Johnny Cueto was excellent, and the Giants scored a week's worth of runs in the final three innings.
On Thursday night, the Giants were being sucked into the death spiral, frantically clawing with their free hand and shrieking for help. They got free. Everything worked out. To everyone watching, it looked like a memorable victory, and it surely was. But they had to screw up enough for it to be that memorable. It was a rousing comeback story, and while we all love those, it’s hard to build a championship contender with nothing but rousing comeback stories.
On Friday night, the Giants looked like a normal contender.