tony Vitello said after the game. “Everything heated up pretty quickly. I just said, ‘Can we take a look at this?’ I was trying to understand. And what can be done from there?
“And then, to be honest, I kind of blacked out after something that had to do with the ra-ra and the pom-poms, which had to do with college or my behavior in the dugout, but I’ve been on the field a lot of days in my life and I get a little excited in the dugout whenever I actually participate in the game, so maybe that was part of it. I didn’t have anything contextual, I just wanted to know what it was.”
San Francisco’s lone run of the game ended the team’s 16-inning scoreless streak.
San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello leaves St. Louis on May 2, 2026. Petersburg reacts to an umpire’s call during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in Florida. (Pablo Robles/Imagn Images)
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The Giants fell to 13-20 on the season. Rays improved to 20-12.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
