You know how Jack In The Box toys take forever to do anything and then explode with a loud burst in an instant? It’s just waiting and waiting and waiting and then you have a heart attack from the sudden noise? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, enjoy a quick visual aid.
You just watched the baseball version of that.
There were 53 outs recorded in that game and 11 runs. Four runs through the first 40 outs, then seven across the final 13.
It looked like one of those nights where a tough pitcher just stymies a good offense; only for things to get really weird really fast down the stretch.