Madison Bumgarner’s first start spoiled by Patrick Corbin, Giants offense

Tonight was supposed to be a night for fanfare and strike outs and snot rockets and Madison Bumgarner hitting a dinger off the Coke bottle. We got two of those things. Three if you count all the strike outs the Giants hitters had. Madison Bumgarner’s long-awaited return from an injury (which totally wasn’t his fault) was spoiled by Patrick Corbin pushing the Giants into an open manhole.

For much of tonight, the Giants were within one swing of the bat from tying the game or taking the lead, including the final at-bat of the game, but it never felt that close. Every inning was a Sisyphean nightmare where the Giants would toil to get runners on, strike out to end the inning, and repeat the…