The San Francisco Giants fell to the San Diego Padres 12-7 in extra innings Thursday night after a top-of-the-10th meltdown that featured a Tyler Rogers implosion and an embarrassing Gabe Kapler brain fart.
Rogers, the reliever who was lit up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the season opener, was charged with five earned runs and failed to earn an out in the 10th after retiring the side in the 9th. His ERA on the young season now stand at 20.25.
With Rogers struggling, Kapler walked on the field and moved to replace him with right-handed-reliever Rico Garcia, but seemingly did not take notice of the fact that pitching coach Andrew Bailey had just completed his own visit to the mound.