Doval blows rare save as SF Giants fall to Padres in 10 innings

SAN FRANCISCO — Camilo Doval blew his first save since re-entering the closer role and allowed his first earned runs since April 7 as the Giants fell to the San Diego Padres, 3-2, in 10 innings on Tuesday night at Oracle Park.

The blown save erased a great start by Landen Roupp, who pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings and lowered his ERA on the season to 3.18.

Heliot Ramos gave the Giants a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run shot to center field, a drive he admired for several seconds before flipping his bat and beginning to jog the bases. For most of the night, those two runs appeared to be enough.

Relievers Erik Miller and Tyler Rogers worked themselves into trouble in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively, following Roupp’s departure, but both managed to escape trouble without allowing a run. Camilo Doval was not able to do the same.

The Padres loaded the bases with two outs for Manny Machado against Doval on Brandon Lockridge’s single and back-to-back walks by Fernando Tatis Jr. and Luis Arraez. With the count at 1-1, Machado pulled a single into left field. Lockridge easily scored from third and Tatis beat Ramos’ all-out throw to the plate, tying the game at two apiece.

Doval limited further damage, but the lead was lost. The Giants couldn’t score in the bottom of the ninth, and the ballgame went to extras.

In the top of the 10th inning, Jake Cronenworth pushed across the go-ahead run against Spencer Bivens with a broken bat single to drive in Jackson Merrill, giving the Padres a 3-2 lead — their first lead of the night.

The Giants had an opportunity to tie the game in the bottom of the 10th, putting a runner at third with one out for the top of the order, but Ramos and Jung Hoo Lee hit into back-to-back groundouts to end the ballgame.

Hicks hits injured list, Hjelle recalled

Prior to Tuesday night’s game, the Giants placed right-hander Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to June 2) with right great toe inflammation.

In a corresponding move, the Giants recalled right-handed reliever Sean Hjelle from Triple-A Sacramento.

Hicks, 28, sustained the injury during his most recent appearance against the Miami Marlins on June 1, where he walked three batters and recorded one out.

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“You could see him get a little frustrated with the mound. That was more he was feeling his toe,” said manager Bob Melvin.

Hjelle, 28, posted a 2.97 ERA with 32 strikeouts over 30 1/3 innings for Sacramento.

Verlander throws second bullpen

Justin Verlander (right pectoral strain) threw his second bullpen since hitting the 15-day injured list on May 22 (retroactive to May 19).

“It was a lot better today,” Melvin said. “He felt great. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow.”

The next step is for Verlander to throw to hitters, though Melvin said he was unsure what day Verlander would do so. Melvin didn’t have an exact pitch count but said Verlander threw “a lot.”