The San Francisco Giants needed a win—badly. After suffering a demoralizing and perhaps preventable loss on Saturday, the Giants were in danger of being swept at home against the inferior Kansas City Royals. Tony DeSclafani made another fantastic start, but the Giants' offense was absolutely shut down through seven innings, and things were looking grim. But Bryce Johnson, Wilmer Flores, and Michael Conforto staged a miracle two-out rally that turned a 1-0 deficit into an uplifting 3-1 win for the Giants, who avoided the sweep and improved to 4-5 on the young season.

The previous game's loss was dejecting and seemingly avoidable. Ross Stripling was used in relief of Sean Manaea, who was excellent, despite the fact that he had allowed three homers in his final exhibition start against the A's and three home runs in his regular season debut. The Giants led 5-1 when Stripling entered, and he surrendered another home run to the first batter he faced. Gabe Kapler inexplicably allowed Stripling to face Salvador Perez as the tying run despite the Giants' high-leverage relievers being rested. Almost predictably, Perez homered—the eighth Stripling has allowed over his previous 11+ innings—and the Royals had tied the game and later won.

Several roster moves happened over the weekend. The SF Giants signed Darin Ruf, who was DFA'd by the Mets a couple of weeks ago, to a minors deal. The Ruf trade already looked like a total heist, but now it's just plain hilarious that Ruf is now back with the Giants despite the Mets paying him a salary this year. In other news, Roberto Pérez sustained a serious shoulder injury that sent him to the 60-day IL. Austin Wynns was selected in his place. Blake Sabol has struggled to hit thus far, and with Joey Bart on a rehab assignment and Gary Sánchez also in Triple-A, we may see more movement at the catcher position sooner rather than later.

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