Giants' Matt Chapman makes absurdly dumb decision to end San Francisco's weekend vs. Mets
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The San Francisco Giants had some work to do, but Matt Chapman got on base to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning against the New York Mets.
That's when the veteran third baseman did something absurdly dumb.
Chapman took off. He was trying to steal second off of Devin Williams, the Mets' closer.
It wasn't particularly close, though. Chapman got thrown out, and any hint of a rally went by the wayside.
It's hard to fathom why Chapman would run in this spot.
Gary Cohen: "A terrible decision by Chapman as he gets gunned down for the first out of the ninth with his team down by three runs!"
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 6, 2026
Todd Zeile: "Gunned down, and rightly so. His run means nothing."
Cohen: "It caps off a horrible, no good, awful week for Matt Chapman." #MLBpic.twitter.com/zzsUlDvLHA
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Those are the Mets' announcers in the video above, clearly flabbergasted by what Chapman was doing.
That's a fair way to feel. What was he accomplishing?
The Giants need three runs, and he'd only be the first one. There'd be multiple hits required, or extra bases, no matter what to get them in.
Getting from first to second in that spot means almost nothing to the final outcome of the game.
Particularly if things trend poorly for the Giants moving forward, this decision by Chapman will loom large as an especially poor one.
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