The SFGiants’ 10-game winning streak came to a crashing halt with a blowout loss to the Padres.
SAN FRANCISCO -- With two outs in the sixth inning Thursday, San Diego Padres catcher Gary Sanchez hit a slow roller down the third base line that somehow hugged the chalk until it nicked the outside edge of the bag. It was the type of ball that would have rolled foul against the Giants at any point of the previous 10 games, but on this day, just about nothing went right.
Alex Wood gave up a couple of early three-run homers, including one to Sanchez -- who spent time in the Giants minor league system this year -- and was charged with six earned in a short start. A San Francisco lineup made up mostly of young players had no answers for red-hot lefty Blake Snell as the Giants lost 10-0, snapping theirThe loss was the first since June 10, the day the Giants nearly got no-hit by Chicago's Kyle Hendricks.
This winning streak started with Brandon Crawford on the mound, and it ended with David Villar throwing the ninth for the Giants . Here are three more things to know from the blowout:Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.Wood wasn't able to ride the momentum from a strong start at Dodger Stadium last weekend, and the trouble started early. He walked leadoff batter Ha-Seong Kim and nearly gave up a homer to Fernando Tatis Jr.
A walk of Tatis and a bunt single by Juan Soto got the Padres going again in the third. This time it was Manny Machado who went deep.
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