Games like yesterday's late-night extra-inning tooth-and-nail victory can act as a little glimmer of happiness. Especially in the middle of slumps. Games like tonight's can take that happiness, crush it into a little cube, and launch it into the sun. Today's 7 o'clock skirmish against the Giants was nothing but a straight up bummer.
Ian Kennedy, following two straight games of almost identical 1-run starts, accomplished the same feat tonight. Only, his earned run was tailed by 5 other unearned runs, 4 of them in the form of a Buster Posey grand slam.