TORONTO — Brandon Belt said before this series began that he hoped to homer off Logan Webb, joking that “I just want embarrass his whole family.” The former Giants first baseman sure gave it his best shot, hammering fly balls a combined 739 feet in his first two trips to the plate, but Toronto didn’t need to leave the ballpark to punch Webb harder than any team this season.
The Blue Jays brought nine men to the plate and tagged Webb for five runs in the first inning, putting the Giants into a rare hole that proved too deep to climb out of. Dropping the middle game of their series here, 6-1, the Giants lost for the first time away from Oracle Park since Memorial Day weekend, snapping a San Francisco-era record of 10 straight road wins.
A night after the Giants toppled the Blue Jays’ top starter, Kevin Gausman, with a bullpen game, Toronto gave San Francisco a dose of the same medicine. A quartet of Blue Jays relievers combined to limit the Giants to one run on six hits — three from LaMonte Wade Jr. — or the number Toronto totaled in the first inning alone.
