MiLB

San Jose 5, at Fresno 3

Sunday, September 6, 2026 · Final · CAL Quarterfinals Game 5 (SJS wins 4-1)

San Jose Giants beat Grizzlies 5‑3 for fourth straight win

FRESNO (Interstat) — Lorenzo Meola homered as part of a two-hit day and Drew Smith drove in three runs to lead the San Jose Giants to a 5-3 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Sunday at Chukchansi Park. San Jose scored two runs in the first inning, one in the third, one in the fifth and one in the ninth. Fresno plated all of its runs in the fifth. San Jose had nine hits; Fresno had eight. San Jose grounded into two double plays.

Meola led off the top of the first with his 15th homer. Luke Nixon scored on Smith’s first-inning single, then Smith added a run-scoring groundout in the third and an RBI single in the fifth. Nixon finished 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Meola also singled later. Cort MacDonald went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Fresno.

Evan Gray (7-2) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the win. Grif Hughes (2-1) took the loss. Samir Chires pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts for his third save. Attendance was 3,917, and the game lasted 2:35. San Jose improved to 80-52, while Fresno dropped to 69-63.