SAN FRANCISCO — How does a veteran manager come up with answers for a tailspin that has a perennial playoff contender with the worst record in major league baseball after 36 games?
Giants manager Bruce Bochy didn’t make excuses Friday as the Giants prepared to host the Cincinnati Reds at AT&T Park, but he didn’t have any solutions, either. It’s the nature of a team-wide slump — the Giants are 12-24 and have lost nine of their last 12 — that problems are everywhere.
The Giants got an excellent seven innings out of starter Ty Blach Thursday night, only to give up the lead run when Hunter Strickland gave up a triple to Scooter Gennett and a double to Zack Cozart — both on 0-2 counts.