San Francisco Giants Head East After Getting Swept

The last time the San Francisco Giants took the field was quite forgettable. Coming out of the all-star break, the Majors’ best team seemed to have a great matchup to continue their winning ways. Instead, they got swept by the San Diego Padres.

To San Diego’s credit, the Padres have been playing well lately, driven by a combination of resurgent seasons by Melvin Upton and Wil Myers and an infusion of some youngsters into the lineup—we profiled the Padres’ Triple-A studs earlier in the season, identifying them as potential headaches for the Giants.

That said, the Giants came out flat Friday, they self-destructed Saturday by losing on a walk-off balk, and they were at risk of being no-hit…