SF Giants lose second straight game in Toronto, this time with Logan Webb on mound

The Toronto Blue Jays have illustrated through two games why they went into Saturday with a three-game lead in the American League East The Giants meanwhile continue to plod along on the fringe of the National League wild card race after a - road loss at Rogers Centre Toronto - broke through for four runs against Giants starter Logan Webb - in the sixth inning after getting plenty of baserunners but no runs through the first five The Giants - got a pair of solo home runs from Willy Adames his th and th of the season and a sacrifice fly from Heliot Ramos but nothing else Left-hander Eric Lauer - was the winning pitcher for Toronto getting relief help from Chad Green Brenden Little and Jeff Hoffman finishing up with an inning each Hoffman recorded his rd save Tyler Heineman of Toronto hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth against Ryan Walker his third of the season Heineman played briefly for the Giants in Adames second home run of the meeting came against Green in the seventh inning It left the bat at miles per hour and carried feet getting the Giants within - Lauer was done after six innings throwing pitches with strikes He had no walks and seven strikeouts including five of the first six Giants hitters Webb kept working out of trouble through five innings before Toronto eventually capitalized on all the traffic on the bases in the sixth scoring four times to take a - lead Bo Bichette opened with a single and was doubled to third by Addison Barger Webb got Joey Loperfido on an infield pop-up before Ernie Clement singled on a seven-pitch at-bat scoring Bichette and sending Barger to third That brought up Will Wagner who doubled in been Matos in left and Jung Hoo Lee to bring in two runs Tyler Heineman then hit a sinking liner to Ramos with the Giants left fielder getting a poor break on the ball and then failing to secure it on a dive It went for a double and another run By the time Webb got the third out he d thrown pitches in the inning after not throwing more than in any of the previous five innings Randy Rodriguez took over in the seventh with Webb having a percent strike percentage of but giving up the four earned runs on hits After Lauer had retried the first batters Adames hit a -foot home run to left field to give the Giants their first run of the challenge on their first hit It was also their first run in innings against Toronto The ball left the bat at miles per hour with Adames giving an admiring look as it sailed over the fence In the sixth Luis Matos doubled into the left field corner went to third on a fly to center by Patrick Bailey and scored on a fly to right by Ramos Matos scored despite a strong throw from Barger in right field Related Articles SF Giants top prospect Eldridge returns to Sacramento s lineup from hamstring injury Verlander roughed up offense shut out as SF Giants open second half with loss SF Giants call up left-hander Matt Gage ahead of first match of second half Five targets for SF Giants before the MLB bargain deadline Former SF Giants executive Bill Neukom dies at It was an remarkable first three innings for Webb who economized his pitch count while at the same time giving up four hits a walk and a hit batter He was helped by two double plays including a line drive to Casey Schmitt by Bo Bichette to end the third Lauer meanwhile gave up nothing through four innings struck out five and threw pitches