Giants' Offense Erupts for 10 Runs En Route to 10-1 Slaughtering of The Padres

Yes, Melky Cabrera is still fresh on the minds of the Giants and their fans. Yet, that didn’t seem apparent on Friday night. Matt Cain cruised through eight innings and the Giants offense scored ten runs behind him en route to a 10-1 slaughtering of the Padres. For good measure, the Giants have never scored double digit runs at the spacious Petco Park.

The Giants, who are the second best offensive team on the road in the National League, proved that once again against the Padres. San Francisco has won 10 of their last 14 road games, outscoring their opponents by nearly 60 runs during that span.

Angel Pagan and Marco Scutaro were the prime offensive producers. They combined for five hits on four RBIs, two a piece. Scutaro smashed a solo home run in the first inning that skipped over the left field wall to spark the offensive outburst. Though the real spark would come in the third inning.

Every Giant reached base during the third, as they accumulated eight runs to blow open the game. Brandon Crawford, who has quietly totaled a .429 batting average over the past week, jumpstarted the eight run outburst. He doubled and scored on Pagan’s triple. He came around again to score on Pagan’s second hit of the inning. Even Matt Cain got in on the act with an RBI single of his own.

Hunter Pence, who came into the game hitting an abyssal .038 against San Diego this season, lined an RBI double in the third. Pablo Sandoval and Gregor Blanco also recorded RBIs in the inning.

While the offensive performed and overshadowed Cain’s dominance, the Giants’ right-hander essentially the same script he has followed all season. He took a no-hitter into the fifth, but Yonder Alonso tainted his no-hit bid with a double. Alonso would score the Padres only run on Everth Cabrera’s RBI single.

However, Cain would go on to pitch eight strong innings, striking out six on four hits and no walks.

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