SF Giants’ cold offense prolongs Verlander’s longest winless streak

SAN FRANCISCO It s sounding like a broken record Justin Verlander once again put himself in position to win his first encounter as a Giant He pitched six innings and allowed two runs both on a pair of solo homers by Corbin Carroll He recorded his fourth quality start in his last five outings posting a ERA over this stretch as baseball s oldest athlete By night s end he remained winless Manager Bob Melvin s new lineup couldn t figure out Merrill Kelly and Verlander picked up his third loss as the Giants fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks - on Monday night at Oracle Park extending their losing streak to four games Verlander pitched a scoreless first inning albeit one that required an assist from Oracle Park s architecture With Corbin Carroll on first Josh Naylor hit a line drive to Triples Alley Right fielder Mike Yastrzemski took an awkward highway and was unable to make the catch Carroll one of baseball s fastest players easily crossed home plate but the ball wedged under the right-center field fence Jung Hoo Lee raised his arms to signal that the ball got stuck and Naylor ended up with a ground-rule double forcing Carroll to retreat to third base Two pitches later Eugenio Su rez hit into an inning-ending groundout Related Articles Melvin shakes up SF Giants lineup following cold road trip SF Giants swept by Twins despite Ramos big afternoon Ramos mistake proves costly as SF Giants spoil Webb s outing SF Giants stifled by Paddack s bid at perfect battle He s anxious to get going SF Giants Bailey talks offensive struggles Carroll manufactured the meeting s first run in the third with an opposite-field solo homer to give the Diamondbacks a - lead then hit another solo homer in the top of the fifth inning to put the Giants in a - deficit Christian Koss sliced the deficit in half in the bottom half of the fifth driving in Willy Adames with a single to reduce the deficit to - but that would be the extent of San Francisco s offense