AAA: Sacramento River Cats defeated the Oklahoma City Baseball Club(Dodgers) 8-4:
Friday, April 19, 2024
Down on the Farm: 4/18/2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Game Wrap 4/18/2024: Giants 5 D'Backs 0
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 4. BA= .282. Lee leads the team in hits with 22, 3 more than Michael Conforto. He also reached on an error by 2B Ketel Marte that was probably caused by his speed.
Down on the Farm: 4/17/2024
AAA: Oklahoma City Baseball Club(AKA Dodgers) held off the Sacramento River Cats 4-3:
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Game Wrap 4/17/2024: Giants 3 Marlins 1
Keaton Winn pitched six strong innings and the Giants hit just well enough to secure a series win on the road. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee CF- 2 for 4. BA= .270. Lee seems to starting to hit his stride, hitting .313 over his last 7 games, and should not bat anywhere but leadoff even against LHP's.
Jorge Soler DH- 2 for 4, BB. BA= .239. Still not a lot of power but Soler bounces back from a terrible game last night.
Matt Chapman 3B- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .208. Chapman drove in a valuable insurance run and set up an opportunity for more in the 8'th inning but the Giants left runners at 2'nd and 3'rd stranded.
Thairo Estrada 2B- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .239. Thairo is hitting .380 over his last 7 games.
Keaton Winn RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 4.09. Winn did not give up a run until the 6'th inning when he took a comebacker off the foot which appeared to affect his location and the next batter hit a solo HR. He later issued a walk to Jazz Chisholm but Patrick Bailey C took care of him on a CS. Bob Melvin indicated he took Winn out early due to concern for the impact of the (very mild) foot injury. Winn appears to be a full-fledged MLB SP with avoiding serious injury his biggest challenge.
Erik Miller LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 6.00. Melvin used Miller in the 7'th with just a 1-run lead. He now has 4 consecutive scoreless appearances with 7 K and 0 BB in 4 IP.
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(3). ERA= 3.60. Doval has not allowed a run in 4.1 IP since his first appearance on March 30.
All 4 NL West rivals lost today so the Giants Win puts them 3 games behind the division leading Dodgers, 1 game behind the D'Backs and 2 games behind the Padres. The Giants record stands at 8-11 or 8-8 outside Dodger Stadium.
The Giants come home to start a 4-game series against the division rival D'Backs tomorrow evening with Logan Webb RHP taking the mound against Ryne Nelson RHP.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Down on the Farm: 4/16/2024
AAA: Sacramento River Cats defeated the Oklahoma City Baseball Club aka Dodgers 3-2:
Game Wrap 4/16/2024: Marlins 6 Giants 3
Some quetionable fielding and a bullpen failure kept the Giants from securing a series win against the Marlins. Key Lines:
Austin Slater RF- 1 for 3. BA= .133. The Giants hit into some bad luck in this one. Slater led off the game by smoking one to RF but right at Jesus Sanchez who struggled to hang on but did for the first out.
Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(4). BA= .205. Still more than on track to hit 25 on the season.
Nick Ahmed SS- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .288. There was a missed GIDP which contributed to the Marlins 2-run 4'th inning. Questionable whether it would have been different with Estrada at 2B instead of Fitz. In the end it probably did not matter to the outcome.
Jordan Hicks RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 8/2. ERA= 1.57. At 86 pitches, Hicks probably could have gone another inning but threw a lot of pitches in the 4'th. As it was he left with the game tied at 2. Alas, Ryan Walker RHP didn't have it and gave up a 3 spot in the 6'th which effectively ended the ballgame.
The Loss left the Giants record at 7-11, 4 games behind the Dodgers, 3 behind the Padres and 2 behind the D'Backs.
Keaton Winn RHP goes for a series win tomorrow at 9:10 AM PDT facomg Trevor Rogers LHP
Monday, April 15, 2024
Game Wrap 4/15/2024: Giants 4 Marlins 3
A 3-run rally in the 7'th inning turned a Quality Start by Kyle Harrison into a Win with the bullpen closing it out. Key Lines: