Heliot Ramos comes through as SF Giants complete sweep of Athletics

SAN FRANCISCO Justin Verlander came into the season with wins the largest part in Major League Baseball No is proving to be elusive as Verlander struggled with his command through four innings received a no decision and departed trailing by a run That didn t stop the Giants from completing a three-game sweep of the Athletics courtesy of Heliot Ramos before a crowd of on Sunday at Oracle Park Ramos hit the first pitch he saw for a solo home run in the first inning then grounded an RBI single to left in the eighth to help give the Giants a - win over the A s Ramos home run off A s starter Jeffrey Springs was his eighth of the season Two pinch-hitters figured in a two-run rally in the eighth off reliever Tyler Ferguson with LaMonte Wade Jr hitting a triple to right center and scoring on Patrick Bailey s ground single to center After a sacrifice bunt by Christian Koss Ramos single put the Giants ahead as they improved to - The Athletics fell to - After Ramos initial blast Springs retired the next hitters before Matt Chapman singled with two out in the seventh A s manager Mark Kotsay then went to right-hander Justin Sterner who walked Willy Adames before he retired pinch hitter Mike Yastrzemski on a fly to center to retain a - lead In innings Springs threw pitches of them strikes with no walks and five strikeouts After Verlander appeared to right himself in a -pitch - - third inning he ran into trouble after getting the first two outs in the fourth Luis Urias doubled over the head of Ramos in left with Verlander walking the No and hitters Max Schuemann and Jhonny Pereda Lawrence Butler followed with a first-pitch two-run single to center driving in Urias and Schuemann Related Articles How Hayden Birdsong Jordan Hicks reacted to SF Giants rotation swap SF Giants Flores delivers walk-off walk in th inning to beat A s SF Giants move Hicks to bullpen bring Birdsong into rotation Athletics phenom Jacob Wilson debuting at Giants beautiful ballpark with Coke bottle Flores hits three homers as SF Giants rout A s in return to Bay Area By that point Verlander was up to pitches only of them strikes with five walks When the fourth opened Spencer Bivins was on the mound and Verlander was still looking for his first win as a Giant in starts At no point did Verlander throw a pitch faster than miles per hour After Verlander s departure Bivins two innings Eric Miller Randy Rodriguez and Ryan Walker held the A s scoreless with Walker getting his eighth save Rodriguez - was the winning pitcher with Ferguson - taking the loss for the Athletics