After Monday’s feckless failure, the San Francisco Giants started their Tuesday night game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on a better foot. A much better foot.

The Giants heard your criticisms after their red-hot offense went ice-cold on Friday, Sunday, and Monday. They listened, and they didn’t judge. Four pitches into the game, Heliot Ramos had one of the hardest-hit balls of the year for the Giants, scorching an Eduardo Rodríguez heater 113.6 mph and accomplishing the seemingly impossible: hitting an in-the-park ball over Alek Thomas’ head. Three pitches later, Rafael Devers scorched a line drive single at 111.7 mph.

There were runners at the corners, there were no outs, and before most people had realized the game had started, there was hard contact galore. Things were looking good

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