Madison Bumgarner allowed two home runs, and the Giants scored a single run. It's hard to win that way.
After almost a week without real baseball, it’s almost impossible to describe how disconcerting it is to watch the Padres thoroughly outplay the Giants. If you had an Estonian friend in town who had never seen an inning of baseball, he or she would have driven you nuts.
Estonian friend: This Cashner man with strong beard ... he throws harder than your Bumgarner with lesser beard, no?
You: He does, but, you see, in baseball, the actual velocity is not nearly important as .