Giants Baseball; How San Francisco Keeps Winning Torturous Games

The Giants motto is torture, right? They win torturous games.

But for most of August, this has not been the case. Until this past Wednesday, the Giants hadn't won a one-run game in the month of August.

As we all know, the Giants can pitch. From Tim Lincecum to Eric Surkamp, they can always rely on someone to get the win. But even with Pablo Sanodval, Carlos Beltran, Cody Ross, and Aubrey Huff, they can't seem to score.

Last year's offense was bad. This year's offense is horrible.

Sure, they are 71-62. But that's because they win close games. Their pitching is spectacular. Even Eric Surkamp was able to keep that going.

The Giants have won back-to-back games for the first time since August 13 and 14. And it's all thanks to the pitching—and a little bit of offense.

Surkamp went six innings and gave up just one run, striking out three and using his nasty breaking ball to get out of jams. In the tenth, Mark DeRosa flared a single to center, stole a base (barely) and scored on Jeff Keppinger's RBI single.

San Francisco has been given the opportunities thanks to their pitching. If they had the bats the Yankees did, they would be guaranteed at least a playoff bid.

But if they had the pitching the Yankees did, the Giants probably would be short of fifty wins. It's the unique combination of spectacular pitching and poor offense that makes up the Giants team. But if San Francisco had Buster Posey, this might not be a problem.

San Francisco has picked up boosts, and Jeff Keppinger is a big one. His opposite-field single on Saturday and his two-run double on Friday saved the Giants. And he looks to do more.

So does the rest of the offense.