"Matt Cain emerged from the training room, saw a bunch of reporters waiting at his locker, and momentarily walked away before standing up as always to talk. But who could blame him? What else can he say? What else is there to ask?

Cain allowed an unearned run in a complete game Saturday and lost 1-0. It was his fourth defeat of the year. In three of those losses, he allowed a combined four earned runs over 19 innings.

This was Cain's 146th major-league start and the 83rd in which he allowed two or fewer runs. Remarkably, Cain has more combined losses (14) and no-decisions (29) than wins (40) in those games.

"He pitched his heart out," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He did a great job today. That's why this was a tough one. We've had some gut-wrenching losses.""