San Francisco Giants have lost four consecutive series going into a three-game set with the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves.
SAN FRANCISCO – After scoring just 18 runs and earning just two wins in six games at their China Basin ballpark, maybe it’s a good time for the San Francisco Giants to hit the road – even if they are set to face two of the National League’s best teams.
It’s all the Giants can look forward to after an at-times humbling six-game homestand in which they lost three games by five or more runs, including a 9-3 thrashing by the American League-West leading Texas Rangers on Saturday. After falling behind 6-0 after six innings Wednesday, the Giants loaded the bases with one out in the seventh. After the Rays brought in lefty Colin Poche to replace ineffective right-hander Hector Perez, who walked LaMonte Wade Jr. to bring in a run, Kapler sent Austin Slater – and not Heliot Ramos — to pinch hit for Wade Meckler.
“So in that situation, we trust that going to go up there and have a good at-bat. He didn’t. He grounded into a double play. But I had him go up there because he’s really, really good at that. It’s just a stretch where he hasn’t had a lot of success.”
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