Jordan Hicks failed to cover home plate, and Jorge Soler made three outs in two chances with the bases loaded.
Philadelphia Phillies’ Trea Turner, right, scores on the pass ball as San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jordan Hicks, left, tries to make the tag during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA — Facing the stiffest test of his short career as a starting pitcher, the biggest impact Jordan Hicks made Friday night against the Phillies wasn’t anything he did on the mound. It was his delay getting off of it.
Soler has come to the plate 26 times with runners in scoring position and delivered hits only three times, a .115 batting average. As a team Friday, the Giants stranded eight men on base and went 2-for-11 in opportunities with runners in scoring position. Entering the series, the Phillies owned a wRC+ of 111, with 100 as the league average, the seventh-best mark in the majors, so it should come as no surprise that they caused Hicks more trouble than he faced in any of his previous starts.
Allowing the Phillies to take a 3-2 lead in the third inning, Hicks threw 10 straight pitches outside the strike zone. Eight of them helped put Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto on base with free passes, and one Alec Bohm swung at and lined into left field, driving home Kyle Schwarber, who reached on Matt Chapman’s second error of the game.
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