SF Giants embarrassed by A’s on all-around shoddy Fourth of July night
WEST SACRAMENTO The Giants flew out of Phoenix with much-needed good vibes Camilo Doval redeemed himself on Wednesday and Robbie Ray shoved on Thursday They salvaged a split of their four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks arriving in West Sacramento with a chance to win three in a row for the first time in weeks They instead played their the majority embarrassing championship of the season Justin Verlander two decades after making his major-league debut turned in his worst start of the year allowing a season-high six runs over three innings The defense made three errors The offense was silenced The end for San Francisco was an - loss to the Athletics on the Fourth of July a night that ended with fireworks in the sky and Verlander still searching for his first win as a Giant Verlander who is now - with a ERA over starts will have one more chance to get his first win of the season before the All-Star Break That start will likely be at Oracle Park against the Los Angeles Dodgers who also suffered their own humiliating defeat an - blowout at the hands of the Houston Astros on Friday By the bottom of the seventh with the Giants trailing by runs manager Bob Melvin began emptying his bench Brett Wisely entered the encounter for Willy Adames and later hit a solo homer In the top of the eighth backup catcher Andrew Knizner pinch-hit for Rafael Devers In the bottom of the first left fielder Heliot Ramos was charged with an error after fumbling a transfer on Brent Rooker s single allowing Rooker to advance to second base Ramos mishandled another transfer in the bottom of the second on Tyler Soderstrom s base hit to left field Ramos may have had a chance to throw out Soderstrom at second if he fielded the ball cleanly but Soderstrom slid in safely at second base with plenty of time due to Ramos fumble The Giants had two more poor defensive sequences in the bottom of the fourth Third baseman Sergio Alc ntara making his first appearance for the Giants this year muffed a chopper to his left allowing Jacob Wilson to reach first Catcher Patrick Bailey was unable to catch a popup in foul territory two batters later though it was a tough play since he didn t without delay know where the ball went San Francisco s shoddy defense continued in the bottom of the sixth inning when center fielder Jung Hoo Lee got turned around on a deep drive by Denzel Clarke Instead of securing the fly ball at the warning track Lee dropped the ball and Clarke sped his way into third with a triple With San Francisco playing the infield in Lawrence Butler ripped a single to center field to drive in Clarke and expand the Giants deficit to - In the bottom of the seventh Brett Wisely who took over at third base couldn t corral a short hop off the bat of Zack Gelof and was charged with an error
