SAN FRANCISCO — No one is going to mistake the Giants for the 1927 New York Yankees these days. Well, no one other than baseball’s hottest pitcher, that is.
Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola should be excused if he left AT&T Park Thursday night believing that the Giants are one of the hardest-hitting teams in the National League. He had gone 10-consecutive starts without giving up more than two earned runs before the Giants, who’ve scored the third-fewest runs in baseball, tagged him for five runs over five innings in a 5-4 win.
After Nola (9-8) retired six of the first seven batters he faced, the Giants started knocking him around like he was a spot starter called up from Triple-A earlier in the day.