SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Cain threw 112 pitches in his win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
To find the last time Cain threw that many pitches, one has to travel back all the way to April 2014 — back when Cain was still viewed as one of the franchise stalwarts and workhorse starters.
The period from then to now has not been kind to the three-time All-Star.
Cain took a 1-0 loss back on April 12, 2014, to the Colorado Rockies when he threw 116 pitches. He topped 100 pitches seven more times that season, a year in which injuries and ineffectiveness first started taking their toll on him and he was limited to 15 starts.