The San Francisco Giants hoped the lights finally turning on was a metaphor.
The stadium light stands were operating below capacity—clearly on, but unable to illuminate the field enough that the umpires had to suspend play at the top of the 3rd until the issue was resolved.
At that time, the San Diego Padres had already tagged starter Carlos Rodón for 3 runs. An unwelcome and unexpected development not only because of how dominant Rodón has been in his past outings, but how the 1st inning rally ambushed him.
It started humbly enough with a one out walk.