How do you lose a game before thousands of fans have reached their seats?
You miss a fly ball in the early evening sun.
You place a perfect two-strike pitch on the corner, only to have it called a ball.
You fail to sneak a first-pitch fastball by Jurickson Profar, and see it launched into the right field seats for a grand slam.
Six batters. Four runs. Game over.
It didn’t have to be the end. The Padres didn’t get another hit until the seventh inning. But the Giants were almost as ineffective, sprinkling four hits across two hours, 10 minutes. And all you needed to see was the first seven minutes.
Up next: Logan Webb (0-1, 6.52 ERA) and Matt Waldron (0-1, 9.00 ERA) square off in the rubber match, 1:05 p.m. first pitch.