SAN DIEGO–During their first four road games of the season, the Giants’ offense mustered just two runs, both coming on solo homers from Joe Panik.
In the first inning of Thursday night’s series-opener in San Diego, San Francisco scored three times, setting the stage for an offensive outburst in a 7-0 win.
The Giants’ cause was aided by starter Chris Stratton, who set a career-high with seven innings of scoreless ball before reliever Derek Law took it the rest of the way.
The milestone was an important hurdle for Stratton to clear as the right-hander had three separate outings that lasted 6 and 2/3 innings over the final two months of last season.