SAN FRANCISCO -- For the second consecutive day, the Giants took a comfortable lead into the ninth inning. For the second consecutive day, they watched it disappear.

Closer Trevor Gott surrendered two home runs in the ninth inning, including a go-ahead, three-run shot to Mark Canha with two outs, that wiped away a three-run lead and saddled the Giants with a devastating 7-6 loss to the A’s on Saturday at Oracle Park.

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The implosion came one day after the Giants (8-14) blew a five-run lead in the ninth, culminating in an 8-7 loss in 10 innings in Friday night’s Bay Bridge Series opener. It was the Giants’ first defeat when leading by five or more runs in the ninth inning or later since June 25, 1929, against the Brooklyn Robins, according to Stats LLC.

“I think it’s very difficult to deal with the last couple of losses,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “It’s part of baseball. But at the same time, I think it’s appropriate to feel the sting of them and to acknowledge the sting of them. Beyond that, I know we have better baseball in us. I really believe in this team to play better baseball than we’ve been playing.”

The Giants seized a 6-3 lead after Darin Ruf crushed a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh, but Gott once again couldn’t put the A’s away in the ninth. The 27-year-old right-hander was charged with the loss on Friday after surrendering a game-tying grand slam to Stephen Piscotty, but Kapler wanted to give him an opportunity to redeem himself and put his previous bad outing behind him.

The inning began ominously. Sean Murphy opened the ninth by crushing a first-pitch fastball out to center field for a leadoff homer that brought the A’s within two. After a popout by Marcus Semien, Gott coaxed a fly ball to right-center field from Tony Kemp. But veteran outfielder Hunter Pence misplayed it, taking a circuitous route to the ball and allowing it to fall over his head for a double.

“He just didn’t get a good read on the ball and misjudged it,” Kapler said.

Matt Chapman flied out for the second out, but Gott subsequently walked Matt Olson to put a pair of runners on for Canha. Canha worked a full count before pouncing on a fastball down the middle, sending it out to left field to put the A’s ahead, 7-6.

“They put good swings on bad pitches,” Gott said. “That’s what happens at the Major League level.”

Gott, who recorded a 1.50 ERA over his first six appearances of the season, has now surrendered nine runs over his last two outings, including four home runs. The Giants’ pitching staff has allowed 36 homers through 22 games this season, the second-most in the Majors behind the D-backs.

“It happens. It’s baseball,” Gott said. “It happens to everyone. I just happened to have two in a row. It’s very unfortunate. Those were tough losses. But you have to keep going. Obviously, it’s not as long of a season as it usually is, but there’s a lot of baseball still left.”

While the Giants’ rotation has started to coalesce following strong performances from Johnny Cueto, Logan Webb and Kevin Gausman, who struck out a career-high 11 over 5 2/3 innings on Saturday, the bullpen remains a major question mark due to the club’s lack of experienced back-end relief options. Veteran left-hander Tony Watson has been solid, but Tyler Rogers, like Gott, has experienced his share of hiccups and two hard-throwing right-handers -- Sam Coonrod and Reyes Moronta -- are currently on the injured list.

Kapler, for his part, said he’s confident that Gott will rebound from this rough patch and show that he can be trusted to lock down late-inning leads in the future.

“I still believe in Trevor Gott,” Kapler said.

Kapler prides himself on his ability to communicate with his players, though he said before the game that he isn’t a fan of calling team meetings to rally the clubhouse during tough times. The events of the last two nights may force him to reconsider, as the Giants have now lost 10 of their last 13 games to sink to the bottom of the National League West.

“It’s something that I’ll think about tonight,” Kapler said.