Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.

Here's Alex Pavlovich and Cole Kuiper.

I know those guys.

Hey, what's up, Giants fans?

Welcome to another episode of Giants Talk.

I'm Cole Kuiper here with Giants Insider Alex Pavlovich. The Giants dropped the series against the Padres and lose the first game against

the Cubs. We'll talk about that, specifically talking about the offense because it has not been great.

Plus, we'll take a look at the wild card race. Well, we still can. Before we go any further,

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Alex, would you believe me if I told you the Giants just got shut out in back-to-back games

for the first time all year?

Doesn't it seem like that's something we've experienced many times in 2023?

Well, the magic thing about July and August was they somehow always ended

up at one exactly. Yeah, they did. It always get that run in the ninth inning or get one early

shut it down or load the bases and then hit into a double play and get the one run. That's the

classic 2023 Giants move. It's the one run of the game scored on a double play.

Bases voted.

No RBIs.

Or the load the bases with no outs, like hit a sack fly and then strike out twice.

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