SAN FRANCISCO — Southpaws have introduced issues for the Giants all season. None as a lot as the child from Cupertino who occurred to be carrying street grays with Kansas Metropolis throughout the entrance Monday night time.
Kris Bubic’s profession began at Archbishop Mitty, took him to Stanford and, seven years after being drafted fortieth general, he toed the rubber at Oracle Park, the place he was so filthy in entrance of household and associates that it required a retroactive scoring change for the Giants to report their first hit.
Bubic was so dominant that he despatched the Giants to their first loss in 10 begins behind Robbie Ray this season.
The 2 lefties traded zeroes for seven innings earlier than Vinnie Pasquantino took Tyler Rogers deep within the eighth for what proved to be a decisive shot over the precise area wall. Pasquantino’s two-run homer was all of the Royals would wish to ship the Giants to a 3-1 loss, snapping a three-game win streak from their sweep of the A’s.
Ray held the Royals scoreless for seven innings, permitting six hits and one stroll whereas putting out seven to decrease his ERA to 2.67. The loss went to Rogers, so Ray’s report stays unblemished at 6-0. The Giants hadn’t gained a pitcher’s first 10 begins of a season since they gained 11 straight behind Invoice Swift in 1992.
Bubic entered the sport — his third profession begin at Oracle Park — with the fifth-best ERA within the majors at 1.66 and lowered it to 1.47 with seven shutout innings. Whereas he doesn’t possess overpowering velocity, Bubic’s five-pitch combine and misleading arm angle from the left aspect posed a tough problem for the Giants, who fell to 4-11 when dealing with a left-handed beginning pitcher.
Kris Bubic #50 of the Kansas Metropolis Royals pitches in opposition to the San Francisco Giants within the first inning at Oracle Park on Might 19, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Picture by Ezra Shaw/Getty Photographs)
The Giants broke by way of for his or her first hit between the sixth and seventh innings, when an error on second baseman Michael Massey was modified to successful, and cracked the scoring column for the primary time after each groups had gone to the bullpen.
Bubic had allowed two San Francisco batters to succeed in base — each bases on balls — when Wilmer Flores dribbled a gentle grounder between first and second base. Massey ranged to his left, fell down and fumbled the ball. Flores reached safely, and Massey was initially charged with an error, maintaining Bubic’s bid intact.
The official scorer, Michael Duca, reversed the ruling between innings, doubtlessly making a controversial scoring change the one factor standing between the native child throwing a no-no in his hometown ballpark. Upon overview, he decided that Massey slipping on the grass prevented him from making the play, and a slip or fall doesn’t depend as a bodily error within the rule ebook.
He was let off the hook when Casey Schmitt, in his first recreation again from a left indirect pressure, ripped a line drive previous third base for a double within the seventh. Schmitt’s two-bagger gave the Giants runners at second and third with one out, however they got here up empty after Tyler Fitzgerald rocketed a line drive to Bobby Witt Jr., who snagged it and doubled up Willy Adames from third base.
Jung Hoo Lee made certain the Giants wouldn’t waste one other scoring likelihood as soon as the Royals went to the bullpen within the eighth inning. He ripped a double into right-center that drove house Sam Huff. However third base coach Matt Williams put up cease signal for Heliot Ramos at third, and that’s the place the would-be tying run was stranded as Matt Chapman popped as much as finish the inning.
Up subsequent
The Giants proceed their three-game sequence in opposition to the Royals on Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. RHP Hayden Birdsong (1-0, 2.31) will make his first begin since transferring from the bullpen into the rotation spot previously occupied by Jordan Hicks. He can be opposed by RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-4, 3.76).
Initially Printed: Might 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM PDT
