SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have been burned multiple times this season when an injured player returned to the field too soon, so it’s easy to see why they’re being so cautious with Sergio Romo, who has been sidelined since April 15. It was not easy, however, for them to feel all that good about the strategy Tuesday night.
The bullpen gave up 10 runs in a 13-11 loss to the A’s, including eight in the eighth and ninth, a home for Romo for the better part of a decade. The stunning blow was Jake Smolinski’s three-run blast off Javier Lopez in the eighth that gave the A’s a one-run lead.