SAN DIEGO–For a team that relies heavily on a station-to-station offense to move runners around the base paths, the Giants understand the consequences when they fail to execute and find themselves stuck at a particular stop.
They also know what it looks like when their train goes off the rails.
In the seventh inning of Friday’s 5-1 defeat to the Padres, their train finally gained some steam before it suddenly toppled over.
After a Joe Panik RBI single plated Gregor Blanco and put the offense on the board, Brandon Belt stepped to the plate with two on, no one out and a chance to rev up the train’s engine.