The Giants train just kept a rolling with 3 dingers and dominating pitching led by Madison Bumgarner who I'm just so excited about I can hardly contain myself! The Reds fielded their likely opening day lineup and still got dominated! Key lines:
Andres Torres- 1 for 3, HR(1). BA= .389.
Freddy Sanchez- 1 for 2, HR(1), BB. Freddy had a flurry of HR's at the end of last year. I wonder if we're seeing something emerge here?
Cody Ross- 1 for 3, HR(1). BA= .318. I'm expecting a solid season from Cody. He's a tough out.
Darren Ford- 1 for 1, SB(6), 2 runs. Entered the game as a pinch runner and scored the run. Later generated 1 of his own. I'm thinking this guy could have a lot of value as a 5'th OF pinch running almost every game.
Pat Burrell- 2 for 2, BB. BA= .250. A perfect game for Burrell at the plate.
Madison Bumgarner- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's, 1 Pickoff. A dominating, dominating performance from MadBum! Picked off the only baserunner he allowed against the Reds best lineup. This kid stays healthy and he's beast!
S. Casilla, Lopez, Affeldt, Romo, Edlefsen- 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's. Affeldt allowed 3 baserunners but the rest had easy innings. Edlefsen has not allowed a run or hit in 5 appearances/3.2 IP. He's gotten 11 batters out, 4 K's and 7 GB's. He has walked 3 and hit a batter.
The Giants spring record now stands at 11-4. They travel to Peoria tomorrow to play the Padres with Tim Lincecum taking the mound in an evening game.
Around the League: Jonathan Broxton's trouble from last season resurfaced today in the Dodgers exhibition game against the Pads: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 0 K's, HBP. Broxton gave up a solo HR to Hoffpauir and then allowed 3 more baserunners and another run. He was pulled and his successor coughed up the baserunners by serving up a 3 run gopher ball to Cedric Hunter. Broxton also allowed 3 SB's during the 0.2 IP. It would have been even more ugly except Anthony Rizzo was thrown out at home trying to advance on the thrown after he stole 3B.
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giants need more ss games so that the pitchers can get their work in
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according to baggs, the fans gave edgar a standing O...that is very nice