Another shutout
Giants unable to find their way home in 3-0 loss to Rays
May 1, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Rays infielder Yandy Diaz (2) celebrates a home run during the second inning against San Francisco Giants at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Pablo Robles-Imagn Images | Pablo Robles-Imagn Images For a Major League leading seventh time, the San Francisco Giants have been shutout, 22% of the 32 games played in the 2026 season.
To put this dismal display in perspective, the 2019 Miami Marlins were shutout 22 times , the most in the Wild Card Era, which is roughly 14% of the 162 games in a regular season. The 1963 Mets, who lost 111 games, set the record in the Live Ball era at 30 shutouts , around 19% of their games. Currently, these 2026 Giants are on track to break that record by 6 shutouts.
A sobering thought that may have occurred to Willy Adames and Rafael Devers at the same time, in this exact moment captured below. The Giants offense is leading the league in hitters slouched over the dugout railing at the end of ballgames. They’re pacing the league in squinting at some far-off thing in the third deck just beyond the left field foul pole as they remove their batting gloves, their helmet, at the end of another fruitless offensive frame.
The offense recorded 6 total hits against Rays pitching. Their only extra base hit of the game — a Luis Arraez double in the 4th — was erased from the bases when, with the urging of third base coach Hector Borg, he tried to stretch it into a Luis Arraez triple. A third base coach can have too much attention, and Borg might want to lay low for awhile.