MIAMI–After taking two of three from the first-place Washington Nationals over the weekend, the Giants arrived in Miami with a roster that’s clearly superior to the one fielded by Don Mattingly’s Marlins.
In the first game of the series, the Giants sent their ace, Madison Bumgarner, to the mound to face a veteran, Wei-Yin Chen, with one of the worst ERAs in the National League.
The Giants had every reason to believe they would continue their recent roll and take the opener of a four-game set against the Marlins.
And then they lost.