César Perdomo gave the Giants a steady start Wednesday, but it wasn’t enough to keep San Francisco from dropping the rubber match to the Twins, 4-2, at Oracle Park.
Perdomo worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs while striking out two and walking none, building on a strong outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend. The 24-year-old finishes his first major league run with a 3.65 ERA across 24 2/3 innings, along with 14 strikeouts and seven walks.
San Francisco’s offense never found much traction, with Shay Whitcomb driving in both runs. Whitcomb singled home Andrew Knizner and Marcelo Mayer in the bottom of the fourth.
The loss also means the Giants will go through the entire season without a four-game winning streak, something every other team in the league managed. They did at least avoid going a full season without a three-game sweep, having taken care of the Cardinals earlier.
There was another concern in the sixth inning when rookie outfielder Bo Davidson fouled a pitch off the top of his right foot. Davidson stayed in after a trainer checked on him and finished the at-bat, but he was pulled before the top of the ninth. It’s not the first time that’s happened to him this month, either, after he fouled a pitch off himself earlier in Triple-A Sacramento.
The Giants’ young pitching picture took another blow Tuesday when Blade Tidwell was diagnosed with a “high-grade” UCL sprain and recommended surgery. Tidwell is expected to miss the entire 2027 season, and he joins Hayden Birdsong, Trevor McDonald and Carson Whisenhunt as 25-year-old starters set to undergo UCL procedures.
With Tidwell, Birdsong, McDonald and Whisenhunt all projected to miss time next year, the next group of arms - Perdomo, Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson, Anthony Molina, Yunior Marte and Joe Whitman - now stand as the organization’s depth.
Left-hander Philip Abner, meanwhile, was claimed by the New York Mets after being designated for assignment Monday. That came after a rough weekend at Dodger Stadium, where he gave up four home runs in one inning Friday and then was sent back out Saturday. In a tied game, Abner entered in the bottom of the fifth with two on and two out, walked the first hitter he saw, then gave up back-to-back singles before left fielder Turner Hill threw out a runner at the plate to end the inning.
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