Robbie Rays hamstring injury could put Giants rotation in tough spot NBC Sports Bay Area & California [Video]

The Giants’ playoff hopes are like a sunset slowly fading over the horizon, just not as picturesque or pleasing.

San Francisco’s painful push for the postseason absorbed another gut punch when starting pitcher Robbie Ray was forced out of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Mariners with a strained left hamstring in the fourth inning.

That left a lot of innings for an already heavily taxed bullpen to cover, which they did a decent job of for the most part in the 4-3 loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

The bullpen’s workload, though, is secondary in the big picture.

Ray is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday to reveal the extent of the hamstring injury. The 32-year-old, who missed the first four months of the 2024 MLB season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, sounded optimistic when talking to reporters after the game.

“I just felt it one one pitch, felt it kind of tighten up on me,” Ray told reporters in …