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SAN FRANCISCO — The A’s fell to the Giants, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Oracle Park.
Brett Anderson was spinning his own kind of gem against the Giants, allowing just three hits in five innings. But Buster Posey, Evan Longoria and Kevin Pillar knocked back-to-back-to-back doubles in the sixth inning, allowing the Giants a one-run lead. He left the game having allowed those two earned runs in six innings, striking out four.
Those were no doubt the runs Madison Bumgarner needed to re-fuel, the Giants’ ace had already struck out eight A’s and allowed just Stephen Piscotty’s solo shot on a two-strike fastball in.
Bumgarner took charge of every at bat, keeping the A’s off balance with a pristine curveball and painted fastball and unable to put together many competitive efforts.
The A’s struck out 10 times, making that 26 strikeouts over the team’s last 18 innings. The A’s made their routine comeback attempt in the ninth inning, loading the bases with one out. But Will Smith struck out Matt Olson and Mark Canha drew a walk to score the A’s second run, but Chad Pinder struck out swinging to end the threat.
