SAN FRANCISCO -- Gary Sanchez nonchalantly dropped his bat, knowing immediately that the ball he had just crushed was gone. Left-hander Derek Holland knew it, too.

Sanchez¡¯s 467-foot grand slam -- the first of his career -- capped a five-run fifth inning for the Yankees and stood as the decisive blow in the Giants¡¯ 6-4 loss on Saturday afternoon at Oracle Park.

Manager Bruce Bochy claimed responsibility for the result afterward, confessing that he probably stuck with Holland for too long. Bochy had right-hander Trevor Gott warming during the fifth inning, but he decided to leave Holland in and give him a chance to face the Yankees¡¯ right-handed-heavy lineup a third time through the order. The move backfired.

¡°I took this one,¡± Bochy said. ¡°I own it. I tried to get him through the inning. That¡¯s my fault. I had Gott up, but I felt like [Holland] still had the stuff and was making good pitches against those guys. He made a mistake there.¡±

Holland looked sharp over the first four innings, limiting the Yankees to an RBI single by DJ LeMahieu that deflected off third baseman Evan Longoria¡¯s glove and allowed Cameron Maybin to score from second. But things started to unravel for Holland in the fifth after he yielded back-to-back singles to Maybin and Thairo Estrada and walked LeMahieu to load the bases for Luke Voit with one out.

Holland got ahead in the count, 1-2, but then clipped Voit on the right knee with a slider to force in a second run. Bochy considered bringing in Gott to face Sanchez, but he opted to leave Holland in. Sanchez also fell behind, 1-2, before crushing a sinker more than halfway up the left-field bleachers for a grand slam that made it 6-0.

While Holland said he didn¡¯t regret the pitch selection, he acknowledged that he got too fastball-happy inside and made himself a bit too predictable for the Yankees¡¯ hitters.

¡°Obviously, the pitch to Sanchez, I looked at the video, it was in a good spot,¡± Holland said. ¡°He was obviously waiting for it. It¡¯s kind of easy to just look one side of the plate if that¡¯s where you¡¯re at. So that¡¯s on me. I¡¯ve got to do a better job of executing more away.¡±

Holland said he appreciated Bochy¡¯s confidence in him and lamented that he couldn¡¯t reward his manager¡¯s faith by finding a way to navigate through the jam.

¡°Obviously, you love that, but when you get that opportunity, you want to continue to show that you can handle that and you belong out there,¡± Holland said. ¡°One pitch takes you out of the game. That¡¯s something I was always told by a pitching coach. You¡¯re one pitch from greatness and one pitch from humility. This is just one of those times that it was humility.¡±

The Giants were shut out through the first eight innings before Yangervis Solarte slugged a three-run home run to right field off Luis Cessa to cut the Yankees¡¯ lead to 6-3 in the ninth. It was Solarte¡¯s first home run of the season and his first with the Giants. Pinch-hitter Erik Kratz followed with a solo shot of his own, bringing the Giants within two and forcing the Yankees to bring in closer Aroldis Chapman.

But the Giants¡¯ last-ditch rally fell short, as Chapman subsequently struck out Pablo Sandoval to end the game.

¡°It just sucks that one pitch took away the whole game,¡± Holland said. ¡°Those guys fought back for me. That¡¯s where I¡¯m upset the most. Those guys fought back and put up the runs. You take away that grand slam, it¡¯s a probably a different ballgame, for sure.¡±