The San Francisco Giants wrapped up what should have felt like an unequivocally successful series on Sunday. The beat the streaking San Diego Padres 7-6 to capture a road series victory, which has been a hard thing for them to capture this year. There were exciting signs throughout the weekend, such as home runs from youngsters Grant McCray and Luis Matos.
But something negative stole the headlines as they headed out of town: a bizarre sequence that allowed San Diego back in the game, when second baseman Marco Luciano and shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald collided attempting to catch a routine pop-up.