Four batters into the game, there were four runs on the board.
Michael Conforto’s 3-run homer against Minnesota Twins starter Bailey Ober on the 17th pitch of the game proved to be the deciding swing in the San Francisco Giants 4-1 win in against their former shortstop, Carlos Correa.
Offenses are usually temperamental, a winning team needs a stoic stable of arms to smooth over those inevitable valleys.
For most of the season, San Francisco hasn’t had that arm support—but In Monday’s win, their relievers made four 1st inning runs stick with 5 pitchers throwing 9 innings of 1-run ball while striking out 16 Twins in the scheduled bullpen game.