The San Francisco Giants lost to the Miami Marlins 8-0 in a game, with Houser's performance failing to perform well. Despite signing him to a two-year, $22 million deal to bolster the team's starting rotation, he has been struggling with consistency and consistency. He has allowed at least three runs in each of his five outings this year, leading to San Francisco dropping four of these games. The team's manager, Tony Vitello, attributed his performance to "just not executing when I needed to execute" and "just leaving balls over the plate". The Giants managed to rally for three runs against Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara in the fifth and eighth innings, but failed to overcome the short start.