Thumped: Blake Snell sets the wrong tone as Giants lose, 17-1, to Arizona

SAN FRANCISCO — Big league ballplayers have a saying: the starting pitcher sets the tone.

Blake Snell set an ominous tone on Friday night.

Making his third start in a Giants uniform, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner got rocked once again as the Arizona Diamondbacks knocked him around for five earned runs in 4-2/3 innings as the Giants suffered a 17-1 loss in front of 33,921 fans at Oracle Park.

It was a Friday night to forget.

And these were the same...