ATLANTA — Thanks partially to the All-Star break, Hayden Birdsong went roughly two weeks in between begins. The layoff gave him time to discover a resolution to the command points which have all of the sudden plagued him in latest begins.
As a substitute, Birdsong hit his nadir. He confronted six batters and recorded no outs. He threw 25 pitches however landed solely six strikes strikes. He surrendered one hit however allowed 5 runs attributable to 4 walks and a hit-by-pitch.
Birdsong’s imperfect outing set the stage for the Giants’ 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Monday night time at Truist Park, extending the group’s season-high dropping streak to 6 video games.
Together with tonight’s outing, there have now been 33 cases since 2000 of a beginning pitcher going through at the least six batters and recording no outs. The final Large to take action was Zack Littell on June 15, 2021, a sport that San Francisco nonetheless gained as Mike Yastrzemski hit a go-ahead grand slam. The checklist consists of former Large and present roving pitching teacher Ryan Vogelsong, who was coincidentally in attendance.
The 23-year-old’s incapability to command his pitches has seemingly come out of nowhere. In his first 17 appearances (six begins), Birdsong walked 20 batters over 52 2/3 innings and posted a 3.25 ERA. Over his final 4 begins, against this, Birdsong has walked 17 batters over 13 innings with an 11.08 ERA.
As poorly as Birdsong pitched, the Giants’ didn’t flip of their best night time on protection both. Together with a pair of throwing errors from reliever Matt Gage and left fielder Heliot Ramos, heart fielder Jung Hoo Lee had a pair of miscues that instantly led to runs.
Within the fourth, Ronald Acuña Jr. scored from first base when Lee lobbed a throw again to the infield. Within the sixth, Lee didn’t take command of a routine fly ball to left-center subject, ensuing within the ball dropping and a run scoring.
Willy Adames represented considered one of San Francisco’s lone vivid spots, recording his first four-hit sport as a Large and mashing his fifteenth residence run of the season.
Birdsong started his outing by strolling Jurickson Profar on seven pitches, getting right into a full depend earlier than throwing a 3-2 slider within the dust. From there, Birdsong misplaced the zone totally. He walked Matt Olson on 4 pitches, then walked Ronald Acuña Jr. on 4 extra pitches. After Birdsong loaded the bases, Drake Baldwin cleared them with a three-run double.
Six batters. No outs.
Gage entered the ballgame with no outs, the bases loaded and San Francisco already trailing Atlanta, 3-1. All issues thought of, Gage supplied the Giants with much-needed equanimity. Gage allowed a two-run single to Nick Allen that expanded the Braves’ result in 5-1, however he recorded three outs and acquired San Francisco again into the dugout following a prolonged first inning.
Nonetheless, with Birdsong failing to document a single out, San Francisco’s bullpen wanted to cowl at the least seven innings on the minimal. That job could be much more tough with left-hander Joey Lucchesi tossing two innings of reduction in Sunday’s 9-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Gage’s outing lasted two innings earlier than Melvin known as upon one other arm. Spencer Bivens allowed three runs over 1 2/3 innings, then Tristan Beck adopted up by retiring all 4 batters he confronted. Ryan Walker dealt with the sixth and seventh, then Camilo Doval rounded out the night time by pitching the eighth in his first look of the second half.
Giants announce signings 17 of 18 draft picks
The Giants introduced previous to Monday night time’s sport towards the Atlanta Braves that they’ve signed 17 of the 18 gamers they chose within the 2025 MLB draft, a listing that features first-rounder Gavin Kilen out of the College of Tennessee. Moreover, San Francisco additionally signed three undrafted free brokers: infielder Hayden Jatczak (Kent State), catcher Daniel Rogers (Iowa) and right-hander Dylan Carter (Arkansas).
Elijah McNeal, who starred at Dublin Excessive College, didn’t signal with the Giants after being chosen by the group within the twentieth and remaining spherical of the draft. McNeal is dedicated to play at UC Davis.
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