Giants Magic Dies: Phillies 6 Giants 4

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 06: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies drives in Justin Crawford with a double in the top of the fifth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on April 06, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) | Getty Images It wasn’t Andrew Painter’s best start.

It just wasn’t. In the four-inning, 90-pitch outing for the rookie right-hander, there was bad command, which led to hitters’ counts and good swings from the Giants offense. That San Francisco offense might not have capitalized in the first.

After back-to-back singles from Luis Arraez and Matt Chapman, he did not look ready for his mix quite yet. Rafael Devers popped up a slider in on his hands for the second out of the inning and Heliot Ramos couldn’t handle the power of the cut-fastball. Painter wasn’t the only pitcher that needed to work around base runners.

The veteran sinker-baller Adrian Houser struggled against the bottom of the Phillies order in the third, allowing an infield single from JT Realmuto and walking Justin Crawford on four pitches. Houser then pounded Turner with sinkers after a first pitch breaking ball then slowed him down with an inside changeup off the same tunnel. Kyle Schwarber half swung at an inside slider for a strikeout, then Bryce Harper hit a soft grounder to end the inning.