A furious rally in the top of the 9'th inning couldn't make up for the hole dug by some pretty terrible pitching from 5'th starter Todd Wellemeyer as the Giants struggle to prove they are for real against the vaunted Dodger lineup. Let's get to the key lines:
Eugenio Velez- 1 for 2, HR(2). A 3 run dinger in the 9'th to close the score to 10-8. Velez replaced Aaron Rowand who was beaned by a Vicente Padilla fastball. Would anyone be upset if Rowand missed a couple and Velez filled in?
Edgar Renteria- 0 for 5. Rent is looking an awful lot like last year the last few games. BA now .333.
Pablo Sandoval- 1 for 4, HR(2).
Mark DeRosa- 2 for 4.
Juan Uribe- 2 for 4. BA= .361. Uribe has been nothing but remarkable for the Giants ever since he was signed as a minor league FA before last season. One of Sabean's better dumpster dives.
Todd Wellemeyer- 4 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. A truly putrid performance, and even more embarrassing, it came against the Hated Rivals. Yes, I thought the ump squeezed him on a couple of close pitches while giving Padilla a generous strike zone, but still, Wellemeyer just didn't have enough command of his stuff. At one point after he walked opposing pitcher Vicente Padilla on 4 pitches, the TV camera showed Bochy visibly angry in the dugout yelling "throw the $#%& ball over the plate", or something to that effect. He was constantly behind in the count and then had to serve up fat pitches just to get the ball over the plate. You don't need too much out of a #5 starter. A quality start here and there is welcome, but Wellemeyer has had exactly one season where he was good enough to hold down a #5 starter job. Tonight's performance was much more like his other 6 seasons. If Bochy has a doghouse, and he certainly seems to, I would say from his reaction to the Padilla walk that Wellemeyer just might be in it right now. We may be looking for another starter before the season is over.
Timmy pitches on Fox Game of the Week tomorrow against knuckleballer Charlie Haeger. Timmy should win easily, but this Dodger lineup is tough and you never know about knucklballers.
Around the League:
Atlanta outslugged Colorado 9-5 while newly anointed D'Backs closer Juan Gutierrez coughed up a 1 run 9'th inning lead on a walk-off 3 run HR by Chase Headley. Pads win 6-3.
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