PITTSBURGH — Things might be turning around for the San Francisco Giants, whose slide toward oblivion was interrupted by a three-game sweep of the suddenly slumping Colorado Rockies this week.
Even with that success, San Francisco (30-51) drags the second-worst record in the major leagues to PNC Park for three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates (37-42) starting Friday.
It has been a surprising and miserable season for a franchise that won World Series championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, then lost in the NL Division Series in 2016. The hitters are producing too few runs, and the pitchers are allowing way too many.