SF Giants’ winning streak snapped as Greene turns in masterful outing

SAN FRANCISCO The components of a pitcher s duel were in place The starters were Logan Webb and Hunter Greene a pair of All-Stars The venue was Oracle Park a pitcher s paradise The weather was crisp cold The question was who would blink first Webb was outstanding Green was just a bit better Webb threw seven shutout innings with strikeouts and no walks but Greene threw shutout innings and snapped the Giants seven-game winning streak as San Francisco lost to Cincinnati - in a battle of aces The damn didn t break until the eighth inning when the Reds - scored the challenge s first two runs A day removed from blowing a save Camilo Doval endured another brutal outing by gifting the Reds two free baserunners walk hit-by-pitch then allowing the runners to advance on a sacrifice bunt Erik Miller was called upon to put out the fire but after walking the first batter he faced Miller allowed a two-run double to Blake Dunn that gave Cincinnati a - lead For Greene those two runs appeared to be plenty Until the ninth Greene retired the first two batters he faced and flirted with a Maddux but the Giants chased Greene from the tournament as Jung Hoo Lee singled and Matt Chapman drew a walk The Reds called on Tony Santillan to shut the door but unlike Opening Day there wouldn t be another dramatic three-run game-altering homer Heliot Ramos sent a rocket to left field but the Reds Jacob Hurtubise tracked it down and awkwardly dove to corral the ball and end the tournament The Giants - best swing of the night off Greene was from Jung Hoo Lee who turned on a mph fastball and sent it to right-center field Unfortunately for Lee he was playing in a night contest at Oracle Park Lee s drive which would ve been a home run in of ballparks died at the warning track and the contest remained scoreless through six innings Lee helped out Webb s cause with a pair of slick sliding catches in the first and fifth innings Lee s efforts delighted the Hoo Lee Gangs a group of fans in the upper level wearing caps that looked like fire