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The Giants once did to the Dodgers what the Dodgers just did to the Giants.

You might remember 2002 as being Robb Nen’s final season or the year a suburb of Los Angeles rallied around a wacky little monkey, but baseball history remembers it as the last time the Giants pitched two shutouts in their first three games and held their opponents to 3 runs in their first 4 games. Today [sniffle] is, in fact, the 16-year anniversary of this amazing (and totally forgotten) feat.

Why is it amazing, you might ask? I can assure you that it has nothing to do with this list

ELIAS/@SlangsOnSports:
Fewest Runs Allowed1st 4 Games - All-Time
2018 LAD 2
1915 PHI<< 2
2007 Mets 3
2002 Giants<< 3
1991 White Sox 3
1979 Astros 3
1970 Reds<< 3
1943 Cards<< 3
1943 Reds 3
1914 Senators 3
>>Won NL pennant— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 2, 2018

and has everything to do with the fact that the two shutouts in question were started by Russ Ortiz and Ryan Jensen.