Showalter on Jones: "He's so easy to trust" (O's down 6-0)

SAN FRANCISCO - The Orioles remain on their road trip and Adam Jones figures to remain on a roll. No matter how the rest of the offense is functioning.

Jones' eight-game hitting streak covers stops in Chicago, Oakland and San Francisco. He grounded out in his first at-bat tonight, but he's 16-for-36 since leaving Baltimore.

The damage includes one double, two home runs, four RBIs and five runs scored. His average climbed to .279, its highest point of the season. He was batting .234 at the end of May.

The Orioles scored three runs over the first three games against the Athletics, all losses, but Jones kept producing.

"He's so easy to trust because Adam's always going to seek his level," said manager Buck Showalter. "He never gives in, he's always engaged in the competition and engaged in the effort it takes to compete. He doesn't wallow around in self-pity and doesn't take himself too seriously and he doesn't let previous at-bats ... You can have some tough at-bats that don't look particularly well and the next time up do something really good for the club.

"I think when you've had the history with Adam that we've had, he's such a competitive guy and loves when the Orioles win."

They've started to do it again, taking the last game in Oakland and the first at AT&T Park, where the shadows spread across the infield will work to the pitchers' advantage in the early innings.

As if Madison Bumgarner needs any help.

Jones collected two singles off Matt Cain in the first two innings last night and walked in his third plate appearance.

"He's very quietly, I looked up there last night and he's up over .280," Showalter said. "With that number of at-bats, that takes some pretty consistent production over a pretty good period of time to move something that far that he's moved it. He's on pace for a career-high in walks and he's done a lot better job of taking what they give him."

Bumgarner retired the Orioles in order in the first, though Manny Machado drove center fielder Denard Span to the fence for the final out. Bumgarner threw 13 pitches and was back in the dugout.

Kevin Gausman's allowed 13 runs in the first inning this season, but he stranded Angel Pagan and Buster Posey tonight after a pair of walks. Span lined to left fielder Nolan Reimold, Brandon Belt struck out and Brandon Crawford grounded out. Crawford swung at the first pitch after Posey's free pass.

Gausman threw 23 pitches, only 10 for strikes.

Update: Gausman has tied his career high with four walks in two innings, thrown 57 pitches and trails the Giants 2-0. Denard Span singled into center field with two outs in the second to score Hunter Pence and Joe Panik.

Panik reached on ground-rule double with one out, the ball eluding Reimold in left-center field.

Update II: Span produced another two-out, two-run single in the sixth to increase the Giants' lead to 4-0.

Vance Worley walked Eduardo Nunez with one out and Panik produced his second ground-rule double.

Ubaldo Jimenez will work the seventh.

Update III: Jimenez walked the first batter he faced and Brandon Belt homered to right field to increase the lead to 6-0.