True, San Francisco subdued a pair of last-place clubs -- including a three-game sweep of Milwaukee, which owns a Major League-low .225 team batting average. But the Giants also endured a schedule of alternating night and day games that prevented them from establishing the daily routine ballplayers rely on. Moreover, they endured seven hours and seven minutes of rain delays in Colorado that tested their powers of concentration.
The Giants demonstrated the extent to which they passed that test while improving to 19-7 in May.
"The guys kept their focus and were ready to go," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.