Reeling SF Giants allow Reds to snap 8-game losing streak

SAN FRANCISCO — The rules of the game stipulated there had to be a winner Friday night. There are no ties in baseball. Try as they might, two teams cannot lose one game.

Pitted against a team that had lost its past eight games, the reeling Giants made winners out of the Cincinnati Reds for the first time since last Monday as their own early-season freefall continued in a 4-2 loss to open a nine-game home stand.

Unable to muster more than two runs to support seven strong innings from Logan Webb...