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The San Francisco Giants have had a great deal of struggles so far during the 2026 season. Those struggles continued on Saturday, as the Giants narrowly avoided a brutal franchise record. The Giants lost to the Tampa Bay Rays , 5-1.
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“The San Francisco Giants elude a franchise record 8th shutout in their first 32 games, but lose once again, 5-1 to Tampa Bay , and drop to 13-19. They have lost all 5 games on this road and have yet to hit a HR,” USA Today columnist Bob Nightengale posted to X, formerly Twitter.
The frustrations spilled over for the Giants on Saturday. Multiple personnel were ejected after a controversial play. San Francisco thought they had a home run from Heliot Ramos , but the crew chief called it an out after a review.
An assistant coach and Giants pitcher Adrian Houser were ejected after the review . The Giants argued that the ball hit a catwalk at Tropicana Field, but the officials rejected that argument.
That call definitely left a sour taste in the Giants’ mouths.
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“You want to feel like you can overcome anything,’’ said team manager Tony Vitello, per MLB.com. “Having said that, the extra energy out of our dugout is understandable [after being shut out on Friday]. Our guys definitely listen way more than I do to the quote-unquote noise you hear about however many shutouts it has been. You’re dying for a run. … So scoring first or scoring in general is going to affect confidence.’’
Vitello wants his team to move on . San Francisco is looking for wins, after losing seven of the last 10 games.
“Regardless of where we stand here going into [Sunday], you’ve got to believe you make your own breaks,’’ Vitello said. “If you keep doing things the right way … things are going to work out a high percent of the time for you.’’
The Giants and Rays play again Sunday.
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