Giants end first half with 6-2 loss to Athletics

San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey (28) reacts to striking out against the Oakland Athletics in the fourth inning at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, July 15, 2018. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)SAN FRANCISCO — On an afternoon the Giants honored members from their 1989 pennant-winning team, the result mirrored the World Series of 29 years ago.

Athletics win convincingly, Giants fade quietly.

This series wasn’t an A’s sweep like 1989, but Oakland still won two of three after the Giants took Game 1 of the Bay Bridge series Friday night. This weekend also marked the first home series San Francisco dropped since April 8-10 against the Diamondbacks.

The Giants were 10-0-2 in…