The Giants now are 2-7 in games in which the opposing team starts a left-hander and they’re a whopping 13-2 when the other team starts a righty.
Manager Bob Melvin insisted it’s a small sample, but until further notice, it’s a troubling trend that would need to change if the Giants are serious about contending this year.
Lefties with effective changeups, like Quintana, the Reds’ Nick Lodolo and the Angels’ Tyler Anderson, have been particularly challenging for Giants hitters.
San Francisco’s marquee free-agent signing, Willy Adames, is 3-for-33 off lefties. Wilmer Flores is 5-for-29, Patrick Bailey is 2-for-18 and Luis Matos is 2-for-21 in at-bats against southpaws. Speaking of Matos, he easily had the worst at-bat of the night when he was fed four changeups out of the strike zone and strangely swung at three of them. He badly missed the first two and finally made contact on the fourth, bouncing into a routine double play.
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