MIAMI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Ricky Nolasco allowed only a first-inning homer Friday and turned in an eight-inning effort that brought the Florida Marlins a 2-1 decision over San Francisco.
The Marlins ended a seven-game losing streak in the opener of a 10-game Giants road trip that will also take them to Atlanta and Houston.
Nolasco (9-8) gave up six hits with a walk and struck out four. He has 755 strikeouts with the Marlins for his career, just two short of the franchise record held by Dontrelle Willis.
The home run Nolasco allowed was hit by Pablo Sandoval and it was a historic one for the Giants. They have hit 20 consecutive solo home runs, the longest such streak in major league history. The Philadelphia Phillies hit 19 straight solo homers in 1914.
Florida made up its 1-0 deficit in the bottom of the first with Logan Morrison driving in a run with a triple and then scoring on a single by Mike Stanton.
Leo Nunez came on for Nolasco in the ninth to earn his 32nd save.
Matt Cain (9-9) suffered the loss despite giving up only two runs on six hits in six innings. The Giants have lost 11 out of 14.
