Bob Melvin ejected, Logan Webb hit around in SF Giants’ loss to Tigers

Their ace put them in an early hole their manager got tossed in the fifth inning and the Giants lost to the Tigers for the second challenge in a row Logan Webb allowed Detroit to plate runs in each of the first three innings Tuesday at Comerica Park and that was more than enough as the Giants bats stayed silent in a - loss It required an RBI double from Wilmer Flores in the ninth inning to avoid being shutout for the second time in five games on this road trip The Giants will have to win Wednesday s series finale to avoid being swept in a series of three or more games for only the second time this season The association s frustrations boiled over at the beginning of the bottom of the fifth when Bob Melvin was ejected by home plate umpire Tony Randazzo for arguing balls and strikes after questionable calls went against the Giants in the top half of the inning and in the Tigers first at-bat of the bottom half Webb rebounded to complete six innings and struck out batters but put the Giants in an early hole for his second consecutive start Until a week ago only the Mets Kodai Senga had allowed fewer home runs than Webb among qualified starters He surrendered two in his first starts with a ERA But opponents have taken him deep in each of his past two starts as he allowed nine runs six earned on hits in innings raising his ERA to The Giants lost both games the first time they have lost consecutive starts of Webb s all season dropping their record behind their ace to an even - When things have gone south for Webb it has often happened early Of the runs scored against him this season have come in the first three innings The Royals got to him in each of the first two innings in his last start and the Tigers followed the same pattern on Tuesday Riley Greene ripped a mph double that scooted away from Mike Yastrzemski in right field allowing Gleyber Torres to race home and open a - lead in the first Webb fell behind Wenceel P rez activated from the -day injured list before first pitch and allowed him to line a - sinker over the right field wall in his very first at-bat of the season extending the lead to - in the second Yastrzemski ran into more problems in the third when the leadoff hitter sent a line drive into the right field corner He gave chase as the ball ricocheted off the wall and around the warning as Colt Keith cruised into third for a leadoff triple Greene the next batter collected his second RBI in as a large number of at-bats sending the first pitch over the head of the infielders playing in on the cut of the grass He finished -for- adding another double for the Tigers seventh and final hit off Webb in the fifth Despite taking the loss Webb finished strong by retiring of the final batters he faced and successfully pleaded his event to go back out for the sixth inning allowing him to record his eighth quality start of the season and reach double-digit strikeouts for the third time Willy Adames snapped an -for- streak at the plate with a single up the middle to lead off the second and Wilmer Flores came a benevolent gust of wind away from a two-run home run in the first but the Giants struggled to manufacture much of anything offensively against Jack Flaherty From Adames single until Flaherty exited the battle after six innings they went hitless in their next at-bats The struggling shortstop also broke the drought with a single off Chase Lee in the seventh inning his first multihit tournament since May raising his average to Related Articles SF Giants Willy Adames kills rallies in - series-opening loss in Detroit SF Giants take series in D C as Ray continues excellent stretch SF Giants offense silenced as Harrison makes first start of year How SF Giants Doval returned to form pitching with gratification SF Giants Roupp tosses second straight quality start in win over Nationals Flores got the Giants on the board against Tigers closer Will Vest in the ninth Heliot Ramos worked a two-strike single to lead off the inning and Flores doubled him home for his th RBI of the season fifth-most in MLB but the next three San Francisco batters went down in order with him standing on second base The loss dropped the Giants to - on the road trip scoring three or fewer runs in all but one match They haven t scored more than four since a - win over the A s on May batting as a gang over that span the lowest mark in the majors Up next RHP Landen Roupp - will look to build on back-to-back starts of six shutout innings against RHP Jackson Jobe - as the Giants try to avoid being swept in the series finale a m PT They have played series of three or more games and been swept just once so far this season their last time visiting an AL Central foe from May - against the Minnesota Twins