A rough night for the Giants in Arizona could get even worse tomorrow depending on the severity of Matt Chapman’s injury that forced him to exit the game on Tuesday.Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters following an 8-2 defeat to the Diamondbacks at Chase Field that the Gold Glove third baseman exited in the seventh inning due to an “abdominal strain” suffered while making a play on a Gabriel Moreno grounder.
“He’ll have to get it looked at a little bit more professionally,” Vitello said. “Something that had been building up over time. Went away, came back and then, on the slow roller, just a sharp pain there. He wanted to try to continue, obviously couldn’t.” Matt Chapman appeared to injure himself on this throw to first pic.twitter.com/RTytr1lfu7
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) July 1, 2026 Just a day before the calendar flips to July, Chapman stated to media postgame that the injury is actually something he has been feeling since April.
“Unfortunately, it’s something we’ve been dealing with for a while now, and I think it just got...