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SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Seven-run efforts helped the Giants win back-to-back games last week in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

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Friday night, the Giants scored a run in the first inning \u2026 then none afterward, losing 3-1 at Oracle Park to open a three-game series against the struggling Braves.<\/p>\n

The defining stat: San Francisco went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, although baserunning blunders also resulted in an out in each of the first two innings.<\/p>\n

The Giants\u2019 final threat was a brief one: Willy Adames hit a two-out double in the eighth, only to get stranded once the slumping Matt Chapman struck out in a three-pitch at-bat. Chapman went 0-for-4 and is 2-for-32 over his past nine games.<\/p>\n

The Giants (33-48) at least provided some excitement for the home crowd of 39,051 with defensive gems and a smattering of non-threatening hits. Those offensive highlights :<\/p>\n

\u2014 Luis Arraez and Rafael Devers doubled off the outfield walls in the first inning.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bryce Eldridge hit an opposite-field double in the third, after going hitless last series against the Athletics.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Catcher Drew Cavanaugh drew a standing ovation for getting a fifth-inning hit in his Major League debut \u2013 a sharp single up the middle on reliever Hurston Waldrep\u2019s 95-mph sinker with one out. Alas, that bases-loaded rally died once Eldridge struck out and Casey Schmitt\u2019s grounder led to a force out<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Adames capped his 2-for-3 night with that eighth-inning double, albeit off center fielder Michael Harris II\u2019s glove on the warning track.<\/p>\n

As for how they scored: Devers\u2019 shot put the Giants ahead 1-0 in the first. His 405-foot, RBI double off the base of the center-field wall brought home Eldridge. Earlier, Arraez ran into the Giants\u2019 first out by trying to take third on Eldridge\u2019s grounder to shortstop.<\/p>\n

Arraez, still favoring the right foot he hurt Tuesday night, delivered the first of many defensive gems by the Giants this night. He made a diving stop to produce the Braves\u2019 final out and thus strand a runner at second in their opening, scoreless frame.<\/p>\n

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The Giants ran into another out the next inning, with Adames unable to get back to first base after trying to run on Chapman\u2019s flyout to center.<\/p>\n

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The third inning brought another Giants miscue: Arraez committed an errant throw on a double-play attempt. Again, it led to a run, with Albies delivering a two-out, RBI single for a 2-1 Braves\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s thick, marine air kept Matt Olson from hitting his team-leading 21st home run, as he settled for a 394-foot double off the center field wall in the fifth. Ozzie Albies followed with an RBI flyout to shorter center field as the Braves went up 3-1.<\/p>\n

McDonald, after losing his past five decisions, was pulled after striking out Austin Riley to open the sixth inning. McDonald allowed seven hits and three earned runs while walking one and striking out three. He hasn\u2019t notched a win since May 16.<\/p>\n

He could have been tagged for more runs if not for stellar defensive plays. Luis Arraez and Rafael Devers made diving stops for groundouts; Victor Bericoto laid out for a catch in right field; and Casey Schmitt delivered an inning-ending grab into the left-field line\u2019s netting.<\/p>\n

The Giants\u2019 bullpen, after coughing up a 6-2 lead to the A\u2019s on Thursday, saw former starter Adrian Houser make his first relief appearance and allow no hits (but commit a ninth-inning error) in 2 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The NL East-leading Braves came in having lost 10 of their past 13, including this week\u2019s three-game sweep at San Diego. The Giants won back-to-back games last week in Atlanta before rain pushed back their series finale to Aug. 31.<\/p>\n

\u2014 NASCAR drivers Chase Briscoe and Brad Keselowski were in attendance ahead of this Sunday\u2019s Toyota\/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Victor Bericoto, after hitting a 445-foot home run each of the previous two games, batted in the No. 9 spot. He went 1-for-2 with a walk before getting pinch-hit for in the ninth by Drew Gilbert, who flew out to right field.<\/p>\n

\u2014 After missing the past two games because of a foot injury, Arraez wrote a message of support on his cap (\u201cFuerza Venezuela,\u201d or Stay Strong) after this week\u2019s earthquakes in his native country. That hat already had the initials VZ stitched into the side, as approved league-wide by MLB. Two weeks ago, three Giants pitchers created a controversy on Pride Night by inscribing Biblical verses on their caps, and baseball admonished them with a warning (but no fine) for writing personal statements.<\/p>\n

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