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Three thought bubbles on a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at Citi Field.

Nothing good happened after Alex Cobb tweaked his groin. The Giants started giving up runs. They stopped scoring them. Baseball games were lost—two of them.

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Remember the last time we saw Max Scherzer? That wasn't very fun. Neither was Tuesday. He carried a no-hitter into the sixth. The Giants' most exciting swing was a flyout to the warning track.

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Doubleheaders are strange. The Giants won the first 4.5 innings of their marathon against the Mets. Then they lost the next 14.5 frames. The score mattered only at the midway point and at the end. The result? 0-2.