SAN FRANCISCO — On an afternoon the Giants honored members from their 1989 pennant-winning team, the result mirrored the World Series of 29 years ago.
Athletics win convincingly, Giants fade quietly.
This series wasn’t an A’s sweep like 1989, but Oakland still won two of three after the Giants took Game 1 of the Bay Bridge series Friday night. This weekend also marked the first home series San Francisco dropped since April 8-10 against the Diamondbacks.
The Giants were 10-0-2 in their 12 home series since before losing Sunday’s rubber match.
They enter the All-Star break at 50-48 after a 6-2 loss Sunday, sitting fourth in the NL West but still well within reach of both the division crown and a Wild Card berth.