SAN FRANCISCO — The comeback efforts were ultimately for naught. The Giants scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to push Wednesday night’s ballgame to extras but ultimately lost, 8-5, to the Miami Marlins and are now in danger of being swept at home by one of baseball’s worst teams.

But the episode, one that unfolded in the middle of a 12-5 loss to the Marlins, encapsulated the Giants’ collective frustrations. The frustration of being swept by Miami and finishing the nine-game homestand with six losses.

The SF Giants have been hit a lot by opposing pitchers, and they are understandably, fed up with it. Young pitcher Hayden Birdsong made a realiatory statement, hitting Otto López in the first inning a

Otto Lopez had three hits and three RBI, and Agustin Ramirez had two hits and scored twice for Miami, which has won three in a row to match its longest winning streak of the season.

In early April 2024, the Marlins claimed a little-known infielder two years removed from the Majors with just nine big league games on his resume. Fourteen months later, Otto Lopez is Miami’s everyday shortstop.

Otto Lopez hit the go-ahead RBI single in a four-run 10th inning and the Miami Marlins knocked off the San Francisco Giants 8-5 on Wednesday night to win consecutive series for the first time this