Matt Cain pitched well, but the Giants couldn’t score behind him. They gave him a single run to get the win, and when that didn’t happen, they complained under their breath and gave him a second run. None of it worked, and it was just another tough-luck loss. And I cried because I’ll never see a game like this again.
The perfect final Cain start would go something like this: 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K. But Bruce Bochy wasn’t going to let him throw 110 pitches. So the perfect final start was off the table.