The San Francisco Giants ended their dismal, listless road trip on Sunday. The 6-3 loss was as sad as the other five losses on the winless trip, but, as in most games, there were still a few nice moments.
Extra base hits don’t come around the Giants’ parts much these days, but there are usually one or two available on any given day. On Sunday, there were three. A double by Gorkys Hernández, a triple by Austin Slater, and a home run by Gregor Blanco.
Just as a reminder, here was the Giants lineup on opening day:
Austin Jackson
Joe Panik
Andrew McCutchen
Buster Posey
Evan Longoria
Hunter Pence
Brandon Belt
Brandon Crawford
Compare that to the offensive noisemakers on Sunday and, yeah .