It was unclear all season if the San Francisco Giants would call up top prospect Bryce Eldridge from the minors, but an injury to Dominic Smith and a slump from the New York Mets made the team pull the trigger in hopes of jump-starting their offense. Monday in Arizona, the offense remained dead in an 8-1 loss.

Eldridge went 0-for-3 in his big league debut, but he had a lot of company in his hitlessness. Besides Casey Schmitt, who went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, not a single member of the Giants lineup hit safely. The team fell back to .500 at 75-75 — half a game behind the victorious Arizona Diamondbacks.

Things were so dreary Monday night that the second-best Giants highlight of the night was a fly ball out. After grounding out and striking out in his first two times at the plate, El

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