SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants didn’t have the decency to maintain relevance until September.
They didn’t even come close.
Let Wednesday stand as the unofficial end of San Francisco’s season — the day the last bit of hope was extinguished. Even the most unabashed, removed-from-reality homer can no longer make the case that the Giants — 10 games back of the Padres in the National League West and three games under .500 after an 11-1 loss — have any shot of playing more than 162 games this season.
It’s done. It’s over. You almost feel indebted to the Giants for being expedient about it.
Starter Kai-Wei Teng was bashed for seven runs in a second inning Padres onslaught that started with a ball bouncing off of second base with the bases loaded and was capped by left fielder Helios Ramos spiking