The Giants’ losing streak reached seven games — and 15 of 16 at home — despite seven shutout innings from Justin Verlander.

CJ Abrams homered and the Nationals spoiled a milestone achievement by San Francisco's Justin Verlander as Washington beat the Giants 8-0.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/giants as Giants Reveal Reason Starting Pitcher Landen Roupp Is Landing on Injured List. The San Francisco Giants' pitching was a strength for the team throughout the early portion of the 2025 MLB regular season, but that has not been the case recently.

The future Hall of Famer began his afternoon by striking out James Wood swinging with an elevated 95.3 mph four-seam fastball. He followed up by punching out CJ Abrams swinging with a down-and-in slider that dropped off the table, bringing him one strikeout away from history.

With a sloppy 8-4 loss on Thursday at Petco Park, the Giants have lost 10 of their last 12 games. They’re 61-67, a season-low six games below .500, and will now fly to Milwaukee for three games against the Brewers — the best team in baseball.

Gavin Sheets hit two of San Diego's four home runs and drove in four runs, and Fernando Tatis Jr. robbed San Francisco's Rafael Devers of a homer as the Padres beat the Giants 8-1 on Wednesday night.

Giants: Justin Verlander (1-9, 4.32 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 95 strikeouts); Padres: Dylan Cease (5-11, 4.61 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 171 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres take a 2-1 lead into the latest game of the series against the San Francisco Giants.