The last place the Giants wanted to go after getting walked off twice in Detroit was Miami, where they've suffered the same fate each of the last two years. This time, the Marlins comeback came earlier.
Jorge Soler stunned Logan Webb with a two-out homer in the seventh and the Marlins went on to win 4-3 at loanDepot Park. The Giants have blown a lead in all three games of this trip and fell to 5-10 on the season. They're 3-6 on the road.
The Giants took a 3-0 lead off former Athletics top prospect Jesus Luzardo but then got shut down. Trailing by a run heading into the seventh, the Marlins got a leadoff infield single from Jean Segura and then a 57 mph poke down the third base line that put runners on the corners.
Brandon Crawford seemed to have stopped the bleeding when he scooped a grounder, looked Segura back to third and started a double play. But Webb hung a slider to Soler and he smoked it over the high wall in dead center.
Homegrown
The line in the box score was one two different Giants front offices have been waiting for: Heliot Ramos doubles on a line drive to left, Joey Bart scores.
The early RBI was the first in the big leagues for Ramos, the organization's first-round pick in 2017. It came right after a hard double from Bart, the first-rounder in 2018.
The Giants went up 3-0 on another big hit from a homegrown player. David Villar was just 2-for-21 over his previous eight games but he padded the lead with a two-run double to right-center in the third.
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Webb was dominant early, showing good velo and sitting on the corners. But the Marlins chipped away, scoring a run in the third, another in the sixth and then taking the lead in the seventh.
The go-ahead run came on Soler's blast to center when Webb left a slider middle-middle. It was the fifth homer in four starts for Webb, which is certainly out of character. He gave up 11 last season and just nine in his breakout 2021 season.
Webb now has a 4.94 ERA through four starts. His strikeout rate is up and the stuff remains crisp, but he continues to leave too many pitches across the plate, and some pretty good hitters have made him pay.
Step in the Right Direction
The Giants entered the game ranked dead last in the Majors in OPS against lefties and 27th with a .201 batting average. But their right-handed lineup did show some signs of life against Luzardo, who gave up six hits and walked a pair before departing in the fifth.
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The Giants should get some help when they return home, as Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater are both rehabbing with Triple-A Sacramento. Before that, though, they'll have to solve one more lefty. Trevor Rogers will get the series finale on Wednesday.