Evan Longoria’s bases clearing double is easily the best moment of his Giants’ career. This surpasses him breaking up Germán Márquez’s no-hitter earlier in the month. I had chalked this up as another dull loss where the Giants were outclassed and where the only silver lining being the Giants kept Cody Bellinger from defaming Oracle Park with a monstrous dinger.
It’s fitting that this came on a night where Longoria had been benched to get Pablo Sandoval a start. After Buster Posey struck out with the bases loaded, Longoria stepped up to the plate and the rally was already dead.