First- or second-year players contributed half the Giants’ 6 hits but also played a role in a two-run sac fly in the first inning.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Mason Black works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in San Diego. That comes with the good and the bad — and the ugly — on display Friday night in a 5-1 loss to begin their series against the postseason-bound Padres .
Leading off the bottom of the first, Luis Arraez and Fernando Tatis Jr. got things started with back-to-back singles off Black. They both came around to score on a sacrifice fly from the next batter, Jurickson Profar, despite them occupying first and second base. The next batter, Manny Machado, launched a breaking ball into the left-field seats, extending the Padres’ first-inning lead to 3-0. But Black got his revenge in their next battle, firing a fastball past the All-Star third baseman to end the third inning.
Offensively, the Giants were sulking along against Padres starter Michael King, who had taken no-hit bids into the seventh inning twice this season and seemed like he was pining for another until San Francisco’s No. 9 hitter, rookie Grant McCray, lined their first hit into left field with two down in the third.
Nevertheless, Friday night offered a preview of what’s to come over the final three weeks of a season that started with much bigger aspirations than September silver linings. The starting lineup featured five players 25 or younger, plus one more on the mound in Black.
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