SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy is often quick to credit an opposing pitcher, especially one as talented as Gerrit Cole. But on this night, Bochy wasn’t going to simply tip his cap.
“Yes and no,” he said when asked if a 4-3 loss was all about Cole. “He’s got great stuff and he’s having a great year. He’s got the stuff to pitch out of that jam in the sixth. That hurt us. Those guys find a way to get out of it and he did.
“That was our undoing. We had two good hitters up and he made the pitches to stop it.