The Giants overcame yet another shoddy pitching performance by Jonathan Sanchez in a come from behind win in this inter league matchup. Key Lines:
Andres Torres- 3 for 4, HR(3). Looks like the time off was just what Torres needed. Getting him back to last years mid-season level would be huge for this offense!
Jonathan Sanchez- 4.2 IP, 2H, 3 R, 6 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.81. I guess he was still not very hittable, but my God! It's one thing to walk 2 or 3 batters in an otherwise quality 6 inning start, but Sanchez seems to have settled into a pattern of walking 5 or 6 in 5 inning starts. We're getting close to Steve Blass territory here!
Bullpen- 4.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. The bullpen won this game with some help from Carlos Santana. So, who do the Giants drop to make room for Zito? I'd almost rather send Mota out there to start game 2 of that DH and make it a bullpen game if it means dropping one of these guys to add Zito.
With the Win, the Giants kept pace with the NL West leading D'Backs who came from behind to edge the Detroit Tigers 6-5. The Giants remain 0.5 games behind. The Rockies also kept pace, 4 games back with a 4-2 win over the Yankees. The Dodgers slipped to 9 games back with an 8-3 loss to freeway rivals the Angels of Anaheim. The Padres stayed 10 games behind with an 11-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
Matt CAin tries to keep it going today against Justin Masterson in an afternoon game that I won't get to see because Fox will be broadcasting the Dodger-Angel game.
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Seems to me Sanchez needs to go on the 15-day DL with a swollen pinkie. Or some such.
ReplyDeleteWell, that would be very convenient with Zito coming back.
ReplyDeletejim got it right
ReplyDeletesanchez to dl...tenditis in bicep...right bicep...non throwing arm...pretty cool
so that gives zito a month to show something...saves the pen
next decision will be when fotenot comes back, and im sure that hall will be dfa
check that...misread tweet
ReplyDeletelft biceps
except we all know that the prob is between his ears
Props to Jim on the call!
ReplyDeleteSo does Mota get the start on Double-Header Day, or do the Giants DFA Hall and call up a starter from Fresno for the day (then bring back Fontenot the next day)? And if it's a call up, who gets the start?
All very interesting! Mota could get the start and be asked to go 4+ IP. Runzler could be called back, but he doesn't seem ready to start in the majors just yet. Like I said, poor man's Sanchez and they just jumped out of that frying pan! Non-roster SP's in the minors would include Yourkin, Kown or Loux. My pick? Eric Surkamp! Yeah, bring him on!
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