The San Francisco Giants lost to the Washington Nationals on Monday night. That much is probably long evident — I’m not sure how one would manage to bypass both the game and the headline, only to discover in the body of the article what the outcome was.
The Giants lost, first and foremost, because they did not pitch well. But if they had pitched well, they would have lost because they did not hit well. And if they had hit well, they would have lost because it was one of those nights.