The Dodgers got just about as good a start as possible with a three-game sweep in San Diego, outscoring the Padres 25-0. But then they lost three of four games to the rival Giants in San Francisco.
There are a couple ways to look at the series in San Francisco. For one, the Dodgers led all four games, including losses in games with leads of 4-0 and 5-0 plus another loss in a game with a no-hitter into the eighth inning.
Then again, the one win in San Francisco came in a game that saw a game-ending double play somehow not turned.