Another injury. Another batch of strikeouts. Another loss.
The Giants fell to 0-4 on their trip through Detroit and Miami, losing 4-2 in a game that was all too familiar. The Giants took an early lead and then shut it down, and one big swing was the difference for the Marlins.
San Francisco entered the day having trailed for only nine of 31 innings on the trip, and they once again jumped ahead. But it didn't last.
Alex Wood's injury forced long man Jakob Junis into the game in the third and the Marlins capitalized. They got a run back right away and then jumped ahead when Jazz Chisholm Jr. crushed a changeup into the seats with two on. That was it for the scoring for either side.
As has been the trend all trip, the Giants' bats went silent in the middle innings. After the first inning, they were 4-for-27 with 10 strikeouts.
It Never Ends
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All of the injuries so far have been to position players, but the rotation was hit in the third inning Tuesday. Wood jumped off the mound to field a bunt and grabbed at his left hamstring after making the throw to first.
Wood came out of the game right away without even attempting to throw warm-up pitches. The Giants later announced that he has a left hamstring strain, which almost certainly will put him on the IL and force him to miss multiple starts. It's a brutal break for a veteran who was off to a great start.
The veteran lefty faced nine batters Tuesday and allowed just one hit while striking out three. Through three starts, he has been charged with just two earned runs in 10 innings.
If Wood does need to go on the IL, the Giants would slide Ross Stripling into the rotation. They had talked about giving him a start this week but changed things up after Sunday's game was rained out. Stripling threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen Tuesday.
It Never Ends, Part II
With two on and two out in the sixth, David Villar got ahead 3-0 and then swung at a pair of curveballs that were down and out of the zone. The strikeout was the third of the game for Villar and the eighth for hard-throwing righty Edward Cabrera.
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The Giants have 177 of them through 16 games, putting them on pace for nearly 1,800 strikeouts. The all-time record is 1,596 by the 2001 Chicago Cubs, so yeah, this is starting to get alarming.
Power Play
Even in the down times, the Giants continue to put the ball out of the park. They took the lead three batters into the game when Mike Yastrzemski jumped on an elevated fastball from Cabrera and hit a two-run shot to right.
The homer was Yastrzemski's third, putting him on pace to pass 20 as he did in his first two full seasons with the Giants. Yastrzemski had just 17 last year and didn't hit his third homer until the 35th game of the season.