PHOENIX — Major League Baseball spent most of the offseason working on changes to improve pace of play. A few more months like this from the Giants lineup might singlehandedly fix the problem.
Patrick Corbin needed just two hours, five minutes and 100 pitches to one-hit the Giants. The lone knock in a 1-0 loss at Chase Field was a check-swing, shift-busting, infield single from Brandon Belt with two outs in the eighth.
The effort, or lack thereof, wasted a gem from Johnny Cueto, who struck out 11 in seven innings but could only watch as Tony Watson gave up the night’s lone run in the bottom of the eighth.