SAN FRANCISCO -- Heliot Ramos got to enjoy three eventful trips around the bases on Monday night.
Ramos led off the bottom of the first with a Little League home run and then went yard twice in more traditional fashion, sparking the Giants’ 10-1 series-opening win over the Blue Jays at Oracle Park.
Ramos kicked off his big night by driving Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman’s second pitch of the game off the right-center-field wall for a leadoff triple. He then got to jog home after shortstop Andrés Gimenéz’s relay throw sailed into the third-base dugout, giving the Giants a quick 1-0 lead.
Ramos continued to rake in the bottom of the sixth when he clobbered a three-run, opposite-field shot that landed in the right-field arcade and capped a five-run rally for the Giants. He got one more encore in the bottom of the eighth, smoking a two-run blast to left field to clinch his first career multihomer game.
Ramos became the first Giants hitter with two home runs and a triple in a single game since Pablo Sandoval on Sept. 18, 2011. His monster night helped support a brilliant start from right-hander Landen Roupp, who gave up one run over eight innings to earn his first win since April 26.