Giants beat Mariners in amusing fashion, 4-3

The Giants beat the Seattle Mariners tonight, 4-3. The game felt an awful lot like a metaphor for the 2018 season and its never-ending dance with .500. The Giants would take the lead, then give it right back a half inning later, rinse, repeat. Had the Giants lost this game, they would have been back at .500 on the season. Thankfully, however, that was not to be as the Giants were able to close it out when it mattered, which will perhaps continue to be a metaphor for the rest of the season. But I’m not going to hold my breath.

It was a wild night. The Giants’ starter, Andrew Suárez went five and two thirds innings, getting only one strike out, issuing two walks and giving up three earned runs…