Giants 4, Tigers 3: Late comeback falls short

The final two-game set on one of the geographically-weirder road trips you’ll ever see (Boston, Arizona, San Francisco) began with a 4-3 loss to the Giants on Tuesday night.

Starting tonight for the Tigers was Tarik Skubal, who’s come back down to Earth lately, after a sensational start. His first start of June was arguably the best of his career, with seven shutout innings against the Twins. But then in his next four starts he gave up 3, 4, 5 and 6 runs, so I was definitely hoping that trend wouldn’t continue. As it turns out, he’d ultimately be on the hook for three of San Francisco’s four runs.

Taking the hill for the Giants was Carlos Rodón. After spending seven years with the White Sox,…