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Giants Fall 11-2, Win Streak Ends At 11 Games

June 29, 2022 - California League (CalL)
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The Giants' win streak came to an end at 11 games on Tuesday night with an 11-2 loss to the Modesto Nuts at Excite Ballpark. Modesto raced out to a 9-0 lead after 3 1/2 innings and cruised for the remainder of the contest en route to taking the opener of the six-game series. With the setback, San Jose (43-27, 3-1 second half) fell one victory shy of matching the longest win streak in team history (12 games in 2011).

The Nuts scored once in the top of the second before a three-run third inning and a five-run top of the fourth on Tuesday. Manuel Mercedes made his first start of the season for the Giants and after working a 1-2-3 top of the first inning, immediately ran into trouble in the second when Robert Perez Jr. led off with a double to deep left center. Walking Cabrera was up next and he grounded a single up the middle to bring home Perez Jr. with the first run of the night.

Two Mercedes errors on soft comebackers then led to three Modesto runs in the top of the third. With Ben Ramirez at second base and two outs, Harry Ford hit a slow roller to the left of the pitcher's mound. Mercedes fielded the ball, but threw wildly to first and off the glove of first baseman Victor Bericoto. Ford reached safely on the error and when the ball rolled into foul territory, Ramirez sprinted around third and scored. Perez Jr. followed with a bloop single to shallow right moving Ford to third and then Cabrera's slow roller, again to the left of the mound, was misplayed by Mercedes for another error. The miscue allowed Ford to score for a 3-0 Nuts lead. David Sheaffer then produced an RBI single to make it 4-0. All three runs in the inning against Mercedes were unearned.

Modesto then broke the game open when they sent 11 batters to the plate in a five-run top of the fourth. A one-out walk to Brett Rodriguez started the rally before Ramirez singled and Edwin Arroyo walked to load the bases. Mercedes then plunked the next two hitters - Ford and Perez Jr. - on consecutive pitches to force home two runs. Cabrera followed with a potential inning-ending double play grounder to third, but Riley Mahan committed San Jose's third error as the Nuts scored another run. Tyler Myrick was then summoned from the bullpen, but he issued a two-out bases loaded walk to Milkar Perez to bring home another run before Randy Bednar's RBI single stretched the lead to 9-0.

Modesto scored their 10th and 11th runs of the night in the top of the seventh against reliever Julio Rodriguez on a Perez Jr. sacrifice fly and a two-out RBI double from Cabrera.

The Giants' only two runs of the contest came on RBI groundouts. In the bottom of the sixth, Bericoto led off with a double into the right field corner, advanced to third on Mahan's groundout and scored on Anyesber Sivira's groundout. Then in the ninth, consecutive singles from Sivira and Garrett Frechette started the inning. Rayner Santana's groundout moved the runners up before Alexander Suarez's RBI groundout plated Sivira to bring the game to its final margin of 11-2.

Nuts starter Joseph Hernandez, who entered Tuesday second in the league in ERA and third in strikeouts, dazzled on the mound with a career-high 12 strikeouts over five scoreless innings. Hernandez allowed only two hits and issued one walk during his dominant pitching performance. It was the most strikeouts by an opposing pitcher versus San Jose this season.

GIANTS NOTES

Inside The Streak: The 11 straight victories marked San Jose's longest win streak since the 2011 team twice won 12 in a row to set a team record. During the 11-game win streak, the Giants hit .341 as a team, averaged 8.6 runs per contest and hit 26 home runs. San Jose owned a +49 run differential (95-46). Tuesday's defeat was the Giants' first loss in exactly two weeks (June 14 vs. Fresno).

Tough Nut To Crack: The Giants fell to 6-10 against Modesto this season, including a 2-5 mark at Excite Ballpark. San Jose is 37-17 (.685 winning percentage) against the rest of the league.

Hitting Streaks Extended: Garrett Frechette (2-for-2, 2B) and Aeverson Arteaga (1-for-3) extended their hitting streaks to 10 and 9 games respectively. Frechette has matched the longest hit streak by a Giants player this season.

Mercedes' Start: Manuel Mercedes was charged with nine runs on Tuesday, but only four of the runs were earned in his 3 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three.

Roster Moves: The Giants made a flurry of roster moves before the start of the series. Pitchers Evan Gates and Keaton Winn were promoted to High-A Eugene while infielder Dilan Rosario was transferred to the Arizona Complex League (Rookie-level). San Jose welcomed three new players from the Complex League: pitchers Joe Kemlage and Ben Madison along with infielder Anyesber Sivira. Madison threw a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Tuesday while Sivira started at second base and went 1-for-4 with a single.

On Deck: The Giants and Nuts continue their series on Wednesday afternoon with first pitch at Excite Ballpark set for 1:00 PM. Nick Sinacola is San Jose's scheduled starting pitcher.

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