Pitching keeping Padres in race despite awful offense

The 2014 Padres have allowed their opponents to score at total of 100 runs after 28 games.  That ties them with the 1985 and 2002 Padres for 4th among all Padres teams.  The 2010 (92), 1972 (95) and 2011 (96) are the only teams to have allowed less runs through this point in the season.  Their pitching has kept them in the race, just one game under .500 and 3.5 games out of first.

As far as scoring runs, only the 1988 team was worse with 73 runs after 28 games.  The 2014 Padres have scored 75, one of the many offensive stats that are the worst in the majors.  Scott Miller gives us the bad news as usual:

Padres' offense amongst the worst in MLB, but pitching staff is keeping them alive | FOX Sports on MSN

Heading into the middle game of the Giants series this week, the Padres' offense ranked dead last in the majors in runs scored (75), RBI (68), on-base percentage (.279) and OPS (.612).

The Padres ranked 29th in the majors in slugging percentage (.318) and in batting average with runners in scoring position (.191). They ranked 28th in the majors in home runs (14) and total bases (.296). They were tied for fourth in grounding into double plays (25).