Sergio Romo pitches for last time, gets curtain call amid final exit

Sergio Romo retired as a San Francisco Giant just the way he wanted to, pitching one final time for the team he helped to win three World Series championships, and then calling it a career Monday night.

In a moment more special than he could have imagined, the entertaining right-hander faced three Oakland batters in the seventh inning at Oracle Park in the exhibition finale for both clubs.

“Very fitting to find some closure in what literally is for me, was a storybook career,” he told reporters, pausing to catch his breath after the Athletics’ 12-6 win.

The Giants reached out a few weeks back to see whether Romo might consider tossing an inning—he looked at his arm and asked if it could give it one last hurrah. He had already taken up golf.

“I understand how special this opportunity was,” he said.

15 seasons.
3 rings.
1 Sergio Romo. pic.twitter.com/uYUZK1889L

— MLB (@MLB) March 28, 2023