SAN FRANCISCO — It doesn’t make sense, but it doesn’t have to. It’s baseball.
More than $100 million separated the starting lineups for Saturday’s nationally televised meeting at Oracle Park. One team had a two-time All-Star as its designated hitter; the other a recently acquired backup catcher. On the mound: a rookie starter logging the front end of a bullpen game versus a future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Just like last season, when David prevailed over Goliath 10 of 19 times and won the division, the Giants’ patchwork squad did enough for a second straight day to defeat the Dodgers’ behemoth of megastars. The 3-2 win evened the teams’ season series at two games apiece and secured a series win for the Giants in the teams’ first meeting this season in San Francisco.
