Seymour’s starting debut spoiled in SF Giants’ blowout loss to Orioles
SAN FRANCISCO Beneath blue skies and the beating sun the temperature gauge at Oracle Park read degrees at first pitch Saturday afternoon the balmiest conditions for a baseball championship on the shores of McCovey Cove in more than four years Carson Seymour awarded the opportunity to make his first major league start exposed himself in hot water for entirely different reasons The burly -year-old right-hander pitched around a leadoff walk and an error in the first inning and a double to begin his second frame but things boiled over after he walked the first batter of the third The Orioles punished him for a pair of home runs and continued to pile on sending the Giants to an - loss Seymour allowed four runs in three innings and was handed the loss which snapped the Giants win streak at six games and prevented them from evening their record to He gave way to Tristan Beck who surrendered a home run on his first pitch and allowed the Orioles to pad their lead by another four runs After scoring a season-high runs in their win Friday night the Giants couldn t find an answer for Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers who turned in his th straight start of six or more innings and two or fewer runs lowering his ERA to the best mark in the majors since his season debut May The Giants fell to - when facing a left-handed starting pitcher the fifth-worst record in the majors Against southpaws of all stripes no unit has a lower batting average than the Giants mark Their lone offense came from an increasingly familiar source a home run off the bat of Willy Adames which opened a - lead in the first inning The homer was Adames sixth in his past nine games and if he continues apace he could become the first Giants batter to reach in one season since Barry Bonds With games to play Adames has homers though like this one all but five have come without runners on base As a band the Giants have gone yard in straight games matching their most of powerful stretch since Their opponents however were the bigger beneficiary of the long ball with a pair of two-run shots from Jeremiah Jackson and Ryan Mountcastle and a solo shot from rookie catcher Samuel Basallo the first of his career Jackson got Baltimore on the board after Seymour issued his second leadoff walk of the afternoon depositing a letter-high first-pitch fastball into the left-field bleachers to put the Orioles up - Mountcastle made it - two batters later sending a - sinker out to straightaway center field Seymour acquired from the Mets in the Darin Ruf business had made appearances out of the bullpen with a ERA but started of the games he pitched in throughout his minor-league career His first start in the big leagues raised his ERA a full point to Beck served up the home run to Basallo and allowed Jackson Holliday to triple off the brick wall in right field that led to two more runs but settled in toss innings of relief striking out the side in a - - fifth inning and finishing with six punchouts in total a career-high Did you know Since Oracle Park opened in it has hosted games before Saturday with the first-pitch temperature at degrees or above The Giants were an even - in those contests with the last one coming June against the Diamondbacks years months and days ago The longest the Giants had previously gone between -degree home dates was years months days from August to April Notable After Tommy John surgery was recommended for Randy Rodr guez Melvin authenticated before the championship that the Giants All-Star closer decided to go forward with the elbow reconstruction operation Rodr guez was still determining which professional will perform the procedure which typically comes with a - 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gets the ball against RHP Tomoyuki Sugano - in the rubber match against the Orioles as the Giants wrap up their home stand before heading out on their penultimate road trip of the season through Colorado and St Louis
