Giants plagued by four errors, four hit batters in 6-3 loss to Marlins

Justice delos Santos, Bay Area News Group on Jun 20, 2026

Published in Baseball

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To understand the ugliness of the Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Saturday evening at loanDepot Park, take a look at the play-by-play log for the bottom of the fourth inning.

Three pitchers were needed to record three outs. Trevor McDonald faced three and didn’t retire any, plunking a batter and allowing two singles before being pulled. Matt Gage recorded two outs, but not before walking a batter, hitting another, allowing a single and surrendering a two-run homer. JT Brubaker, mercifully, retired the only batter he faced. Somewhere along the way, catcher Eric Haase committed a throwing error.

From start to finish, the inning lasted more than 30 minutes. McDonald, Gage and Brubaker combined to throw 50 pitches. The Marlins scored four runs, effectively putting the game out of reach despite five innings remaining. If it wasn’t the ugliest singular inning of the season, it’s unquestionably near the top of the list.

The Giants (31-45) finished the loss having committed four errors and plunked four batters, the first time they’ve done both in a single game since moving to San Francisco. There have only been two other recorded instances in franchise history, both in New York, of the Giants having at least four errors and hitting four batters in a single game.

McDonald grinded through his shortest outing of the season, allowing five runs (three earned) over three-plus innings while walking three batters and hitting three more. The rookie righty was responsible for one of the runs he allowed when he missed first base in the bottom of the second, allowing a run to score on what should’ve been an inning-ending 3-1 putout.

One of San Francisco’s lone bright spots was left fielder Casey Schmitt, who totaled two doubles, two RBIs and hit his 16th home run of the season.

Schmitt nearly homered in the top of the second but settled for a double when his 394-foot fly ball bounced off the very top of the center field wall. The Giants’ utilityman made sure he wasn’t denied a homer his second time around when he sent a 414-foot blast to dead center, his first home run since June 5.

Along with Schmitt, center fielder Drew Gilbert had a three-hit game of his own.

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