Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Game Wrap 9/12/2011: Giants 8 Padres 3

The Giants put together an offense for the second game in a row while Eric Surkamp and the bullpen held the Pesky Ones at bay. The result was a very entertaining game out at AT&T Park. Key Lines:

3 for 4, 2B, HR(13), BB. BA= .236. Ross is in one of his hot streaks(.289 over his last 10 games with 3 HR's) and looks a lot more relaxed since Rowand got the ax.

Carlos Beltran- 2 for 4, HR(18). BA= .292. Baggs seems to think SF is one of the last places Beltran want's to be next season. Hopefully he's noticing what this lineup and team might become with Posey back in there and the continued great pitching. This team isn't that far away from being the class of the NL West.

Pablo Sandoval- 1 for 4, HR(19). BA= 301. Baggs mentioned that Panda is a few lbs heavier than coming out of ST. I've been watching him and he might be, but he's also a few lbs lighter than when he came off the DL. Pablo is looking good out there! He scoots down the line on potential DP grounders pretty well too!

Brandon Crawford- 0 for 4. BA= .184. I'm going to play hitting coach and take a shot at what I think Crawford's problem at the plate is: 1. He holds his hands too low in his stance. He then brings them up into hitting position as the pitcher is delivering the ball. 2. He is watching the ball longer than most hitters, which allows him longer to decide whether it is a good pitch to swing at or not, thus the "good approach." 3. #1 +#2 is forcing him to rush his swings so that he's sort of stabbing or punching at the ball producing a lot of foul balls(long AB's) but also a lot of weak contact on balls in play. What he needs to do is either alter his stance to get his hands up higher or he needs to get them up earlier in the pitcher's delivery sequence.

Hector Sanchez- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .200. Sanchez threw out both Maybin and Bartlett on SB attempts. I think it was on Bartlett that he made an absolutely perfect throw just to the left of the bag. The fielder's glove didn't have to move as the runner slid right into it. A thing of beauty!

Eric Surkamp- 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's. Surkamp pitched his way out of a jam in the 4'th while allowing just 1 run. He allowed just the one run through 5 IP. Bochy came and got him when he ran into trouble again in the 6'th. Unfortunately, Edlefsen brought out his gas can, but it did set up Surkamp to get the W and take a positive experience away from the game. The 0 K's is not what we saw from him in the minors.

Despite the Win, the Giants were unable to gain ground on the Dangerous D'Backs who beat the Dodgers 7-2, but they did put another game between themselves and the 3'rd place Dodgers who are now 4.5 games behind the Giants. The Braves are stumbling, but way too early to be thinking Wild Card. If Bochy starts thinking the Giants have a chance, he might be tempted to sit the kids again!

Matt Cain takes the mound tonight against LHP Cory Luebke.

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