SAN FRANCISCO — They showed a re-run Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Park.
Barely 18 hours after the Giants squandered a spectacular performance by starter Dereck Rodriguez, they did the same after seven shutout innings from Madison Bumgarner, losing 2-1 to the Astros in front of an announced sellout crowd of 41,613.
With the season in its final two months and the Giants sitting fourth in the NL West, six games back entering Tuesday, these were back-to-back gut punches that had to hurt. Once again, the Giants slipped below .500, at 57-58.
San Francisco led 1-0 and Bumgarner was watching from the dugout when Marwin Gonzalez doubled against reliever Ray Black to lead off the eighth.