SAN FRANCISCO – Heliot Ramos is the hottest hitter in the Giants’ lineup. The problem is, he’s not getting much help from anyone else.
Ramos homered for the second consecutive game to go with a pair of hard-hit doubles and drove in all three of San Francisco’s runs during its 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon at Oracle Park.
Once again, the Giants had trouble delivering with men on base. They stranded a pair of runners in scoring position in the first, left a guy at second in the second, failed to score after loading the bases in the fifth, then stranded two more players in scoring position over the final four innings.
Right fielder Mike Yastrzemski sent a jolt of energy through the crowd of 36,235 when he made a tremendous diving catch to rob Mickey Moniak of a hit in the sixth. Earlier in the game Moniak smashed a solo home run off Giants’ starter Keaton Winn.
Winn didn’t pitch poorly but remained winless since April 27.
Reliever Ryan Walker (4-3), who had not allowed a run in 29 of his previous 35 outings, took the loss after giving up an unearned run in the seventh.
One night after hitting a three-run homer as part of a five-run eighth inning, Ramos picked right up where he left off. He crushed 3-2 fastball from Patrick Sandoval for his eighth home run of the season, tied for the team lead.
