SAN FRANCISCO — The comeback efforts were ultimately for naught. The Giants scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to push Wednesday night’s ballgame to extras but ultimately lost, 8-5, to the Miami Marlins and are now in danger of being swept at home by one of baseball’s worst teams.

San Francisco scored two runs in the ninth to push the game to extras, but allowed four runs in the top of the 10th

Giants manager Bob Melvin speaks to reporters after San Francisco's 4-2 series-opening loss to the Miami Marlins on Tuesday at Oracle Park.Giants' bats struggle behind Justin Verlander in series-openi

We're closing in on 20 years since Barry Bonds last took the field for the San Francisco Giants, leading many to wonder when, exactly, the team plans to honor the franchise icon with its ultimate tribute: a statue at Oracle Park.

On Wednesday morning, Giants CEO Larry Baer told 95.7 The Game’s “The Morning Roast” that a statue of franchise legend and MLB home run king Barry Bonds is “on the radar.”