SAN FRANCISCO – You make a devil’s bargain when you employ infield shifts. The percentages warrant their use. But there are days when your opponent will hit ‘em where they ain’t.
And when one of those opponents is Nolan Arenado, it often makes no difference anyway.
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Arenado hit an RBI triple and finished a home run short of the cycle, the Rockies bled through the shift to score another run and the Giants offense stayed grounded in a 2-0 loss Sunday afternoon.
Jeff Samardzija struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings and walked off the mound to a standing ovation after throwing 123 pitches, the second most in his career.