DENVER – Jeff Samardzija’s bat flew out of his hands like a spinning tire iron.
He did not hide his glee upon hitting his third career home run Friday night. He borrowed from Jeffrey Leonard by trotting with one flap down around second base. He barked encouragement into the Giants dugout as he came around third. At the plate, he greeted Austin Slater with a Bash Brothers-style forearm smash.
Samardzija might have never looked happier on a baseball field. And in the bottom of the same inning, he might have never looked more hacked off.
The Giants’ outfielders were either a step short or wielded a butcher’s cleaver all night long, and this is a ballpark when you cannot give away extra outs and walk away without a scratch.