Philly Special

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The Giants’ season died in Philadelphia after the doubleheader double walk-off.

Wednesday’s Reverse Philly did not revive their hopes. But it did provide a roadmap of the joy that can still lie ahead in this beautiful mess.

Bryce Eldridge, Rafael Devers, and Jung Hoo Lee all homered. It’s been a while since we saw a .319 average and .963 OPS in the heart of the order.

Carson Whisenhunt threw five solid innings. I’d like to see a lot more Whisenhunt in my box score and a lot less Houser.

Old friends Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, and Dominic Smith were in the crosshairs of it all. Nothing gets me going like remembering all good times we had with Dubon.

I was entertained. That’s more than we can say for much of the previous three months.

Up next: Landen Roupp (5-7, 4.24 ERA) takes the mound as the Giants go for a sweep (?) of the best team in baseball. He’ll face Martín Pérez (5-3, 2.90) at 4:15 pm.