SAN FRANCISCO — For the three innings on Friday night, the Giants were back to playing their April brand of baseball.

They stole bases. They stacked extra-base hits. They cashed in with runners in scoring position. All the things they did during the season’s first full month.

The next six innings, by contrast, were emblematic of the baseball they’ve played over the last two months. They wasted numerous opportunities to keep taking on runs, and by night’s end, they have lost 7-6 to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Their losing streak has hit six games. They’re 59-63 on the season. And they’ve now lost 14 of their last 15 games at home, something that hasn’t been done since 1901.

Right-hander Landen Roupp pitched three-plus innings in his first start back from the injured list, allowing five earned

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