​A board reading ”No Petrol” hangs at a petrol pump in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 1, 2026. The Nepal Oil Corporation, a state monopoly, reduces the price of petroleum products by 17 percent following a board of directors meeting on Tuesday. The prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, and cooking LP gas are decreased. Petrol is reduced by NRs 20 per liter, diesel and kerosene by NRs 30 per liter, domestic aviation fuel by NRs 40 per liter, and international aviation fuel for Kathmandu by US$ 265 per kiloliter. The price of cooking LP gas is cut by NRs 100 per cylinder. The corporation states that the prices are adjusted according to the automatic pricing system based on fluctuations in international market prices and the new purchase price from Indian Oil Corporation. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images This game, with Mitch Bratt starting the second game of a rare Saturday doubleheader before a Sunday off day, felt like it was gonna be a long shot even against the lowly San Francisco Giants, and so it was. Merrill Kelly pitched a gem in the early game to secure us the series split and to pull us briefly ahead of the San Diego Padres for the third wild card spot, so winning this one would have been gravy anyway, but alas, it was not to be.The Giants started AA hand Yunior Marte today, and he walked Lars Nootbaar to start things off, but Nootbaar was quickly erased when Corbin Carroll hit a hard liner right to Bryce Eldridge at first base for an unassisted double play. Perdomo then rolled over to second for the third out. Bratt, meanwhile, started his day by walking Jonah Cox on four pitches, earning him an immediate mound visit so he could be reminded of where the strike zone actually was. That proved effective enough, as he got through the rest of the first with only eight more pitches thrown, but unfortunately Jonah Cox turns out to be a very speedy baserunner and he stole second and third before Eldridge singled him home with a grounder to left. 1-0 San FranciscoThe middle of our lineup sat down in order against Marte in the second, but Bratt settled down quite well in the bottom half, only needing five pitches to retire the Giants. We broke through against Marte in the third, tying the game thanks to a one-out Ildemaro Vargas single followed one out later by a Lars Nootbaar bloop double into shallow left that left fielder Grant McCray dove for and missed. 1-1 TIEBratt pitched around a one-out Jonah Cox single (and subsequent stolen base) in the bottom of the third to put up another zero, and then retired the side in order in the fourth, with a total of 44 pitches thrown through four innings. It actually seemed to be shaping up to be a genuinely good and efficient Mitch Bratt outing, despite that first-inning blemish. Sadly, however, that ended once the bottom of the fifth rolled around. Bratt gave up a leadoff single to McCray and then walked the next batter before a perfect sacrifice bu