SAN FRANCISCO — Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in San Francisco’s nine-run fourth inning and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Angels 13-6 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Giants’ struggling bats woke up in big fashion in the fourth inning to turn a 2-0 deficit into a big lead in a bullpen game for both teams. “You don’t see a nine-spot very often,” manager Bob Melvin said.
“When you come off a loss like that, when you left a lot of guys on base and the at-bats weren’t great, especially the situational at-bats. It’s good to see them come out and have a game like that.” That gave 29-year-old Spencer Bivens the victory in his long-awaited debut in the majors.
Jose Suarez (1-2) faced five batters in the fourth and didn’t retire any of them, getting replaced after allowing back-to-back two-run doubles to Thairo Estrada and Brett Wisely. “I feel like I made pretty good pitches,” Suarez said through an interpreter. “They put good contact on them.
I can’t control that.” Related Story: Up Next Giants: San Francisco begins a six-game road trip in Chicago against the Cubs. San Francisco hasn’t announced a starter for the opener on Monday.
Javier Assad (4-2, 2.81) starts for Chicago. Angels: Los Angeles returns home Monday to open a three-game series against Milwaukee with Jose Soriano (4-5, 3.
48 ERA) starting against Carlos Rodriguez (0-1, 4.91). Giants Put Kyle Harrison on DL Matt Chapman added a run-scoring infield single before Soler brok.
