On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants led the Colorado Rockies 6-2, and needed to record one lone out to secure a doubleheader sweep and a series victory.
You know what happened next. They gave up 6 runs without ever recording that out, and lost in true Coors Field fashion. And then they lost again on Wednesday, turning a series that was 99% of the way to being successful into a bit of a failure.
Wednesday’s loss was not as heartbreaking, because they were 17 outs away from victory when the fecal matter hit the fan, instead of just 1 out away.