I'm not quite sure how you figure 8, 10, and 12 are close to 16. In response to maximizing run production, bumping up our production w/ RISP would certainly help. Less K's (putting the ball in play more, therefor moving runners over, getting sacrifices, etc) would help. We are batting a dismal .189 w/ the bases chucked. There are many ways in which this team leaves runs on the table. We saw it throughout the Cardinals series and the Cubs series. Hopefully the figure this out.