SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy wanted his slumping team to get its mojo back before heading back out on the road, and he wasn’t willing to wait around and just hope that something would happen. Bochy always manages with a sense of urgency, but he dialed it up a couple notches in the fifth inning with a series of moves that can be summed up by one of the strangest sequences you’ll see on a baseball field this season.
Madison Bumgarner pinch-hits for Matt Cain. Jeff Samardzija pinch-runs for Madison Bumgarner.
Bochy’s mind started churning as he watched Cain complete his fifth no-hit inning.