The Giants chased Taijuan Walker in first inning and swept the Phillies with a 7-4 victory.
SAN FRANCISCO — Trea Turner walked up to the plate in the ninth inning Wednesday with the bases loaded, two out, and a chance to deliver his first signatureTurner waved at a nasty slider, striking out to end a 7-4 loss to the Giants that completed a three-game sweep. The Phillies didn’t so much as leave their hearts in San Francisco as they forgot their bats in Denver.
This time, it was Taijuan Walker. The Phillies signed him to a four-year, $72 million contract to fortify the middle of the rotation. Instead, he has a 6.53 ERA after giving up four runs, getting two outs, and throwing 40 pitches in his shortest start since July 18, 2021. The Phillies eventually tied the game on Bryson Stott’s fifth-inning solo homer to the platform above McCovey Cove. But hard-throwing lefty Gregory Soto — the sixth reliever of the game — gave up three runs in the eighth to break the stalemate.
Turner is one of those new pieces, the $300 million shortstop who is batting .262 with a .707 on-base plus slugging through 43 games. Entering the game, Soto had struck out 30.7% of the batters he faced this season. It was stunning, then, that seven consecutive Giants hitters put the ball in play against him in the eighth.
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