The Giants couldn\u2019t ask more of Robbie Ray. Seven innings, one run, nine strikeouts \u2014 all of which amounted to a seventh consecutive quality start.<\/p>\n
On an evening where the offense couldn\u2019t muster a single run, Ray couldn\u2019t avoid taking his first loss of the season.<\/p>\n
Despite Ray\u2019s excellence, the Giants lost to the Miami Marlins, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon at LoanDepot Park as the offense \u2014 due in part to two excellent defensive plays by Miami \u2014 couldn\u2019t cash in on numerous opportunities to score. San Francisco has now gone 13 consecutive games without scoring more than four runs, the longest such streak since 1988.<\/p>\n
Ray finished May with a 1.38 ERA over six starts with 45 strikeouts over 39 innings, the lowest ERA he\u2019s ever posted in a calendar month in his career. The left-hander has now recorded seven consecutive quality starts, allowing eight runs over 46 innings (1.57 ERA) with 53 strikeouts over this stretch.<\/p>\n
Ray\u2019s efforts would\u2019ve been rewarded with a victory on most days, but not on a day where the Giants left 11 men on base and finished 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Two of those missed opportunities, though, were a product of stellar defense from Miami.<\/p>\n
In the top of the fourth, second baseman Tyler Fitzgerald sent a deep drive to the left-field warning track, but left fielder Heriberto Hernandez made a leaping catch to take away extra bases \u2014 and a potential home run.<\/p>\n
In the seventh, Jung Hoo Lee sent a changeup from Henriquez to center field that would\u2019ve easily scored Heliot Ramos from first base had it landed, but center fielder Dane Myers made a leaping catch \u2014 banging into the wall in the process \u2014 to save a run.<\/p>\n
San Francisco\u2019s inability to score a single run wasn\u2019t entirely a product of Miami\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n
In the first, the Giants loaded the bases but ended the frame without a run to their name as Willy Adames and Mike Yastrzemski struck out. In the sixth, reliever Ronny Henriquez entered for starter Edward Cabrera and struck out Tyler Fitzgerald to strand runners on first and second with two outs. Two innings later, San Francisco put runners on first and second with one out, but Yastrzemski flew out and Fitzgerald struck out.<\/p>\n
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