For the purposes of this headline, I mean a four-seam fastball. I know you’re reading this not even thinking about that. You’re thinking about Pavin Smith’s absolute bomb of a walk-off 2-run home run against Randy Rodríguez that extended the San Francisco Giants’ losing streak to a season-high 5 games in a 4-2 loss against their Wild Card division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It stunk.
But! It probably was to be expected. The Giants are without some of their better hitters, with Thairo Estrada still out after jamming his thumb a few days ago.