Entering Tuesday night’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds, four things were true. Well, basically infinite things were and are true, but four things important the soon to be revealed game narrative were true.
The first true thing is that the Reds led the league in home runs, with 18 through 10 games.
The second true thing is that, in 12 starts in a Giants jersey, Kevin Gausman had allowed just 2 first inning runs.
A Joey Votto and a Mike Moustakas dinger later, and Gausman had given up 4 first inning runs, just like that.