Giants, Mets stumble into weekend series

The San Francisco Giants were swinging loud bats for the majority of the month before their offense went quiet this week.

The Giants will look to make some noise on Friday night when they open a three-game series against the host New York Mets.

San Francisco has mustered just seven total runsduring its past four games, logging just a single run in each of the past two contests -- both losses.

Former Mets right fielder