Oracle Park registered 80 degrees at first pitch, the warmest conditions there in over four years. Carson Seymour made his first major league start and allowed four runs in three innings, taking the loss as the Orioles built an early lead. Tristan Beck surrendered a home run on his first pitch and allowed further runs. Trevor Rogers delivered his 10th straight start of six or more innings with two or fewer runs, lowering his ERA to 1.39. The Giants continue to struggle against left-handed starters, batting just .212, while Willy Adames hit his sixth homer in nine games.
Carson Seymour, awarded the opportunity to make his first major league start, found himself in hot water for entirely different reasons. The burly 26-year-old right-hander pitched around a leadoff walk and an error in the first inning, and a double to begin his second frame, but things boiled over after he walked the first batter of the third. The Orioles punished him for a pair of home runs and continued to pile on, sending the Giants to an 11-1 loss.
The Giants fell to 15-24 when facing a left-handed starting pitcher, the fifth-worst record in the majors. Against southpaws of all stripes, no team has a lower batting average than the Giants' .212 mark. Their lone offense came from an increasingly familiar source: a home run off the bat of Willy Adames, which opened a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The homer was Adames' sixth in his past nine games.
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