SAN FRANCISCO — Justin Verlander has used Eminem’s “Till I Collapse” as his walk-out song for roughly his entire career. The track has always resonated with Verlander, less of an anthem and more of a mantra.

‘Til I collapse, I’m spillin’ these raps long as you feel ’em,

‘Til the day that I drop, you’ll never say that I’m not killin’ ’em

As Verlander departed following five scoreless innings, the Giants on their way to a 13-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, “Till I Collapse” once again boomed through Oracle Park’s sound system. The Sunday afternoon crowd did their best to drown out the instrumental with a raucous ovation. Verlander’s season-high 10 strikeouts were impressive enough, but at 42-years-young, Verlander ended a game with a pitch count of 121 — a relic of a bygone era.

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