The strange case of the Giants vs. Marlins in 2018 was put to rest at AT&T Park on Wednesday. All the blown San Francisco leads, broken hands, hit batters and hard feelings that occurred over 10 days moved from the current-events page to the history books.
Filter out the extracurriculars, as they call them in football, and the bigger picture became clearer for the Giants. They positively needed to win their series against a tanking team, and did, using a five-run inning to take the deciding game 6-5.
They had to hang on for dear life. The Marlins scored twice in in the ninth off new closer Sam Dyson before manager Bruce Bochy turned to Reyes Moronta with two outs and two on.