The Giants have emerged as one of the biggest surprises in the Majors over the first two months of the 2021 campaign, but they came crashing back down to Earth following a disappointing weekend at Oracle Park.

Anthony DeSclafani allowed a career-high 10 runs and didn’t make it out of the third inning, and the Giants’ bats were held in check for most of the afternoon by left-hander Julio Urías, leading to a lopsided 11-5 loss that sealed a three-game sweep by the rival Dodgers on Sunday.

The Giants (28-19) came into their first series with the Dodgers looking to boost their credibility, but they instead slipped from first to third place in the loaded National League West after losing a season-high three games in a row.

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San Francisco dropped two games behind the Padres (30-17), who surged to the top of the division after extending their winning streak to nine games. The Dodgers (29-18), who were without Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager on Sunday, moved one game ahead of the Giants in the standings after winning 11 of their last 12 games.

The Padres, Dodgers and Giants hold the top three records in the NL, setting up an extremely tight race that will likely go down to the wire. While the Giants remain confident in their ability to stick around as legitimate contenders, they can ill-afford prolonged skids if they expect to keep up with the Padres and Dodgers this summer.

“I think, first and foremost, we’re acknowledging the fact we got beat every which way in this series,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “They made more pitches than us, got more big hits than us, they played better defense. They converted more plays into outs than we did. When that happens, the only thing to do is to get back up quickly off the mat, turn the page and get ready for the next game.”

DeSclafani, who entered Sunday with a 2.03 ERA, gave up nine hits, including a pair of hits to Urías and a grand slam to Gavin Lux, and recorded only eight outs in his shortest outing of the season. The 31-year-old right-hander became the first Giants pitcher to give up 10 runs in a start since Ty Blach on May 6, 2017, at Cincinnati.

“Extremely frustrating,” DeSclafani said. “I felt good. At the end of the day, it’s baseball. It’ll humble you really quick. It’s just the way the game goes sometimes.”

The Giants’ starting rotation came into Sunday with an MLB-best 2.57 ERA this season, but Alex Wood, Scott Kazmir and DeSclafani were outpitched by Trevor Bauer, Walker Buehler and Urías, who combined to hold San Francisco to four runs (three earned) over 19 1/3 innings.

“They're spinning the ball well, better than they ever have,” outfielder Austin Slater said of the Dodgers’ starters. “They were attacking the zone early. I think if you find yourself behind to those guys, it's going to be a tough day.”

Urías flirted with perfection on Sunday, retiring the first 16 batters he faced before giving up an infield single to Mike Tauchman with one out in the sixth. Tauchman’s dribbler came off the bat at 55.5 mph and had an expected batting average of .160, according to Statcast. Two batters later, Urías lost his shutout bid when Slater hammered a 1-2 fastball out to left field for his fifth home run of the year.

Urías, who struck out 10 over six innings, departed with an 11-2 lead, but San Francisco showed late signs of life after scoring three runs in the eighth off reliever Edwin Uceta.

The Giants won’t have to wait long for another opportunity to test themselves against the defending World Series champions. After a two-game series in Arizona, the Giants will head to Los Angeles to kick off a four-game series at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.

“It’s for sure disappointing, but at the same time, this series can't take away from what we've done so far,” DeSclafani said. “We're still in a really good spot. We're going to have series where we get swept. It is what it is. There's ups and downs in every season. We have a really good team, and I believe in every single one of our guys. These three games don't take away anything.”