“These two cities don’t like each other,’’ Scherzer said. “You have two fanbases that don’t like each other. And you have players that respect the hell out of each other, play the game right, and want to beat the crap out of each other.
“That’s what makes sports awesome. The season they had, and the fight they had in this series, it was just so fun to be part of it.’’
The Giants, who won a franchise-record 107 victories during the regular season, and were up 2 games to 1 in this series, will go home for the winter.
The Giants can blame sheer bad luck, the check-swing call, or even the fact they had to open the playoffs against a 106-win team, but the reality is that their hitting disappeared at the worst time.
The Giants hit just .182 in the series with only nine extra-base hits, scoring four or fewer runs in each game.
“You get into the postseason, you're going to face really kick-ass pitching,’’ Giants manager Gabe Kapler said, “and then you're going to need to be on your A-game offensively. I actually think we put good at-bats together, and we just weren't able to get the job done.’’
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