Non-win seals non-winning season

Well, for the third year in a row the San Francisco Giants will end the season without a winning record.

Friday night’s 6-3 loss dealt by the Cardinals handed San Francisco its 81st loss of the season, meaning if they won the final two games of the season, the team’s best possible winning-percentage would be that dubious mark: .500.

The game felt like the season in a nutshell: a promising starting pitching bogged down and eventually unseated by inefficiencies; a brief encounter with a lead that goes unsupported by the offense.

Landen Roupp had given up just 2 runs over 15 innings in his previous three starts, including back-to-back scoreless outings against San Diego and Kansas City, but St.…