The offense had to be jarred from its slumber at some point. A pivotal series sweep at the hands of the Washington Nationals last summer was the first torpedo to the hull, but again? And in April? Too early for that nonsense—thankfully, surprisingly, Tyler Fitzgerald and Nick Ahmed felt the same way.
Before Wednesday’s 12:45 start, Ahmed hadn’t had an extra base-hit or a multi-hit game since Opening Day, while Fitzgerald was, statistically, a non-entity. The rookie had only 3 plate-appearances with 3 strikeouts in 4 games over these first two weeks. By the end of the San Francisco Giants 7-1 win, he’d have 3 hits, 1 RBI, 2 SB, and 2 more runs scored with the bottom of the lineup going 6 for 6 with 3 RBIs and 5 runs scored between them.