Too little, too late.
That’s the way it went for the Giants Sunday in absorbing a three-game sweep by the hands of the A.L. East-leading Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Heart.
Trailing 7-2, the Giants (52-48) climbed inside a run with a four-run sixth inning however in the end fell 8-6 in dropping their fifth straight sport, together with two losses to the Dodgers heading into the All-Star break.
The final two wins for the Blue Jays got here towards two Giants All-Star beginning pitchers, Robbie Ray and Logan Webb. Toronto, in command of their division at 58-41, has gained 10 straight at residence.
Ray fought together with his command and didn’t get out of the fifth inning, falling to 9-4. Jose Berrios (6-4) was the successful pitcher, getting assist from 4 relievers. Yariel Rodriguez pitched the ninth for the save.
Toronto bought residence runs from Vladimir Guerrero (No. 13), George Springer (No. 17) and Addison Barger (No. 14). Matt Chapman homered for the Giants within the sixth, his thirteenth of the season.
Chapman knocked out Berrios within the sixth with an opposite-field two-run residence run to proper, his thirteenth of the season, to deliver the Giants inside 7-4. Chapman’s blow drove in Rafael Devers, who hit a single off the fence in proper at 106 miles per hour.
Brett Correctly hit a run-scoring single towards Braydon Fisher to get the Giants inside 7-5. Fisher was eliminated in favor of Justin Bruihl, with Jung Hoo Lee hitting a single to middle to deliver residence Correctly to make it 7-6. Lee, making an attempt to take second on a throw to the plate, was referred to as out on enchantment at second base after over-sliding the bag.
A two-out rally by Toronto within the sixth resulted in an RBI single by Guerrero towards Tyler Rogers to place the Blue Jays up 8-6.
The Giants scratched out a run towards Berrios within the fifth on Andrew Knizner’s run-scoring single to get inside 3-2, an inning by which there was an opportunity for extra.
Chapman singled to deep brief to open the inning, and Dominic Smith walked — the primary stroll drawn by the Giants 22 innings into the sequence. Correctly was dominated out in a nine-pitch at-bat that resulted in an infield fly for an computerized out on a play by which Leo Jimenez misplaced within the solar.
Knizner singled in a run, however Berrios completed a 29-pitch inning with out giving up one other run, getting Lee to hit right into a drive play and hanging out Heliot Ramos.
Toronto wasted no time in getting that run again after which some, with Springer unloading a house run to left subject. Two batters later, after a double by Bo Bichette, Ray was carried out in favor of Spencer Bivens after 4 1/3 innings. Ray gave up 5 hits, 5 earned runs and walked 5 with three strikeouts. He threw 95 pitches, 51 of them strikes.
Alejandro Kirk reached Bivens for a single on a pitch exterior the strike that drove residence Bichette, with Barger breaking it open with a two-run residence run into the correct subject second deck for a 7-2 lead.
With Ray struggling to seek out the strike zone and his pitch depend climbing, Toronto scored two runs within the third inning on a line-drive double to left with two out by Bichette.
Ernie Clement was aboard with a one-out hustle double to left, with Guerrero becoming a member of him on the bases after drawing a stroll with two outs. Bichette then hit a 98 miles per hour liner that quickly froze Ramos. Ramos then took a step in earlier than the ball sailed over his head, with Clement and Guerrero each scoring.
By the top of the third, Ray had thrown 66 pitches with simply over half of them (34) going for strikes.
With the roof open for the twelfth time this season and the third straight day, the Giants capitalized instantly. Lee, batting leadoff, hit a lazy fly to left that David Schneider misplaced within the solar. Lee wound up on second base with a present double, and Ramos singled to left to drive him in.
That snapped an 0-for-10 streak by the Giants within the sequence with runners on base. Devers was subsequent, and he smoked a Berrios pitch at 106.5 miles per hour immediately at shortstop Bichette, with Ramos making it again to first. Willy Adames adopted by grounding right into a double play.
The Blue Jays evened issues up with one out within the first when Guerrero hit a 420-foot blast to middle subject at 105.4 miles per hour. It got here on an outdoor curve that Ray elevated and put in hurt’s method.
BRAVES UP NEXT
Hayden Birdsong, who was omitted for his final begin earlier than the All-Star Sport to squeeze in one other for Ray towards the Dodgers, begins towards Atlanta in his first outing since July 6. Birdsong is 4-3 with a 4.11 earned run common and went 5 innings in a win over the A’s two weeks in the past, so he’s had loads of relaxation. He’ll be opposed by Bryce Elder (3-6, 5.65) at 4:15 p.m. (PDT).
Landon Roupp (6-6, 3.27) opposes Davis Daniel (0-0, 1.80) on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. with Justin Verlander (0-8, 4.99) taking one other run at his first win as a Big in a Wednesday matinee (9:15 a.m.) towards Spencer Strider (4-7, 3.59).
The Giants return residence on Friday for 3 video games towards the Mets and three towards the Pirates.
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