Giants Lose on the Road Again

            The San Francisco Giants have not played well on the road this season, and this trend continued Tuesday night as they fell 6-3 to the Oakland A’s.

            San Francisco had a 9-14 road record going into the night and they had to send out Michael Kickham to make his first big league start.

            It was hoped that Kickham could eat up a few innings so they could get to the league’s best bullpen.

            The Giants struck first on a Hunter Pence single that scored second baseman Marco Scutaro.

            In the second inning, Derek Norris hit his second homerun of the season to put the A’s up 2-1.

            With the bases loaded in the fourth inning, Kickham walked Jed Lowrie to score Chris Young. Nate Frieman singled in Yoenis Cespedes and that was the last batter tha Kickham faced on the night.

            The fifth inning presented the Giants with another bases loaded jam, which resulted in Chad Gaudin walking home Josh Donaldson.

            San Francisco scored its second run of the game when Buster Posey grounded out to third, allowing Marco Scutaro to come home.

            Adam Rosales hit a homerun to left field in the eighth inning, putting the game out of reach.

            In the ninth inning Hunter Pence tried to mount a comeback as he homered for the eighth time this season, but his teammates did not provide any help.

            Even though the Giants played just 17 miles away from AT&T Park, they are definitely excited to get back across the bay for two more games with the A’s.