A crumbling San Francisco Giants bullpen and wasted scoring opportunities fueled a heartbreaking walk-off defeat at Fenway Park.
The San Francisco Giants haven't had anything go their way in 2026.
Since coming back from the All-Star break, this team hasn't been able to consistently win games, and that's a big problem.
They already knew this season is one they'll quickly want to put behind them, but things somehow keep going from bad to worse.
The Boston Red Sox just took this series, and they've now handed the Giants not only their third consecutive loss, but this is a Giants team that is just 5-14 in the month of August.
While losing 3-2 doesn't seem like the worst thing in the world, it marks their fifth one-run loss in that 19-game stretch, so clearly this isn't a team that's built to win close games.
Red Sox walk it off
San Francisco seemed to be coasting to a win in this game as they scored a run in the first inning and added one more in the third.
Both teams may have finished with eight hits, but Boston's ninth-inning rally turned this game upside down.
Dylan Smith picked up his seventh hold of the year, but he walked Caleb Durbin on four straight pitches to open the inning.
Smith was pulled for Sam Hentges, a 30-year-old reliever who is now 1-6 on the year after blowing his third save of the season.
Hentges was only able to record one out in the 18 pitches he threw. He issued a walk, allowed two hits, and most importantly, the two earned runs that would end this game.
Hentges has taken a loss in three of his last six appearances
Despite never throwing more than 1.1 innings in any of these six appearances, Hentges has somehow managed to take a loss in three of them.
The Minnesota native has allowed five earned runs in his last four innings of work, and his ERA in the month of August sits at 5.63.
There are far worse numbers out there, but his 1.71 WHIP this season is abysmal, and his WAR has fallen to just 0.2.
A pair of solo homers weren't enough for the Giants
This Giants team left 11 runners on base and went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
Sure, solo home runs from Willy Adames and Andrew Knizner helped get them on the board, but San Francisco couldn't find ways to manufacture runs when it mattered the most.
Now, they sit at 52-77 and are just two games away from having the worst record in the National League.
