The Giants mounted a comeback in the late innings against the Pesky Ones that had AT&T Park rockin' again, but the Peskiness of the Padres knows no bounds and they came back to retake the lead in the top of the 9'th inning and then held on for the Win. More ominously, the Giants sent two more players to the DL. Jonathan Sanchez was no surprise as his sprained ankle seemed like DL material from day 1. Nate Schierholtz turned out to have a fracture in his foot after all, which he apparently aggravated on Sunday, and a subsequent MRI showed the fracture which was not seen on the original X-ray. I don't remember when Nate fouled the ball off his foot, but that he has since apparently been playing on a fractured foot is pretty mind boggling. At this point, it's considered a good day for the Giants if they only put one player on the DL! Beltran came off the DL to replace Sanchez and may start game 2 against the Padres, but one gets the feeling that he still isn't 100%, especially batting from the left side. He pinch hit in this game against a LHP. Key Lines:
Cody Ross- 1 for 2, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .237. Good to see Ross be a bit more patient at the plate tonight out of the 6 hole.
Hector Sanchez- 1 for 1. BA= .250. Sanchez gets his first MLB hit, a nice GB up the middle for an RBI in the 8'th inning rally.
Orlando Cabrera- 2 for 2. BA= .246. OCab entered the game in the bottom of the 7'th as a PH for Matt Cain. He ended up with the only multi-hit game for the Giants.
Matt Cain- 7 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 2.90. Giants Nirvana has a nice story up showing how Matt Cain is statistically still on the upward side of his career as he has steadily improved his numbers year by year, including this year which is shaping up to be his best year yet. The most amazing part is his HR/FB rate which has always confounded his sabermetric critics but rather than regressing has gone to a whole new level this year. Ironically, it was a 2 run HR by Kyle Blanks that was the big blow for the Padres in this one. Even still, the Giants might have won this one were it not for the unearned runs.
Mat Latos(Padres)- 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 11/3. ERA= 3.74. I missed the first part of the game. When I looked at the box score and saw 0 hits for the Giants after 4 innings, I said "uh-oh!" The line tells you that Latos didn't really pitch all that well, but as anemic as the Giants offense is right now, it seems like just a matter of time until they get no-hit by some random pitcher.
The Loss dropped the Giants 2 full games behind the Dangerous D'Backs who blanked the Nationals 2-0 behind Ian Kennedy who just might win 20 games this year.
Tim Lincecum takes on the Pesky Ones and Tim Stauffer tonight in what seems like a must-win game.
Addendum: According to Baggs, Nate is not going on the DL mainly because it's only 9 days until rosters expand and the Giants apparently think he can help in a PH role before then.
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the fact that nate was playing with a fracture (and ran and slid and everything) and pablo cant bat from the right side....and carlos didnt want to play cuz he could only bat from one side...i gonna cost mr beltran millions on the fa market
ReplyDeletestretch run is when guys start refusing to go on the dl
not blaming sabean, but the beltran trade is officially a bust
not upset at all...this team is showing grit....they should be by all rights, dead in the water
i just hope that after the call ups, they let the healthy kids play
btw, that dinger matt gave up was on an 0-2 pitch....seems he had a brain fart
hector should be in the running for backup catcher for next season
seems to me that whiteside has now dropped in the depth chart, and if stewart falls below sanchez, he should easily be able to write his ticket to get on any other major league roster (dude just needed a shot)
edelfson was wild, but didnt let things get out of hand....nice to know that the team will be ok in the pitching dept for next season
I've heard mention of the term "Pesky Padres" to describe my hometown San Diego Padres. Just now I did a Google search for the term. This is how I found your blog.
ReplyDeleteIt seems its a term used quite frequently as the search shows. I've heard mention of the term "Pesky Padres" to describe my hometown San Diego Padres. Just now I did a Google search for the term. This is how I found your blog.
It seems its a term used quite frequently as the search shows. The local media calls them the "Friars" or the "Pads" anyway lets see if the "Peskiness" continues tonight.
I heard that the Padres announcers have started calling them the Pesky Padres and said some Giants fans started it. I don't know if it originated with this blog, but I like to think it might have.
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