All three of the Marlins’ runs came in the second inning, started by a solo shot off the bat of Avisail Garcia but aided by a miscue by Michael Conforto.

Harrison had already recorded two outs when Bryan De La Cruz lifted a pop fly into shallow left field. The slow-footed Conforto gave chase but seemed to get caught in between pursuing a diving catch — Yastrzemski provided an example later, robbing catcher Nick Fortes of a hit — and the safe play of letting the ball drop in front of him.

With two potential runs on the bases, Conforto launched feebly off his feet and tumbled to the outfield grass as the ball skirted behind him. One run scored easily, and a second barely outraced Nick Ahmed’s relay throw, which snuck past catcher Patrick Bailey and allowed De La Cruz to chug into third on a Little League-looking play.

That was all the Marlins got off Harrison, who used his fastball and changeup on all but five of his 85 pitches while holding Miami off the board over his other five innings.

Opposite Harrison, Cabrera didn’t look like a pitcher who missed most of spring training and was making his first start of the season.

Mixing a changeup with the velocity of an average pitcher’s two-seamer, a heater that sat in the upper-90s and a pair of sharp-breaking secondary pitches, the 26-year-old righty struck out 10 Giants — the most by a Miami starter this season — and induced 17 swings and misses in six innings while limiting them to a lone run.

That effort, however, was put to waste almost as soon as he hit the showers.

Up next

The Giants have two chances to clinch their first road series win of the season, with Jordan Hicks (2-0, 1.00) set to start the second game of the series Tuesday and Keaton Winn (0-3, 5.06) in the finale on Wednesday. They will be opposed by a pair of lefties, Ryan Weathers (1-1, 2.57) and A.J. Puk (0-3, 5.91).

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