Two things that are plaguing the Giants right now. Errors and Strike Outs. The Giants right now rank 7in the Majors in K’s with 211. 3in the Majors is at 217 and they have played 2 more games than the Giants. The strike outs need to be cut down for us to compete. Putting the ball in play gives you opportunities to find a hole or for a defensive error by the opponent. You can move a runner over and get productive outs. When you strike out you don’t help the offense with small ball. Defensive errors this year have been ugly. With the 2 last night being a large example of the pressure it puts on your pitcher. The dropped foul ball by Longoria and the dropped line drive by McCutchen put Stratton in a terrible spot in the 6. Stratton maintained his composure and got out of the inning but those sort of mistakes can make a pitchers day go from possibly 8 strong innings to 6. The Giants rank 14in the Majors in errors which isn’t terrible, but every game we talk about our Gold Gloves and we expect better than this.