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In 2010, in a season described with the slogan " Giants Baseball: Torture " by broadcaster Duane Kuiper, the club won the National League Western Division title for the first time since 2003 after trailing the San Diego Padres most of the season.

( The " torture " slogan was coined on the April 21 edition of Kruk and Kuip on Baseball on KNBR radio, following a game which the Giants lost 1 – 0 despite a 1-hitter thrown by Jonathan Sanchez.

) On July 4, after losing a four-game road series in Colorado, the Giants ' record stood at 41 – 40 at the half-way point of the season.

Boosted by a 21-game hitting streak by Buster Posey, called up in May from AAA Fresno, the Giants then won 19 of the remaining 24 games in July.

August saw a losing record of 13 – 15, as the club lost four series against the Braves, Padres, Phillies, and Cardinals.

On August 25, despite overcoming a 10 – 1 deficit in the 5th inning, the Giants lost to the Reds in extra innings at home to drop 6. 5 games behind San Diego.

Three days later, following an 11 – 3 debacle at home against the Diamondbacks, Brian Sabean, Bruce Bochy, and Drew Northfield held a private meeting with the starting pitchers, who had gone 5 – 13 with a 5. 56 ERA in August, including 14 straight starts without a win.