If someone had told you this morning that the Cubs would score 7 and 3 runs against Giants pitching in the doubleheader games today, you might have reasonably concluded that the Giants were about to be swept. Instead, they put on a surprising burst of offense, as they should have, against a couple of pretty bad pitchers and the Giants were the team that ended up with the sweep. Key Lines:
Game 1
Aaron Rowand- 2 for 5, 2B, BB. BA= .245.
Miguel Tejada- 3 for 6, HR(2). BA= .229. Miggy T hitting .273 over his last 10 games.
Pablo Sandoval- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .294. Good to see Pablo not miss a beat after coming out of Sunday's game early with a quad strain.
Pat Burrell- 3 for 5, HR(7). BA= .237. Pat the Bat is 6 for 18, .333 over his last 10 games with 2 BB's.
Chris Stewart- 2 for 4, BB. BA= .224. Is CStew winning the starting catcher's job? His D has been noticeably better than Whiteside's and he's hitting .280 over his last 10 games. Love his enthusiasm too!
Ryan Vogelsong- 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 2.09. It was a warm day in Wrigley, but the box score says the wind was blowing in from LF. Not a great line but not a terrible one either.
Game 2
Cody Ross- 2 for 4, 2B, BB. BA= .270.
Nate Schierholtz- 3 for 4, SB(5). BA= .267. Nate got a pinch hit in game 1 too. He's hitting .346 over his last 10 games.
Brandon Crawford- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .198. Crawford is hitting .182 over his last 10 games but got a hit on Sunday and is 3 for his last 9 AB's.
Eli Whiteside- 1 for 3, BB. BA= .225. Whitey is hitting .290 over his last 10 games and has been better on D. Not sure the Giants need to trade for a catcher the way he and CStew have been playing lately. It's not like they are going to get Joe Mauer or Brian McCann in a deal.
Barry Zito- 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 4.95. I didn't see the game. What was Zito's velocity? Anyway, nice game. it will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
With the Double W, the Giants gained 0.5 games on the Arizona D'Backs, who won a see-saw battle with the Cleveland Indians 6-4. The Giants are now 2.5 games ahead in the NL West. The Rockies topped the ChiSox 3-2 but dropped 0.5 games to a 6.5 game deficit. The Desperate Dodgers lost to the Twins 6-4 to drop 10.5 games behind the leaders. The Pesky Padres won their 3'rd straight, 4-2 over the KC Royals to tie the Dodgers for last place.
Tim Lincecum tries to extend the Giants winning streak to 8 games tomorrow evening facing Ryan Dempster.
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The Wrigley gun had Zito as high as 88, but I only saw that once, most his FB's were sitting between 84-86, changeup mostly in the high 70's.
ReplyDeletebox was wrong...the wing was blowing in during the second game..it was blowing out to right in the first...and the dingers were wind aided
ReplyDeletedidnt help that the ump had an ever changing k zone for both pitchers
didnt help that bochy decided to play his best d..only for zito...crawford made a web gem that kept zito from imploding early....dont care if he hits or not...the kid has gotta stay on this roster for the duration
pat made an error(ruled a hit) hall made 2 errors (only one ruled a hit) added to vsong's pitch count...messed with his focus...for the first time, he really looked pissed on the mound...stewart did his best to keep him calm
vsong took responsibility, but i think that when frodo returns, its hall that goes, not burriss
as for zito...happy for him...he had control...hit his spots...i hope he continues throwing strong
best medicine for this offensively challenged team is cubbie pitching...its terrible
Has anyone else noticed Nate's new batting stance? Not that he radically changed it, but he went from an open stance to a closed stance.. Sort of resembles Andre Ethier's stance a bit. I was wondering if anyone have info about it or perhaps he's been experimenting with things with Bam Bam.
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