SAN FRANCISCO — Ty Blach is discovering just how thin the margins of error can be in the Majors.
After posting a 1.87 ERA in his first five home starts filling in for the injured Madison Bumgarner in the Giants rotation, Blach took one on the chin against the Kansas City Royals at AT&T Park Tuesday, surrendering seven earned runs over 5 2/3 innings of work in an 8-1 loss.
Although he gave up 10 hits, the crooked numbers look a lot worse than Blach’s stuff was in the 2014 World Series rematch at China Basin.
After Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer led off the sixth with singles, Blach nearly escaped a six-run inning unscathed after he fanned Salvador Perez and induced a ground ball from Mike Moustakas.