Pulling off a four-game sweep is tough, and it’s especially tough when the opposing starter pitches as well as Germán Márquez pitched today. From the moment Márquez struck out Steven Duggar with a nasty backfoot curveball to begin the bottom of the first, it was clear that the Giants were in trouble.
The Giants didn’t get a baserunner until Kevin Pillar was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. They didn’t get a hit until Evan Longoria sent a grounder between third and short. It was a beautiful hit, perhaps Longoria’s crowning moment as a San Francisco Giant.