Once again, the Giants hitters were dominated by a journeyman pitcher while a sparkling effort by Madison Bumgarner as ruined by a fielding error by Miguel Tejada and the Giants lost a 2-0 decision in which the only two runs to score were unearned. Key lines:
Aaron Rowand- 2 for 4. BA= .290. Rowand is the only guy hitting with any consistency in the Giants lineup. He had 2 of the 3 hits tonight.
Madison Bumgarner- 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 10/4. ERA= 4.75 This is more like what we expected from Bumgarner this season. Unfortunately all it got him was his 5'th Loss against 0 Wins.
Tom Gorzelanny(Nats)- 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 2.93. Make no mistake, Gorzelanny is a quality pitcher. I've considered him for my fantasy team from time to time over the last 3 seasons. He never seemed quite consistent enough, but he's always been capable of games like this. His ERA of 2.93 would suggest that this game was not a fluke either. The problem is the Giants are getting dominated by journeyman pitchers game after game. After awhile you have to ask if it's the pitchers being good or the Giants hitting just not being up to the task. Maybe a bit of both?
The Loss drops the Giants 2 games below .500 at 13-15. Colorado DNP so the Giants will be a full 5 games behind. The Dodgers are winning their game. Unless Broxton blows yet another Save, they should move into sole possession of 2'nd place 4 games off the pace.
Ryan Vogelsong takes on the Mets tomorrow night in NY. Not sure which journeyman pitcher the Mets are going to roll out there, but I'm sure he's be tough on the Giants.
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the nats made some nifty defensive plays too
ReplyDeletere baggs...the error that miggs made that was ruled a hit, was changed to an error after the game
miggs has no range...that is not going to improve as the season progresses....and he almost had a mando moment during the post game interviews...must be nice to get a 6 mil contract based on one's name alone
i really hope that bochy gives him a mental health day tomorrow and starts burris...it couldnt hurt
looks like gamer wont be going back to the bench for a good long while...so look for corner platoon when torres gets back
bums won...but who cares...they will not be there in sept....ethier's streak now at 28
only 15k showed up to the game tonite...not including free tiks for service people (something the giants should do too)
i know its a monday night and school is still in...but its a really nice park..should draw more
very impressed with madbum...although he did get flustered by the error....something he still has to work on
but give that kid a normal k zone to work with, and he is almost unhittable