Just having fun out there

The San Francisco Giants are 16-9 on April 23rd following tonight's 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers — but it didn't have to be that close. Ryan Walker has now had back-to-back "Dude, Where's My Closer?"-level appearances, and tonight's non-save situation meltdown in the 9th inning of a 4-0 game featured a noticeable velocity drop. It would not make a lot of sense for Walker's role to have been "just keeping the seat warm until Doval got back up to speed" — at least, not for a team that's 16-9 on April 23rd.