These types of losses are never fun, but it was particularly painful to watch Sean Manea implode against a Giants team with arguably the worst offense in baseball. Manaea’s defense didn’t help in the first inning, but it was obvious that he didn’t have it regardless. Michael Brady actually performed significantly better out of the pen, which pretty much says it all. And Jeff Samardzija really didn’t have to work very hard despite throwing almost 120 pitches.
This game was rough from the start. The Giants took a 5-0 lead after half an inning thanks entirely to Manaea, Alonso, and Joyce.