Scoring runs continues to be a struggle for what is left of the Giants.
With only four of eight opening day position players still in uniform as the final week of the season began, the Giants lost 5-0 to the Padres on Monday night, falling to 4-17 for the month of September.
The Giants have averaged just 2.6 runs in those 21 games, topping five runs just once.
The day after the Padres lost 14-0 to the Dodgers, the NL West’s last-place team got a near-complete game from right-hander Bryan Mitchell, who had won just once all season and entered the game sporting a 6.