All good things come to an end, or so I’m told, so it wasn’t particularly surprising when the Giants, in their bullpen game, scored the first runs on a Wednesday against the Sox in three weeks on a third-inning home run against Co-Cy Young favorite (alongside Tanner Houck) by something named Tom Murphy:
WAKE UP, HONEY
TOM MURPHY JUST HIT HIS FIRST HOME RUN AS A GIANT pic.twitter.com/ftCFjTg8md— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 1, 2024“Tom Murphy.” Sure. Likely story, pal. 1-0 nonetheless, scoreless streak over, but I know a ruse when I hear one.