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The San Francisco Giants were shut out for the seventh time this season, losing 3-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays, marking their fourth consecutive loss. They have struggled against left-handed pitchers, falling to 2-7 in such matchups this year.
The Giants have been shut out seven times this season, which is the most in Major League Baseball.
The Giants have a record of 2-7 against left-handed pitchers this season.
Robbie Ray was the starting pitcher for the Giants in their recent loss to the Rays.
The score of the Giants' game against the Rays was 3-0 in favor of the Rays.
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After being walked off twice by the Phillies to seal a three-game sweep, the Giants fell to 0-4 on the road trip. Their fourth loss in a row matched a season-long streak that they had already reached twice before. Facing one of the toughest southpaws in the sport, the Giantsâ struggles against left-handed pitching persisted against McClanahan, who held them scoreless for six innings on only 73 pitches. San Francisco fell to 2-7 against left-handed starters this season and 19-35 dating back to the start of last year, worse than any team besides the Rockies (9-38).
Ray hasnât allowed more than three runs in any of his seven starts. He limited the Rays to only four hits over 6 1/3 innings, but two of them went over the fence â his second time surrendering more than one home run this season. Aided by the Raysâ contact-happy approach, it was also his second start without issuing a walk and his second-deepest start of the season.
Third base coach Hector Borg made another glaring mistake, giving Luis Arraez the green light to go for three on his ball into the right field corner in the fourth. Rather than a runner on second and one out, the Giants suddenly had nobody on and two away, and went down quietly. Borg erred late in the second game of Thursdayâs doubleheader, holding the would-be go-ahead run at third in extra innings despite the ball deflecting off a defenderâs glove and into no-manâs land.
The Giants have stopped each of their past season-long losing streaks from reaching five games. That task will fall on the shoulders of RHP Landen Roupp (5-1, 2.55 ERA), who has allowed only one earned run over his first three starts away from Oracle Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 p.m.