Exorcise your demons

Giants 13, Angels 6

Sunday's game picked up where Saturday's left off. A would-be three-run homer caught at the warning track. A runner caught off third on a ground ball. Pain and misery taking turns with runners in scoring position.

Then, as I once tweeted for Sports Illustrated, the floodgates opened. A baseball exorcism occurred. A nine-run inning.

It started slowly and crescendoed on one swing, a 102 mph blast off the bat of Jorge Soler. He's been the poster child of the Giants' woes this season. One pitch can't erase three miserable months, but it can mark a new beginning. A new season within the season.

The .224 average and .692 OPS aren't going anywhere. But over the last 24 hours he's batting 1.000 with runners in scoring position. That's a good start.

Up next: Jorge Soler and his sombrero are heading to Wrigley Field for three games. It’ll be Jordan Hicks (4-3, 3.01 ERA) against Javier Assad (4-2, 2.81 ERA) at 5:05 p.m. The Cubs have been in a funk for weeks. We’ll know in three days how that worked out for the Giants.