SAN FRANCISCO -- As Giants third baseman Conor Gillaspie came up to bat in the eighth inning Tuesday night, pockets of a sellout crowd at AT&T Park began chanting "Con-or! Con-or!"
After Gillaspie shot a single up the middle for his fourth hit of the night, those chants turned into giddier ones of "MVP! MVP!"
The Giants’ season ended with a stunning 6-5 loss to the Cubs in Game 4 of the N.L. Division Series on Tuesday, and perhaps no player had a better case for wanting it to continue than Gillaspie, who went from bench player to the Giants’ best hitter over an improbable last few weeks.