During an ugly loss, one has to at least attempt to appreciate the beauty that manages to attach itself within stolen moments of a game. Center fielder Kevin Pillar seems to understand this and managed to give San Francisco fans a little something to cling to in their desperate attempt to collect even the tiniest shards of momentary happiness during a really butt ugly loss. Seriously – post Thanksgiving day toilet plungers looked prettier than this game. Just saying.
On Saturday evening as the Giants still basked in the afterglow of their phenomenal (and basically improbable) comeback 12-11 win over the Cincinnati Reds, the home team (with their bruised ego) stepped up in a big way and managed to give the Giants the finger by crushing their spirits 9-2 as starting pitcher Dereck Rodriguez set a career-high by allowing (count ‘em) eight earned runs in five innings and four homers.