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Hoo boy, it’s going to be a long season.

Game 7 Summary: Padres 1, Giants 0

Your Pitchers of Record: WP — C. Young (1-0) LP — Matt Cain (0-1) S — Hell’s Bells (2)

Went Deep: Ha! Ho, ho. Hee hee. Waugh! It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.

Your Refrigerator Water Dispenser Water Star of the Game: Matt Cain. Six innings of no-hit ball that were wonderful to behold. Shame about him pitching for a team that can’t hit.

The Turning Point: Top of the 7th inning. Molina doubles to lead off. The Giants proceed to do absolutely nothing. Feliz grounds out feebly to short. Winn strikes out and looks bad doing it. This brings up Matt Cain. While Winn was batting, Bochy and his staff did their best to fake the possibility of Cain being pinch-hit for, sending Kevin Correia to get loose in the bullpen and having Ryan Klesko grab a bat and stand menacingly at the edge of the dugout. But who are we kidding? Rather than “ruin” the no-hitter, Cain batted and struck out. The next batter Cain faced doubled down the line to left, ending the no hitter and eventually scoring the winning run.

I’m not saying that Bochy should’ve pinch-hit for Cain, necessarily. Winn’s strikeout was really offensive, but Young was pitching well. Still, is the goal to get a no-hitter or win the game? Guess the former.

Wrapping Up: This is a game that will be deeply etched in my memory. I watched Cain take an no-hitter into the 7th last year, in person. And in that game he gave up a run even while the no-no was in progress! This year, he does this — and loses. Although honestly, you had the feeling during the game that even if he threw a no-hitter through nine, this was one of those games where the Giants would never score and they’d lose it in the 10th.

Or to put it more succinctly: Yuck.

And what did the Padres do with their leadoff double in the bottom of the seventh?

Sac bunt, sac fly - 1-0 Padres.

Ball game.

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