Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Game Wrap 5/17/2011: Rockies 5 Giants 3

Jonathan Sanchez took a gem of a game into the 8'th inning only to have it all unravel, in part due to his own throwing error. Is it just me or have Giants pitchers had a terrible time fielding this season? I'm not sure I can count how many runs or games it has cost them already. Key lines:

Buster Posey- 2 for 4. BA= .271. Posey needs to string some multi-hit games together.

Pat Burrell- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .240. Mixed feelings about Burrell. He's definitely a power threat when he's in there. Best defensive alignment is Ross in LF, Torres in CF and Nate in RF. Ross can hit some too.

Aubrey Huff- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .229. Huffster is hitting .323 over his last 9 games.

Jonathan Sanchez- 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.71. Sanchez' line was 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K's. at the start of the inning. After the first two batters reached on singles, he threw away a sac bunt. Lopez then came in and poured gasoline on the fire. Don't know if the final outcome would have been different, but it sure seems likely that the throwing error on the bunt hurt a lot. I don't know where to find the stats but it sure seems the Giants pitchers have been particularly bad at fielding bunts and combackers this year.

With the loss, the Giants fall out of first place in the NL West by 0.5 games with the Rockies taking over the top spot. Bummer. It really feels like the Giants should have won both games, or at least had a chance to win both games.

The Giants move on to LA for another 2 game series with Matt Cain taking the mound against the fearsome Clayton Kershaw.

1 comment:

  1. wonder if durty is thinking about why he should even bother pitching lights out, if the offense is gonna fail

    as for the upcoming dodger series...is it possible that a team can win with negative runs?

    derosa now 0-18 since coming off the dl...and its an ugly ofer

    and i really hope this past series showed bochy that rowand should be the 5th of and nate, torres, burrell and ross should get the majority of all starts

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