It didn’t take long for the Giants to fall back to earth after takingtwo of three from the Dodgers.
The Marlins pounced on Adrian Houser and handed San Francisco a 9-4 loss.
Houser surrendered eight runs, all earned, on a career-high 11 hits, two of which left the yard, and took his third loss of the season Friday night to open athree-game series against Miamiat Oracle Park.
The Marlins (13-13) led 8-0 by the end of the second inning, which was more than enough behind Sandy Alcantara, who only allowed the Giants (11-15) to turn nine hits into three runs across six frames.
Rafael Devers and Willy Adames were the only Giants kept off the bases as the team banged out 11 hits, matching their seventh-best total of the season. They are 6-0 when totaling 12 or more hits.
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Jung Hoo Lee sent a solo shot on a hop into McCovey Cove in the eighth inning. His second home run of the season gave Lee his third hit of the night and the Giants their fourth run for the first time in five games.
The Giants rode their arms to a series win over the Dodgers. But since their season reached an early apex with Wednesday’s shutout win that clinched the series, they’ve dropped their past two games. They fell to 1-4 behind Houser, who remains their only starter yet to earn a win.
Luis Arraez hit safely in the 19th game of the 25 he has played this season, raising his batting average to .320 with a 3-for-5 night. Arraez provided the only hit in Thursday’s shutout loss, and his second opposite-field single Friday night drove in Eric Haase with two outs for the Giants’ third run of the fifth inning.
The pitching staff had been on a roll, with the lowest ERA in MLB over the past week entering the game (2.22), but that was quickly put to a halt when the Marlins jumped all over Houser.
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