SAN DIEGO -- The Giants delivered a simultaneous display of What Might Have Been and What Could Be during Monday night's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.
The home runs clobbered by Brandon Crawford and Evan Longoria demonstrated how the Giants might have been able to compete for a postseason berth with a better offense than the one that had scored three or fewer runs in San Francisco's previous 11 games. Merely an adequate offense might have sufficed for the Giants, whose ERA is the best in the Major Leagues since June 1.