Bats give and forgive in 11-4 win

Robbie Ray is a regifter.

The San Francisco Giants offense wrapped up and gifted him four perfectly good runs before he even touched a baseball Wednesday evening. Four hits, a bases-loaded walk — the bats put a diminished Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola to work in the top of the 1st.

Willy Adames broke a career long 0-for-16 against Nola with a one-out double, and a single from Jung Hoo Lee knocked him in. One run was nearly all they got after Nola froze LaMonte Wade Jr. with the bases loaded. But the MLB leader in RBIs, Wilmer Flores, padded his stats by spitting on a low sinker for a run-scoring walk. Then Patrick Bailey made it a big frame on a 2-run single.

And what did Ray do with that…