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What we learned from SF Giants’ spring training loss vs. Padres: Why Buster Posey so special behind the plate

PEORIA, Ariz. — For the first time since signing with the Giants this offseason, Kevin Gausman got to pitch to Buster Posey in game action.

It could not have gone much better.

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Gausman needed only 14 pitches — all strikes — to get through a clean two innings, including a couple of strikeouts. In his words: “I’ll take that.”

But his biggest takeaway? How lucky he is to have Posey behind the plate.

The Giants spent their afternoon in the fast-food capital of the world, and were treated to a postgame spread of P.