SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants avoided the embarrassment of going a season without a three-game sweep when they broke out the brooms against the Cardinals. Still, with a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park, San Francisco will go this entire season without winning four in a row, a feat every other team accomplished.

Of current concern is the status of rookie outfielder Bo Davidson, who fouled a pitch off the top of his right foot in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Davidson stayed in the game after meeting with a trainer and finished the at-bat but was removed before the top of the ninth inning. Manager Tony Vitello said Davidson’s X-rays came back negative on his foot, the same spot where he fouled a ball off of earlier this month.

César Perdomo built on a fine outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend with a solid outing against the Twins, allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and no walks. The 24-year-old Perdomo ends his first taste of the majors posting a 3.65 ERA over 24 2/3 innings with 14 strikeouts to seven walks.

Vitello said he’s been most impressed by Perdomo’s mound presence, citing his six shutout innings against a Mets lineup that featured future Hall of Famers Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor.

“I don’t even know if he was in double digits age-wise when he was watching Soto and Lindor play, and now he’s got to face them. He just kind of walked out there like he owned the place,” Vitello said. “It wasn’t in a swagger, braggadocious way. It was just the vibe he was giving off; he feels very confident, very in control.”

San Francisco’s young pitching depth took another hit on Tuesday when Blade Tidwell was diagnosed with a “high-grade” UCL sprain and recommended surgery. Tidwell, who will likely miss the entire 2027 season, will become the latest 25-year-old starter to undergo a UCL procedure, joining Hayden Birdsong, Trevor McDonald and Carson Whisenhunt.

With Tidwell, Birdsong, McDonald and Whisenhunt all slated to miss time next year, the next wave of young pitchers — Perdomo, Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson, Anthony Molina, Yunior Marte, Joe Whitman — currently represent the team’s organizational depth.

Shay Whitcomb was responsible for the Giants’ only two runs of the afternoon, driving in Andrew Knizner and Marcelo Mayer with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mayer drew a pair of walks in his second game as a Giant after going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts on Monday.

Worth noting

Left-hander Philip Abner, designated for assignment on Monday, was claimed by the New York Mets, landing on his feet following a brutal weekend at Dodger Stadium.

After allowing four home runs in one inning to the Dodgers on Friday, manager Tony Vitello threw Abner back into the fire on Saturday. With the game tied at four, Abner entered in the bottom of the fifth with two on and two out.

Abner proceeded to walk the first batter he faced before allowing back-to-back singles, only getting out of the inning when left fielder Turner Hill threw out a runner at the plate.

Up next

The Giants will be off Thursday before welcoming the Los Angeles Dodgers for the final three games of the regular season — and of Mike Krukow’s broadcasting career.