Giants vs. Padres, 9/24: Hunter Pence is leading off

The biggest news of the day is that Hunter Pence is leading off tonight against a right-handed pitcher. Bryan Mitchell started against the Giants exactly one week ago in San Diego and gave up a pair of home runs (one to Brandon Crawford, one to Evan Longoria) and 4 runs total in the Giants’ 4-2 win. He’s been really bad this season...

BUT SO HAVE THE PADRES AND GIANTS.

If the Padres lose all their games this week, they’d reach 100 on the season. Meanwhile, the Giants need to win three of these final six games just to avoid their worst September in history. We’re sort of watching two dumpster fires slowly rolling towards the middle of a vacant lot where there’s a 50-foot tower of human…