Baserunning blunder sends SF Giants to seventh straight loss to Dodgers
SAN FRANCISCO — Seemingly with each passing day the Giants find a new way to lose. On Wednesday against the Dodgers, that meant finding a new way to leave the bases loaded.
That was the Giants’ best chance in a 3-0 loss to their division rivals as their postseason hopes continue to fade by the day. Their seventh straight loss to the Dodgers dropped them a season-high 20.5 games back of the NL West and further back of the wild card than any point this season, too, now 5.5 games behind Philadelphia.
No team in the majors has driven in more runs with the bases loaded this season, but for the second straight night, the Giants failed to get a single run out of a bases-loaded, no-outs opportunity. “It just compromises us too much,” manager Gabe Kapler said of the possibility of subbing for Machado in the seventh. “We made the disciplined decision to wait until .”
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