St Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants (game 4)

The final game of this 4-game series has arrived and Madison Bumgarner was starting for the Giants, after being scratched from the first game of this series.  It's slightly cooler today, but my seat was further round and nearer the front, so was in the sun for almost the entire game, so I spent a lot of the game sitting near the back, further round nearer to where I was yesterday.  Today, the usher had a plant mister and was going up and down spraying anybody who wanted it with cold water.

The Cardinals managed to take MadBum deep on multiple occasions in today's game, unfortunately, although they were all solo home runs.  I did get to see Madison get one back on his own, though - his first home run since the two he hit on opening night!  And it wasn't a cheapie either - it sailed deep into the crowd down the left field line.

In the end the Cardinals hung on for a 7-3 win to take the series overall 3 games to 1, which was disappointing.

In the evening, I had dinner at the Chart House at the end of Pier 39.  This is the place that used to be called Neptune's, until a year or so ago - a fact that I remember when I saw the entry on my credit card bill and wondered where on earth the charge had come from!

It has superb views over the harbour, which are even more picturesque as you sit there watching the evening light fade as the sun sets.  Pier 39 was still crowded when I came out later, with shows taking place on the small stage (it was the same woman doing the same show last time I was here, walking along the balancing poll held up by two large men picked from the audience!)

It's the 39th anniversary of Pier 39 this year, so there's lots of flags playing on that theme too.

The fog started to roll in whilst I was having dinner, which has finally thankfully killed off the excessive heat and it's all far more pleasant.