Rodon, who took a 3-1 lead into the sixth, allowed four runs and three hits over 5 2/3 innings. With one out in the sixth, he walked Willy Adames, and Jung Hoo Lee, who homered off Rodon in the fourth, cracked a three-run homer to put the Giants ahead 4-3 (Christian Koss led off the inning with an infield single).

Carlos Rodon had New York Yankees fans pulling their hair out once again in a loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, but there are several reasons to believe that better things are ahead for the high-priced lefty.

The injuries to Gerrit Cole, Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt produced two problematic structural problems for the Yankees rotation.