Casey Schmitt didn't want to be the goat on Saturday at Oracle Park. He kept his good name in tact thanks to a two-run homer that helped the San Francisco Giants defeat the Miami Marlins 6-2.

Schmitt hit a game-busting, two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. That broke up a 1-1 tie and set the Giants on a course for victory.

If anyone wanted to have a redemption arc on Saturday, then Schmitt was candidate No. 1.  After hitting a leadoff double in the second inning, Schmitt rounded second base too far. When he was scrambling to get back, he didn't make it and was tagged out.

Any play like that early in a game could come back to haunt a team and that player. That, though, didn't happen. 

Giants starting pitcher Robbie Ray was excellent in five innings of work. Ray gave up four hits, one run (earned), walked three, and struck out four. Ray's ERA is hovering at 2.70, which is nothing to sneeze at one bit. Ray, though, didn't get a decision.

San Francisco reliever Matt Gage worked an inning in relief, getting the victory as his record goes to 2-0. Keaton Winn, Erik Miller, and Ryan Walker followed Gage and pretty much shut down the Marlins' hitting corps.

Marlins starter Eury Peréz worked 5 1/3 innings and got the loss, dropping his season record to 2-2. He gave up seven hits, four runs (all earned), walked two, and struck out six.

But Peréz gave up two home runs, Drew Gilbert's solo smash in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie things up at 1-1. He also gave up Schmitt's blast as Matt Chapman scored ahead of Schmitt.

Then, with two outs and runners at first and second base in the sixth inning, Giants catcher Patrick Bailey singled to right. Jung Hoo Lee scored on the hit, while Bailey took second and Heliot Ramos moved into third base.

Ramos got into the home run party himself, hitting a bomb over the right-field wall that put the Giants up 5-1 at that point.

Besides their two runs, the Marlins nicked Giants pitchers for six hits. Yet they just weren't able to put together solid scoring opportunities. That was good news for San Francisco and the team's fans in attendance.

With Saturday's victory in the Bay Area, the Giants are now 12-15 overall and in fourth place in the National League West Division. The Marlins fall to 13-14 and sit in second place in the National League East Division.

The Giants and Marlins will wrap up their three-game series with a Sunday afternoon contest at Oracle Park. On Monday, San Francisco has a day off before opening up a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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