San Francisco Giants offense continues to offend at start of year
For the third consecutive year, the San Francisco Giants offense has not gotten the memo that the season has begun.
One had to assume that the San Francisco Giants would have a rough time in their opening series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The dodgers had just extended Mookie Betts and are considered World Series favorites. Meanwhile, the Giants were missing both starting corner infielders, had Buster Posey opt-out of the year, and were likely staring at the bottom of the division.
Those missing pieces likely contributed to the Giants’ lack of offense over the first two games of the season. But that excuse cannot be used for the last two seasons, as the Giants just have not received the memo that the games have begun.
Giants: Scored either 0 or 1 in each of first two games of 2020.
— Doug Kern (@dakern74) July 25, 2020
And of 2019.
And of 2018.
They are the first team in major-league history (to 1876) to do that three seasons in a row.
At least the Giants can claim that they have a historic offense. They just may want to ignore what type of history they have made.
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The Giants had just two runs in the first two games of the season, with a home run by Jaylin Davis and Pablo Sandoval driving in Tyler Heineman. That was slightly better than the one run managed in their first two games against the Padres in 2019. Interestingly, when the Giants began this streak in 2018, both games were 1-0 victories over the Dodgers.
In 2018, the Giants finished with a 73-89 record; 2019 was slightly better with a 75-87 finish. While this year will not result in a win total in the 70s, there is a chance that the Giants can contend for one of the final playoff spots. They will just need to have anything resembling an offense show up during the year.
Their offense did finally show up on Saturday in a 5-4 victory over Los Angeles. Alex Wood was chased after three innings, Wilmer Flores hit a homer, and Donovan Solano drove in two runs with his fourth inning double. The message that the season began has been received.
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It is just a message that has come two days late in each of the past three seasons. The San Francisco Giants have made history with their offensive futility to start the year.