Giants’ Landen Roupp loses fourth straight start

Roupp gave up two hits, walked five and struck out three. He fell to 7-11 with the loss. With the game scoreless after five innings, the drama started in the sixth inning. Roupp’s control abandoned him as he walked three of the first four hitters to start the inning. He was removed, but was clearly unhappy about it as he unleashed some words at manager Tony Vitello on the mound. The camera found Roupp tilting in the dugout as reliever Keaton Winn walked in a run with the bases-loaded. Winn was able to get out of the jam with back-to-back strikeouts, though. Roupp has a 4.22 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Rockies at home next weekend.

Roupp stranded two runners in the first, tossed a clean second, then gave up one run on a walk and a hit in the third inning. Things got away from him with two outs in the fourth as he walked a batter, hit another, then gave up a run on a base hit. He’d walk one more before he was relieved on the mound, failing to get out of the fourth inning. The 27-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 4.12 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and a 114/48 K/BB ratio across 113 2/3 innings. He’ll take on the Padres in San Diego on Sunday.

Roupp got through six scoreless, but the Giants opted to stick with him with a 3-0 lead entering the bottom of the seventh. He gave up a double and a homer to start the inning, and after he was lifted, the Royals went on to score three more runs to take control of the game. It went as Roupp’s fifth no-decision of the year. In all five of those, he allowed one or two runs and recorded 17 or 18 outs, amounting to a 2.73 ERA. He’ll face the Brewers next.

Jason Foley and Caleb Kilian finished up with hitless frames. Roupp recorded just two strikeouts and five whiffs on 44 swings, but aside from Luke Raley’s 400-foot flyout in the second, he gave up little loud contact. After going 0-7 between May and June, Roupp has opened July with consecutive wins, allowing just one run over 15 innings in the process. He has a favorable matchup in Kansas City next week.

Webb was a member of the NL All-Star team, but he did not pitch in the game on Tuesday. That will enable him to pitch over the weekend once regular-season games begin again. Tyler Mahle and Trevor McDonald will then follow on Monday and Tuesday against the Royals.

Roupp was 0-7 in his previous 11 starts, with the Giants losing all 11 of those games. Roupp didn’t dominate with five strikeouts, 11 whiffs and a 26 percent CSW tonight, but he didn’t need to. The Blue Jays never put together any real threats. They had just two plate appearances with a RISP, going 0-for-1 with a walk. Roupp is 6-8 with a 4.27 ERA overall. He’ll finish the first half with a home start against the Rockies.

Roupp gave up a three-run homer to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the first inning. He then stranded two runners in the second, but was already up to 52 pitches as he labored through the first two innings. Things didn’t get any better in the third as Roupp walked in a batter with the bases loaded and surrendered two more runs on a base hit. He wouldn’t make it out of the inning, departing with two outs at 84 pitches. The 27-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 4.55 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and a 99/40 K/BB ratio across 89 innings. He’ll take on the Blue Jays in San Francisco on Monday.

Both runs came in the fifth, when he gave up three of his six hits on the afternoon. He departed with a four-run lead after six, but that was blown after the A’s scored twice in the seventh, once in the eighth and four times in the ninth. Incredibly, the Giants have lost 10 straight games started by Roupp, with the right-hander posting a 5.11 ERA in the process. His rotation spot is probably still secure, so he should face the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

After getting Liam Hicks to ground out to start the bottom of the first inning, Roupp fell victim to an Owen Caissie long ball in the next at-bat to put his team in an early hole. Despite the early setback, Roupp would settle in to pitch three straight scoreless frames before Caissie again got the best of him when he doubled to bring home Javier Sanoja and give the Marlins a 2-1 lead. Roupp would retire all three batters he faced in the sixth inning before being pulled for Sam Hentges, and exited with a chance to pick up the win after his offense picked him up in the top of the sixth inning. Unfortunately, the bullpen was unable to preserve the lead for Roupp, who is still in search of his first win since April 26th. He’ll look to get that elusive sixth win in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday against the Athletics.

Roupp allowed just three hard-hit balls tonight, but he took his sixth straight loss anyway. The Giants haven’t won with him on the mound since Apr. 26, but he’ll probably be allowed to try again next week against the Braves.