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Giants’ Mark Melancon takes loss, but looks forward

Dereck Rodriguez allowed more than three runs for the first time since June 9, at Washington, his second big-league start.

Dereck Rodriguez allowed more than three runs for the first time since June 9, at Washington, his second big-league start.

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ST. LOUIS — One week hence, Mark Melancon will be halfway through the four-year, $62 million contract the Giants awarded when they viewed him as a savior for a bullpen that blew up against the Cubs in their final 2016 postseason game.

The best that can be said for their marriage is, they have two more seasons to prove it was not a colossal mistake, for Melancon to steer his career back toward 2015 and 2016, when he saved 98 games for the Pirates and Nationals to get the contract.