I don't think many Giants fans had high expectations for this game. Good thing, because it was a snoozefest with an ending not in doubt for very long. Right now, Barry Zito vs Chad Billingsley is a mismatch, and not in the Giants favor! Key lines:
Buster Posey- 1 for 3. BA= .329. The Giants got a couple of runners on thanks to poor fielding by the Dodgers and Buster drilled a single over Furcal's head to drive them in. That was the Giants offense for the night.
Barry Zito- 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 4.18. First, he gives up a 2 run dinger to Rod Barajas with 2 outs and the pitcher on deck. Later, he gives the IBB to Barajas with 2 outs and runners on 2'nd and 3'rd only to give up a 2 run single to Chad Billingsley. What awful pitching! The bullpen stopped the bleeding, but it was too late with Billingsley cruising to an easy 2 hitter.
The Giants remain 3 games behind the NL West leading San Diego Padres who lost to the Rockies 4-3. In the Wild Card race, the Giants slipped to 3 games behind the Phillies who edged by the BrewCrew 1-0 behind Cole Hamels.
Matt Cain takes the mound tomorrow night against Ted Lilly in Chavez Ravine.
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boy, zito is getting paid alot of money to pitch like crap
ReplyDeletedont know if i can take another 3 years of this
and chad still has a 0 era against the giants...that is pathetic...he isnt that good
well,
ReplyDeleteat least the game ended early enough for me to listen to the back end of the grizzlies
pharoh with a walk off slam...too bad they were eliminated earlier in the day
sandberg won pcl skip of the year...decker only got a few votes
i predict that the cubbies dont even bother with the interview process and name sandberg as the new skip...either during or right after the playoffs
Yeah, 3 more years of Zito seems like an awfully long time. I'll go ahead and pound my chest here a bit. Way back in the offseason they signed Zito, I said that Ted Lilly was just as good or better and they could have signed him for 4 years/$40 M, less than 1/4 of the total they are paying Zito. Ah well, water under the bridge......
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