Giants lose first East Coast game since 2019
Peralta surrenders 3-run HR in eighth
The Giants played on the East Coast for the first time since 2019 but left their bats at home.
Starling Marte broke open a tie game Friday night with a three-run home run off reliever Wandy Peralta as the Giants fell to the host Miami Marlins 4-1. The Giants fell to 8- 5, wasting another strong performance by starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, with the Marlins improving to 6-7.
Pinch- hitter Jesus Aguilar drew a one- out walk off reliever and losing pitcher Matt Wisler, with manager Gabe Kapler bringing in Peralta to face Corey Dickerson. Dickerson, was 3-for-5 in his career against Peralta, singled to left, and Marte followed with a 427-foot shot to left center.
The Giants managed just four hits against Miami starter Daniel Castano and five relief pitchers and were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. Yimi Garcia finished off the Giants in the ninth, retiring the side in order.
The Giants squandered a chance to take the lead in the sixth after Mike Yastrzemski’s one- out triple to right against reliever Adam Cimber, who replaced Castano.
Cimber recovered to strike out Evan Longoria for the second out, walked pinch-hitter Brandon Belt, then retired another pinch-hitter, Alex Dickerson, on a fly to center.
Jazz Chisholm jumped on a 3-2 pitch for a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to tie the score 1-1 off DeSclafani. It was Chisholm’s third home run of the season.
The ball carried to the fence, hit the top of it and then bounced over to give the Marlins their first run of the game. Miguel Rojas followed with a double, but DeSclafani escaped further damage inducing a pair of ground balls and then striking out Corey Dickerson looking for the third out.
DeSclafani kept the Giants streak alive of having every starting pitcher this season make it through five innings. Only once — Kevin Gausman against Cincinnati — has an opponent scored more than three times off a Giants starter through five. In Gausman’s game, he gave up two two-run homers in the first and nothing else through six.
DeSclafani was gone with a no decision after the sixth inning in favor of pinch-hitter Tommy LaStella. He lowered his season earned run average to 1.06 and in his last two starts had given up 10 hits with one run with one walk and 12 strikeouts.
Longoria’s run- scoring single in the fourth inning broke up a scoreless tie, scoring Mike Yastrzemski from second base.
Yastrzemski, one of two left-handed batters in the starting lineup against the left-handed Castano, opened the inning with a double into the right field corner on a 3-1 pitch.
Longora singled to left on a 1-1 pitch, with Yastrzemski scoring easily from second base.
The Giants were briefly charged with their third error of the season when Brandon Crawford couldn’t make a play on a ground ball by Jazz Chisholm. Crawford double clutched the ball slightly and didn’t make a throw, but had little chance to get the speedy runner anyway.
Later, the official scorer changed the error to an infield hit for Chisholm.