The offensive Orange and Black offense

Well, it took a four-game losing streak -- with the Giants scoring four runs in five games -- but the Orange and Black have now wrested the crown for fewest runs scored this year in the MLB from the Padres at 155. San Diego has managed to score 156.

And what of the pitching? The staff has allowed exactly 9 runs in the last four games, so they have the second lowest total in the MLB right now at 174, trailing only the Dodgers with 161.

The Giants are now 19-22, which projects out to a 75-87 record and a fifth straight losing season. How Brian Sabean has kept his job remains a mystery. The always-optimistic Chris Haft posts at Haft-Baked Ideas that Eugenio Velez, he of the .194 batting average, was sent down as Juan Uribe returned to the team and notes that Edgar Renteria (currently second on the team with 17 RBIs) is back in the lineup after missing six games.

Haft did a nice job on his mlb.com writeup of last night's disaster, noting The Big Unit's acknowledgment of the cheers from the Seattle fans and Pablo Sandoval's amazing play in the 6th. Strangely enough, the experiment to bat Aaron Rowand lead off seems to be working -- he started the game with a homer. He and Sandoval got the only other hits all night.