The Giants have lost all five of their games since the All-Star break, dropping them back to .500 on the season.
PHOENIX — Some 400 miles of distance, a different ballpark and a downgrade in competition from the first-place Dodgers to last-place D-backs wasn’t enough for the Giants to shed their slow start to the second half.
The Giants couldn’t muster a hit — or a base runner — off D-backs starter Merrill Kelly until the sixth, when Luis González led off with a double that just cleared the first-base bag. That failed to spark the bats, though, as he was doubled off second base two batters later, and two bunt singles amounted to their only other offense Monday night.
It might be too kind to call Kelly the Giants’ Kryptonite, only because this team doesn’t appear to have any super powers. But it’s tough to find a starter who has shut down the Giants as well as the 33-year-old Arizona State product this season. In three starts this season , Kelly has limited the Giants to four runs and 10 hits in 21⅓ innings .
García faced three batters and didn’t record an out. The Giants’ bullpen troubles continued the following inning, as Sam Long walked the first batter he faced and proceeded to give up a three spot, punctuated by Carson Kelly’s two-RBI double and Josh Rojas’ RBI single that officially put the game out of reach.
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