The series matches the major league leader in homers (the Orioles, with 174) against the NL leader in homers allowed since the All-Star break (the Giants, with 37 in 25 games). But on Friday, he nearly exclusively relied on his four-seam fastball, and both hits came off 94-mph fastballs. Jones advanced to second on a single hit by Baltimore Orioles’ Manny Machado (13).
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The Giants, who managed to stay a game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West despite the loss, were already behind 4-0 by the time they got to the bottom of the third.
When the Giants hit at least one home run, they are 41-23, well-matched with the Orioles who are 52-32 when hitting one or more homers. That’s about as simple as I can keep it.”Cain has won three consecutive contests and pitched 10 shutout innings while winning his last two outings”.
Gausman continued to receive poor run support – he entered the night with average of 3.64 runs of support, the fifth-lowest mark among qualifying AL starters – and didn’t receive any runs Saturday as Giants ace Madison Bumgarner shut out the Orioles through seven innings.
“I just got pitches back on the plate a little bit more today”, Cain said. He’d never previously walked more than four in a start.One of the walks contributed to the Giants’ two-run second inning.After Gausman walked Hunter Pence leading off the inning, Joe Panik doubled to put two runners in scoring position.
Mychal Givens and Donnie Hart retained Baltimore’s 5-1 lead through the eighth inning with 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief before the Giants got to Brad Brach for a ninth-inning run on a single by Angel Pagan, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Brandon Belt. He walked one and struck out seven.
“It was definitely good to get (Bumgarner) a few runs early and then tack on at the end”, Panik said. “We’ll have a couple games where we score 7-8 runs, but we’re just not doing it consistently enough”, he said. “He battled tonight, gave us a chance to win”.
The Giants will dedicate a nine-foot bronze statue to Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry on Saturday before their game against the Orioles. The legendary spitballer was a five-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young Award victor.
The three-time champ and 2014 World Series MVP boasts a 5-3 record with a sparkling 1.59 ERA at AT&T Park on the year going into his first career outing against the Birds.
Orioles: RHP Darren O’Day was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right rotator cuff strain. “We have to look and say tomorrow is the day we get it going”. The Orioles called up RHP Tyler Wilson from Triple-A Norfolk in a corresponding move. He is 0-2 with a 10.32 ERA in two career starts against Baltimore. He’s 4-4 with a 3.23 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) against San Francisco.
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While JCueto is usually one of the most feared pitchers to go against in the league, the 30-year-old ace has seen a recent dip in form in which he’s recorded a 2-2 record with a 4.80 ERA over his last eight starts and a 0-1 record with a terrible 6.11 ERA over his last three outings.
