However Monday night’s game turned out, there was going to be a lot to talk about.
Like what would have happened if an umpire in New York saw the same home run it seemed most other people saw.
And what might have happened if Ryan O’Hearn had been in the starting lineup.
It was O’Hearn who hit a two-run homer off Giants starter Robbie Ray in the seventh inning to get the Padres to within a run after they had trailed by four runs almost from the start.
The game would end with that margin, with the Giants winning 4-3 because the Padres could not score again and because their apparent home run in the second inning was taken away from them.
O’Hearn, a left-handed batter, has yet to start against a left-handed pitcher since joining the Padres at the trade deadline. He was on the bench Monda