ATLANTA — Carlos Rodón deserved to win. His bullpen let him down. And the Giants lost on a walk-off for the second time in three games with the defending World Series champions.
When Rodón left this game — an eventual 4-3 defeat that dropped the Giants to .500 through the first six games of this trip — the Braves had managed just one run on three hits. He handed over a 2-1 lead to his bullpen that would grow to 3-1 by the time Jake McGee entered for the save opportunity in the ninth.
McGee surrendered a home run to Dansby Swanson to lead off the final frame — all Mike Yastrzemski could do was jump and watch as the ball carried over the center field wall — and Tyler Rogers gave up the game-winning hit to Adam Duvall, allowing William Contreras to race home, dropping the Giants to 38-30.
