SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants needed a shakeup.
First-year president of baseball operations Buster Posey tried patience and positive reinforcement, but as the Giants’ offensive struggles reached their third week unabated, it was undeniable that San Francisco’s clubhouse had become just a bit too comfortable with not scoring runs.
So after Tuesday’s loss to the Padres , which was a 16th straight game where the Giants scored four runs or fewer, Posey decided that enough was enough. Some tough cuts were made , and some new faces were brought in to start on Wednesday.
And after back-to-back wins where the Giants scored a staggering nine total runs — including a previously believed-to-be-impossible six in Wednesday’s game — you can’t say the moves didn’t work.
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