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Chris Stratton didn’t join the San Francisco Giants’ rotation until the beginning of August. And as the month comes to a close, no Giants’ starter was better in the month of August than Stratton.

After defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in the preseason opener, the new-look San Francisco 49ers were dismantled by the Denver Broncos last Saturday in a game marred by turnovers and penalties.

Entering Saturday evening’s matchup between the Giants and Diamondbacks at Chase Field, San Francisco’s offense had scored two runs or fewer in six of ace Madison Bumgarner’s 12 starts this season.

After an impressive showing in his rookie season in 2016, right-hander Derek Law was expected to serve as a set-up man toward the back-end of the Giants’ bullpen this year. And though Law carried a sub-3.00 earned run average into the final week of May, his season blew up in a span of just four weeks.

Though a Giants pitching staff that ranks 17th in the Major Leagues in earned run average hasn’t aided the franchise’s cause this season, San Francisco’s lineup was unable to keep the club afloat during the first half of the season.

Though San Francisco’s pitching staff kept the Diamondbacks from scoring over the game’s final six innings, the Giants’ offense didn’t muster enough runs to overcome a Paul Goldschmidt home run in a 4-3 series-opening loss.

After a hit with sister station KFOG 104.5 to promote his upcoming comedy specials in San Francisco, comedian Aries Spears decided to spice up the morning show as his friend and NBA legend Shaq.

Brooks has started for the 49ers since the 2011 season. He amassed 51.5 sacks in his eight seasons with San Francisco, and led or was tied for the team lead in sacks since the 2013 season.

After being eliminated from a National League West race that never materialized this season, the Giants have more than a month to focus on a rather subjective team goal that manager Bruce Bochy has outlined: Play better ball.

After San Francisco traded starting third baseman Eduardo Nunez to the Boston Red Sox, the Giants had a glaring hole at the hot corner.