The Giants dropped a highly winnable game to get swept and lose the season series to the Diamondbacks. The Giants took an early lead with some groundballs through the infield, but that run was the gift of a monkey’s paw. Sure, the Giants could score a run with some soft contact, but every hard-hit ball would go right to a defender. The Giants had 13 hard hit balls on-the night, but only collected five hits as a team and three after the first inning.
Their best chance to score was thwarted by a hard-hit ball hit right at a defender leaving the runner at first, Evan Longoria, with nowhere to go.