Saturday, September 24, 2011

Game Wrap 9/23/2011: D'Backs 3 Giants 1

Matt Cain took a 1-0 lead into the 7'th inning against the Dangerous D'Backs, but even the Mighty Matt Cain could not hold back the forces of evil forever. In a typical Matt Cain game, a QS wasn't enough for the W. I've called them the Dangerous D'Backs all year and they showed why in this one as they clinched the NL West championship by beating the defending champs. Key Lines:

Orlando Cabrera- 2 for 3, HR(5). BA= .238. Not that OCab isn't capable of some good things, but I hope he's not the starting SS next year.

Brandon Belt- 2 for 3. BA= .221. Encouraging that Belt got the start against a crafty lefty and got a couple of hits.

Matt Cain- 7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 H, 3 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 2.88. Once again, Cainer deserves a better record than he ends up with. He and Timmy should not pitch again this season.

The Loss officially eliminates the Giants from the NL West race. The D'Backs are a deserving champion. I hope they do well in the playoffs. Kirk Gibson has done a remarkable job as manager. Congrats to the new NL West champions. The Loss also leaves the Giants 5 games behind the Braves in the Wild Card race and 3 games behind the Cardinals.

Eric Surkamp goes this evening against Cy Young candidate Ian Kennedy.

4 comments:

  1. the snakes are deserving

    their fan base is not

    gibson will win nl manager of the year

    but i hate him, for he was once a bum

    and i really hope sabes took a good look at the team that won the west this season...they arent going away

    they are going to have some really nasty pitching next year (and for many to come) and unlike the giants, they take pride in their kids and the speed and energy that they bring to the game

    ocab sucked the life right out of this team...he is the mlb version of dracula

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  2. Don't be a hater, Bacci.

    I really can't say I agree with any of that.

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  3. dont agree with anything?

    damn dodger lover

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  4. How soon we forget that they were the champions last year.

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