The Giants of San Francisco will try to convert more to series on Saturday afternoon when they continue their series with the host Toronto Blue Jays.
San Francisco A Outhit Toronto 11-10 Friday evening, but lost the opening of the three game set 4-0 while the teams returned to action after the stars break.
The main culprit? The giants went 0 for 9 with runners in the notation position while the Blue Jays, who marked all their races during the second round against Justin Verlander, were 3 for 9.
“They got three big sure, we did not have one,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin. “We have to move on.”
It was the first time that the giants were 11 strokes of or more and marked zero races in a match since August 24, 1959 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Giants had two shots each of Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Patrick Bailey. The starter of Toronto, Chris Bassitt, granted two single in the first and two others in the second, but he worked in the Jams with a double game group with each round.
The victory gave Blue Jays a three-game lead in the American League East on New York Yankees, who lost 7-3 against the Braves of Atlanta. The Yankees visit the Blue Jays for a series of three games from Monday.
The giants should send the right-hander Logan Webb (9-6, 2.94 ERA) when they try to square the series on Saturday. They hope that Webb overturns the results of its first two career beginnings against the Blue Jays. He has 0-2 with an MPM of 10.80 against them.
Toronto should go with the left-hander Eric Lauer (4-2, 2.78), which was one of the pleasant surprises of Toronto in the first half. Lauer has a 3-0 sheet with a 3.28 MPM against San Francisco in nine career outings (eight departures). He has not faced the giants since 2022.
Friday, all strokes of Toronto occurred in 2 2/3 rounds against Verlander, which fell to 0-8 this season – and many were a little sweet. The other blow came against Tristan Beck, who helped save the rest of the enclosure of the lifts with 4 1/3 rounds. Friday, Matt Gage, promoted to Triple-A Sacramento, presented the final.
Blue Jays continue to obtain contributions from various sources. Will Wagner had a double of two points, his first point produced since he was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on June 28.
“It’s always good to help the team get out,” said Wagner. “It’s been a long time to come.”
George Springer made three shots and a stolen base to end a drought of 0 for 12.
The Blue Jays received bad news. Yimi Garica, who appears on the wounded list with an ankle, is now faced with a problem of ulnar nerve in his right elbow, making his date of return uncertain.
Obtaining help before the trade deadline is a real possibility, of course, and Garcia problems could be the impulse for a possible acquisition.
“We have to continue to make us the next two weeks to, hope, do this push,” said Toronto manager John Schneider. “I do not want to say counting, but you can somehow take this into account in the equation as long as we continue to play as we play it, that there will be additions from the outside.”
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