SAN DIEGO–They say baseball is a game of inches, but on Saturday night at Petco Park, the Giants were left thinking it’s all about angles.
Replay angles, of course.
In the top half of the seventh inning of the Giants’ 5-4 loss to the Padres, a two-minute and 41-second replay to determine whether Joe Panik safely slid past the tag of catcher A.J. Ellis went in San Diego’s favor.
The rest of the night did, too.
Despite receiving home runs from prized offseason acquisitions Evan Longoria and Andrew McCutchen and a key two-out RBI hit from free agent signee Austin Jackson, the Giants dropped their second straight matchup with the Padres.