Woe Canada: Giants swept in Toronto as Blue Jays smack three home runs
Despite a good fight, the Giants were swept with a 8-6 to the Toronto Blue Jays and have now lost a season-high five consecutive games dating back to the final two games against the Dodgers before the break.
A downtick in fastball velocity set the tone for one of Robbie Ray's worst outings in a year with very few of them. He allowed a season-high five runs – the first time he's given up more than three earned runs since an April 16 start against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The defense didn't help Ray's cause. With the game tied 1-1 in the third, Heliot Ramos misplayed Bo Bichette's line drive – running in while the ball sailed over his head – leading to two runs. Things got out of hand in the fifth when Spencer Bivens replaced Ray, who had allowed a one-out hit. That run scored on a single and Addison Barger, on a heater this series, hit a two-run homer to make it 7-2.
Frustrations, meanwhile, were boiling in the Giants dugout. Justin Verlander was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Chad Whitson during Brett Wisely's at-bat in the sixth inning, as his team attempted to mount a comeback.
Wisely got two questionable strike calls on the outer half of the plate, but wound up hitting a pitch high in the zone for an RBI single amid a four-run frame. Matt Chapman brought his team back to life with a two-run home run and, after Wisely's hit, Lee's RBI single made it a one-run game. However, a review determined he was caught barely off the bag trying to advance to second base, killing the rally.
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