Alex Cobb received the largest contract given to a pitcher in Orioles history. On Saturday night, he showed his former team what could have been.

Cobb shut out Baltimore for 7 2/3 innings, allowing just five hits and striking out seven, in the San Francisco Giants’ 4-0 victory to even the clubs’ weekend series at Oracle Park.

On the verge of the 2018 season, Cobb signed a four-year, $57 million deal with Baltimore, going 7-22 with a 5.10 ERA over 41 starts before he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels with one year left on the contract. Owed $4.5 million in deferred payments from that agreement, Cobb will receive the fifth-largest paycheck from the Orioles (36-22) of any player this season.

Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish matched Cobb for two innings, but the Giants (29-29) struck for three runs in the third, the same frame Baltimore third baseman Gunnar Henderson exited with low back discomfort. Bradish lasted only one more inning before handing the game to the bullpen. After Bryan Baker inherited loaded bases from Keegan Akin and left them that way in the fifth, Cionel Pérez allowed an inherited runner to score on Bakers’ line in the sixth.

Bruce Zimmermann, an Ellicott City native, pitched two scoreless innings in his first major league appearance of the season.

This story will be updated.

Orioles at Giants

Sunday, 4:05 p.m.

TV: MASN2, MLB Network

Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM

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