Giants’ losing streak reaches six games after loss to Tigers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Giants’ flight back to San Francisco won’t be a happy one after they lost their sixth straight game Monday afternoon.
In Detroit to makeup a postponed game from April 18, the Giants put forth another lifeless performance, dropping the contest 5-1 to the Tigers.
Ross Stripling got credit for a quality start but he certainly won’t be pleased with his outing. In six innings of work, he allowed 10 hits and struck out just three Tigers batters. He didn’t issue any walks, but he allowed earned runs in the first, third and fifth innings, and the Giants weren’t able to recover.
The Giants finally got on the board in the sixth inning when red-hot Wilmer Flores hit a solo homer, his 13th long ball of the season.
Tigers infielder Zack Short provided insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run homer off Giants reliever Ryan Walker.
While the Giants’ offense remained dormant, their defense showed up for the Monday matinee in Motown, with Patrick Bailey, Austin Slater and Michael Conforto all making highlight-reel plays.
The Giants (54-47) began the second half of the season by winning the first five games to run their overall winning streak to seven games. But they dropped the final six games.
The good news for the Giants is that they will begin a two-game Bay Bridge Series with the MLB-worst Athletics (28-74) on Tuesday, providing a perfect opportunity to bounce back after a disastrous ending to the road trip.
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