Relievers offer no relief in blown 9th

Well, I don’t want to be that guy on this one, but I will briefly just to get it out of my system. The San Francisco Giants kind of got screwed by the home plate umpire in tonight’s 4-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

A generous strike call against Austin Wynns kept the Giants from a scoring opportunity with two outs and the bases loaded in the 9th. They were nursing a 3-1 lead, but with Austin Slater on deck they could’ve got more.

In the bottom of the 9th with Tyler Rogers pitching, two consecutive strike-3’s-in-waiting were instead called balls and led to a stolen base by catcher William Contreras benefiting from a full count jump. The swipe would eventually come home as the winning run on…