The Giants were up on the Rockies 4-3 in the top of ninth. Sergio Romo was on the hill and he retired the first two batters he faced. Then he gave up a single to Charlie Blackmon. OK, you can weather that sort of thing. Then Brandon Barnes came to the plate. And all he did was hit an inside-the-park two-run homer to put the Rockies up 5-4, which ended up as the final score.
You can watch his inside-the-parker here. It’s like a lot of these beasts: more a function of an outfielder’s mistake -- in this case Angel Pagan’s less-than-optimal route to cut off Barnes’ gapper -- than some amazing feat by the hitter. But maybe Barnes does have some sort of skill in this regard. It’s the second time in ten days he’s hit an inside-the-parker.
Sergio Romo blew the save for the second game in a row. It was the first time he had ever blown saves in back-to-back games.