The San Francisco Giants suffered an epic collapse late against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
The San Francisco Giants opened their series on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-2 loss at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium.
It was a game that San Francisco started strong before things got very ugly. Let’s get into what happened.
An early lead
In the bottom of the first inning, the Giants found themselves behind early as Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts hit a leadoff solo home run.
Little did anyone know that it would be a precursor to much worse things to come later in the game for San Francisco, but there is no reason to jump the gun.
It did not take long for the Giants to respond to their 1-0 deficit. Jung Hoo Lee answered with a leadoff solo homer of his own in the top of the second inning that tied things up. It also was Lee’s 10th home run of the season.
In the top of the third, San Francisco struck again when Scott Bandura hit a leadoff single before Drew Gilbert walked. With two runners on, Jonah Cox took advantage of the situation with an RBI single to give his team the lead.
The Giants were gaining momentum, but the problem was that Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow was locked in, and they could not get anything else going against him. Glasnow finished with 10 strikeouts over six innings of work, and San Francisco needed to find another way to score because Los Angeles was getting back in the game.
A late collapse
In the fifth inning, Giants manager Tony Vitello pulled starting left-hander Caesar Perdomo after he gave up an RBI single to Teoscar Hernandez, tying the game.
Reliever Jason Foley was the replacement, and in the bottom of the sixth inning, he allowed an RBI double to rookie Josue De Paula that gave the Dodgers the lead. Despite that, San Francisco was only down 3-2, a very manageable deficit.
Then, the eighth inning happened.
In the bottom of the eighth, Philip Abner replaced Carson Seymour on the mound, and he immediately gave up a solo home run to Max Muncy. Then, he allowed another to Kyle Tucker.
Vitello kept Abner on the mound, and he was able to strike out the next two batters he faced before giving up a walk. The deficit grew, though, as Abner allowed another home run.
This time, it was a two-run shot by Mookie Betts, marking his second of the evening. Still Abner remained on the mound, and he gave up another blast to Will Smith that capped off a five-run inning for the Dodgers. In total, Abner allowed four home runs.
It was the type of ugly performance that has been reflective of an ugly season for this Giants team, and all they can do is try to bounce back from it.
