It was too good to be true. There was no way the Giants were actually going to shut out the Astros 1-0. Had the bullpen had hung onto the lead, Dereck Rodriguez outdueling Charlie Morton would have been one of the great wins of the season. It’s not quite Andrew McCutchen hitting a come-from-behind walkoff homer against the Dodgers in the sixteenth, but it would have been close.
In a season full of frustration and disappointment, Dereck Rodriguez has been one of the only unimpeachably great things.