Any winning month, especially with the schedule tilted towardthe road, is welcome. Had the Giants been told May 1 that theywould go 16-12, they might have been satisfied. This was no ordinary winning month, though. It was the monththey lost Buster Posey, and everything changed. May also broughtsurgeries for Pablo Sandoval and Mark DeRosa. Mike Fontenot andDarren Ford landed on the disabled list, too. If the Giants are searching for anypositive omen, they got one Tuesday night even as they blew a 3-1lead in the eighth inning and lost 4-3 to the Cardinals.