The Giants fell short against the Angels on Saturday 4-3. It didn’t feel like they were only down a run, however because they struck out 17 times. It was the most the Giants have struck out in a nine-inning game since August 31st, 1959, where Sandy Koufax struck out 18. (h/t Andrew Baggarly via Twitter)
Let’s put that in some perspective and line them up end to end. Those 17 strikeouts amount to 5.2 innings. That’s nearly two per inning of a nine-inning game. It is 17 non-productive outs out of 27.