Verlander allowed two runs over six innings with six strikeouts but Eovaldi countered with six shutout innings and seven strikeouts as the Giants (17-10) lost to the Texas Rangers, 2-0, in front of a sellout crowd Friday night at Oracle Park.

Justin Verlander does not yet have a win with the San Francisco Giants, but for the second outing in a row, he did enough to claim one. Verlander went six innings and allowed two runs Friday night, but the Giants’ lineup got just one man past first base in his six innings,

Justin Verlander took the mound in the sixth inning with a one-run lead and a chance to finally get his first win as a Giant. Instead, he saw both slip away. A defensive miscue by left fielder Heliot