Home not that sweet either as Giants fall to Orioles
Cain surrendered five runs on 11 hits and was pulled when Chris Davis homered to open the fifth inning.
Capping a nine-pitch at-bat, Mark Trumbo hit a monster homer in the third inning, an estimated 441-footer that nearly cleared the left-field bleachers, and three other Orioles roped doubles, including Jonathan Schoop and Matt Wieters back to back during a two-run second inning.
Cain had thrown five scoreless innings in each of his previous two starts and said the difference Friday was getting too much of the middle of the plate.
After three straight one-run losses in Oakland, they won Thursday’s finale 9-6, with Trumbo’s grand slam proving the difference.
Or didn’t you notice Olympic swimming god Michael Phelps crack up on the medal stand when his Baltimore buddies did the “Oh!” thing?
After a 4-5 trip through Philadelphia, Washington and Miami, the Giants opened a stretch of 15 of 18 at home (with the lone road games at Dodger Stadium).
The Giants collected just five hits and lost their eighth of nine series openers since the All-Star break, a span in which they’re 8-17, and manager Bruce Bochy suggested it might be time to come together offensively.
The Giants had three hits in 52/3 innings off Dylan Bundy, including Denard Span’s RBI double, and no more until the ninth when Brad Brach gave up two hits, including Brandon Belt’s run-scoring single.
