SF Giants notes: Why four-game skid is no time to press panic button, Scott Kazmir heads to Olympics

PHOENIX — During the second week of June, a Giants offense that has ranked among the league's best for most of the 2021 season fell into an unusual slump. Gabe Kapler's club scored three runs in a four-game series in Washington, D.C., but still managed to split the series against a Nationals team that's now on the upswing.