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SF Giants’ Roupp explains why he wrote Bible verse on Pride Night cap

Justice delos Santos
PUBLISHED: June 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM PDT | UPDATED: June 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT


San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp throws to a Chicago Cubs batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, June 12, 2026, in San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants wore special black caps in honor of Pride Night on Friday at Oracle Park, the “SF” logo featuring every color of the Progress Pride flag. Nearly every Giant who saw the field wore the cap, but three Giants inscribed a message on their hats, while one player avoided the Pride cap entirely.

Starter Landen Roupp, who allowed four runs over 4-2/3 innings in the Giants’ 5-1 loss, had “Genesis 9:12-16” inscribed on his cap. Reliever JT Brubaker had “Genesis 9:13-15” largely written on his cap by the logo during his two innings out of the bullpen. Fellow reliever Ryan Walker, recalled before Friday’s game, also had “Genesis 9:12-16” on the side of his cap as he threw a scoreless inning. ... Left-handed reliever Sam Hentges, who threw a scoreless inning, opted out of the Pride cap entirely, wearing a standard Giants cap with a black base, black brim and orange font.

The biblical passage, from the story of Noah’s ark, states that the rainbow is a symbol of a covenant between God and all living creatures. ... “It’s just about God’s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that his faithfulness and his mercy,” Roupp said. “It’s just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that. Thankfully, we live in a country where we have the freedom to believe what we want and express what we want.”

Roupp could not recall previously inscribing that message on his cap during a game. Asked why it was important to write that message tonight, he replied, “The rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant to us, and us as believers stand firm in that.”

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