by Michael Duca

SAN FRANCISCO–Looking back on the Giants four straight loses the Giants lost a tough one a 8-0 shutout against the Braves last Saturday to Braves pitcher William Perez who went seven innings, four hits, three strikeouts, and improved his ERA to 2.66. The Giants never do well against new pitchers they’ve never faced before.

You can go back to the days when former Montreal Expo pitcher the late Charlie Lea who threw a 4-0 no hitter against the Giants at Olympic Stadium in the second game of a doubleheader on May 10, 1981. Lea did it against a Giant line up that was not too familiar with his pitching style. This is just how things work they’ve always been a fast ball hitting team. The Giants against Perez didn’t do so well last Saturday because he threw off the breaking pitches and that’s what the Giants struggle with when they face pitchers like that.

On Sunday’s game against the Braves in the 7-5 loss the Giants scored two early and someone asked me when the Giants are going to start coming from behind for a change instead of taking the early lead and losing it. Which they did as the Braves scored twice in the seventh and scored four times in the ninth. What happened on Tuesday night the Pirates put up a four spot to later had a lead 4-2 and then they added on in the next three innings for the 7-4 win.

What happened Sunday for Atlanta was a matter of the Giants taking the lead early 2-0 lead an later things snowballed with the Braves picking two runs in the top of the seventh and four runs in the top of the ninth. Giants reliever Santiago Casilla tried close it out but was shelled in that ninth for four runs three of them earned on three hits.

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