In the ninth inning, when Sam Dyson allowed a sequence of homer-single-single-fielder’s choice-intentional walk-fielder’s choice-walk to lose the game, several people on Twitter remarked that this was so 2017 Giants. That this was the quintessential 2017 Giants loss. The only reason I didn’t join them is because I was too slow. I was thinking the same thing. Ha ha, what a bunch of maroons.
Except what is the Giants’ typical loss in 2017? Is it the game when Matt Moore can’t make it through four innings and they never have a shot? Yes. Is it the game when Madison Bumgarner pitches extremely well, but he gets 1.