Urena loses it in sixth inning

Giants score five times after pitcher puts on odd display at bat and on base.

SAN FRANCISCO — Jose Urena did some strange stuff Wednesday.

He bunted his way aboard on a two-strike pitch to lead off the third inning. Then he decided to become a daredevil on the bases when he took off running on a lazy fly ball that was caught for a routine out. By the time Urena realized his mistake, it was too late. He was doubled off first.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen that,” said manager Don Mattingly.

The Marlins lost 6-5 to the Giants not because of Urena’s hitting and running quirks, though. They lost

because of one bad inning by the pitcher, who was cruising along nicely until the sixth, when he fell apart completely.

With the Marlins clinging to a 1-0 lead, Urena suffered through an excruciatingly long 39-pitch inning in which he gave up five runs.

While the Marlins staged yet another ninth-inning comeback, they came up short.

And so ended what was an entertaining season series with the Giants, seven games packaged within the short span of 10 days. It was one that involved four Marlins comeback wins, a 16-inning thriller that they lost, and Tuesday’s beanball battle in which two Marlins were ejected and the Giants pulled out a 6-3 win.

There was no unruliness on Wednesday. Everyone kept their manners.

For the first time in their seven games with the Giants, the Marlins on Wednesday were the first to score, coming up with a second-inning run on a Miguel Rojas single. But they couldn’t make it stick.

After holding the Giants scoreless for five innings, Urena came undone in the sixth. He gave up a leadoff walk to Kelby Tomlinson, hits to Joe Panik and Brandon Belt, and an intentional walk to Pablo Sandoval. Urena was one out from escaping the sixth with only two runs as damage.

But he couldn’t get the third out.

Urena battled Gorkys Hernandez through a 14-pitch at-bat before the former Mar- lin singled to drive in two runs, and the pitcher’s outing ended there.

Still, the Marlins weren’t done. The Marlins pulled to within 5-3 in the seventh and had a chance to do more damage. But with two runners aboard, Giants reliever Tony Watson retired Brian Anderson and J.T. Realmuto to end that threat.

The Marlins scored two more runs in the ninth off Sam Dyson and had two aboard with two outs. But Reyes Moronta struck out J.B. Shuck to end it.

THEARON W. HENDERSON / GETTY IMAGES Manager Don Mattingly (middle) takes out starter Jose Urena during a five-run sixth inning Wednesday. The Marlins lost 6-5 to the Giants.

PHOTOS BY THEARON W. HENDERSON / GETTY IMAGES An off-balance JT Riddle throws to first base to get the Giants’ Mac Williamson at AT&T Park.

Cameron Maybin is greeted by teammates after scoring in the second inning. The 1-0 lead help up until the bottom of the sixth when the Giants scored five times.