Milwaukee Brewers @ San Francisco Giants (game 2)

This was another 6.45pm start, which is nice, as it means that any normal game will be completed before 10pm.  Most of the games I've attended have been 2 and a half hours long or shorter, which makes it a much better experience than sitting there for 4+ hours as players constantly took multiple timeouts, or wandered about between pitches!

San Francisco finally remembered how to bat in this game, which came in support of our star pitcher, Blake Snell.

4 runs in the first inning, 4 more in the second inning and the game was out of sight early on, with no chance for Milwaukee to come back.  It finished 13-2, with the Brewers' Jake Bauers, usually their first baseman, pitching.  Sometimes teams do this when a game is lost, in order to save their better pitchers' arms for a meaningful game, but they are only permitted to do so if losing by 8 (or winning by 10, or in extra innings)  It was different the Giants hitters to see a "fastball" at 66mph, instead of 90+mph!  However, even at slower speeds, pitches can be effective and he didn't give up all that much, really.

There were three home runs in all by the Giants, each in a different inning, which meant we had three sing-a-longs of "Bye bye baby!" to celebrate at the end of those innings.

The fog made a late appearance during the game -  and dropped the temperature with it.  I have purchased an Item of the Day today, which is a grey Giants knitted beanie hat.  It is extremely effective against the cold.