SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants wasted a gem of a pitching performance Monday night. And so the defeats go on.
Derek Rodriguez, the 26-year-old rookie who should certainly garner some Rookie of the Year votes, allowed two runs (one earned) over 6u2153 splendid innings, but Giant hitters managed only three hits of their own and lost to the Atlanta Braves before an announced crowd of 35,996 at AT&T Park.
The loss was the ninth in a row for the Giants, who remain winless in September.
The game was tied 1-1 until the seventh, when Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies stretched a hit to center into a double, continued to third on a throwing error by Gorkys Hernandez and scored on Dansby Swanson’s sacrifice fly.