Entering Saturday’s game, the San Francisco Giants had struggled all season to make things easy. They’re not a good offensive team, and when you’re not a good offensive team you need some favorable situations.
The Giants did a poor job of giving themselves those, which is part of why so many of their rallies seem to die a slow and pitiful death. They’ve already depleted their boost button just getting the runners on base, and now there’s nothing left to bring them home.
After eight games, they had drawn just 24 walks in 299 plate appearances.