The San Francisco Giants liked what they saw yesterday …

I mean, the Mets played some really good baseball against them. They were a nuisance, pills in the box, working long at-bats, rolling singles through gaps, capitalizing with runners on base. Walks and hits piled up to a dozen runs — the Giants saw that, and probably said Hey, they looked like they were having fun, we should do something like that.

Baseball is easy. Just manifest. Have fun. Hit the ball hard, hit it often, hit and run. Score early, score late. Don’t settle for one base, take two. Don’t settle for one 3-run homer, hit two. Give up 12 runs one day, score 12 the next.

That’s what the Giants did. 3-run bombs from Rafael Devers in the 3rd and Casey Schmitt in the 9th served as the slices of Dutch crunch, barely c

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