It wasn't a great series opener for the San Francisco Giants as they fell to the Cleveland Guardians, 8-1.

This is a Guardians team that now sits at 61-65, while at the time of writing, the Giants officially find themselves just one game out of last place in the National League West.

Officially, the Giants are 51-74 and just allowed eight runs (six earned) on 12 hits. San Francisco committed a pair of errors in this one, but it's not like much was going to get them out of the early 3-0 deficit Carson Whisenhunt put them in.

The Giants' 25-year-old lefty has now recorded a decision in all seven of his starts this season. He's now in a stretch where he's lost four of his last five, something that comes as a bit of a surprise when looking at his first two starts and 2-0 record on the year.

Whisenhunt got picked apart early, and in total he gave up nine hits and seven runs to this Guardians team. It's not like Cleveland is a dominant squad that's above .500, but there are clearly levels to just how low the Giants are on the totem pole this season.

While the Giants had eight strikeouts, only one of those came from Whisenhunt. The second-year starter threw just 47 of his 80 pitches for strikes, and he walked one more batter than he struck out.

If an early 3-0 first-inning deficit wasn't bad enough, the Giants would trail 7-1 by the end of the fourth inning. To no surprise, Whisenhunt only lasted four innings in this one, but shockingly, the Giants only needed three pitchers to get through this game.

Jonah Cox and Bryce Eldridge combined for four hits on the night, with the Giants' lone run coming from an Eldridge solo shot.

Cox, 25, was able to get his batting average up to .286 this season. His number, with a much smaller sample size, is quite a bit higher than Eldridge's .250.

That said, Eldridge, 21, has still given the Giants a massive boost at the plate this season. He just crushed his 14th home run of the year, and without that, the Giants would've been shut out in this series opener.

San Francisco knows they need to rely on rookies and younger players to help get them out of this slump, and while this season is a lost cause, it's great to see so much production out of these two players in particular.