For the second game in a row, the Giants failed to score a run in the first 9 innings, but there were no extra innings in this one as the Rockies scored 2 runs early and made them stand up. Key Lines:
Brandon Belt- 2 for 3, BB, CS(4). BA= .327. The Giants ran themselves out of a couple of opportunities in this one. Belt has been CS in all 4 of his attempts this season. I didn't see it, but he also reportedly got a bad jump on Pence's double failing to score when he probably should have.
Hunter Pence- 3 for 4, 2B. BA= .302. Pence is hot. You would think that with Belt and Pence getting on base 6 times between them while hitting back-to-back in the lineup, would produce a run or two.
Jeff Samardzija- 7.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 9 K's. ERA= 3.17. Giants waste a dominant performance by the Shark. Gotta capitalize on those!
Albert Suarez- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K's. ERA= 0.00. The silver lining in this game is the Giants may have finally found their long reliever. So far this season, the Giants have learned a hard lesson in just how hard it is to replace a guy like Yusmeiro Petit(BTW, take a gander at Petit's stat line for the Nationals). Suarez is a big guy who has kicked around the minors for awhile. The Giants signed him as a minor league FA. He got shelled in spring training, but turned in two dominant starts in his last two appearances for AAA Sacramento. Today, he showed a 95 MPH FB with sink and did a nifty job of inducing a GIDP after giving up the single.
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The Loss dropped the Giants into an NL West first place tie with the Dodgers who topped the BJ's 4-2(the Dodgers lead by a percentage point). The winning Rockies are 1 game back in 3'rd place. The D'Backs won to gain a game, 2 games off the pace while the Padres lost to remain 3.5 games behind in last place.
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The Giants begin a home series against the BJ's tomorrow with Jake Peavy trying to turn his season around facing hard throwing Aaron Sanchez.
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Angel Pagan may hit the DL tomorrow if he's not ready to go for the Toronto series. Gotta think Jarrett Parker would be the callup.
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Bryce Harper became the first MLB player in over 100 years to reach base 7 times without a hit. In the 4 games series against the Cubs, Harper had just 4 AB's while walking 13 times plus 1 HBP. The Mad Genius(or is it Evil Genius?) Joe Maddon's handiwork on display here.
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Belt had to wait a bit on Pence's double, see if CarGo was going have room to get under it.
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