Thursday, June 2, 2016

Game Wrap 6/2/2016: Giants 6 Braves 0

The Giants offense came to life for 6 runs on 3 2-run dingers in the 5'th inning to support another dominant start by Madison Bumgarner.  Oh, and Bummy hit one of the HR's himself!  Key Lines:

Denard Span- 0 for 3, 2 BB, SB(7).  BA= .263.  When you are the leadoff hitter in a lineup, it doesn't really matter how you get on base.   Span's OBP was .400 in this game.

Joe Panik- 1 for 5, HR(6).  BA=  .242.   Panik got the party started in the 5'th.

Buster Posey- 1 for 4, HR(8), BB.  BA= .264.  Posey seemed to be going back into a slump, but his bat woke up long enough to drive in Matt Duffy, who was HBP, ahead of him.  I didn't hear where this pitch hit duffman.  Hopefully not on the same hand the previous one.

Brandon Belt- 2 for 3, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .306.  Terrific game by Belt, but strangely enough, he did not figure in the scoring.

Madison Bumgarner- 1 for 4, HR(2).  BA= .156.  Here's a variation of something I saw on somebody's blog today.  Now I can't find it but give credit wherever it's due.  Since the start of the 2014 season, Madison Bumgarner has hit a HR ever 16.7 PA's while Mike Trout has hit one every 18.2.

Madison Bumgarner- 7.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K's.  ERA= 1.91.  Another double digit K day for Bumgarner who now has 28 of them which is right up there with all the Giants great except Timmy and he's closing on Timmy fast.

Chris Stratton- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.  So far, so good for Stratton in his first 2 innings of MLB experience.  Next step is to get the ball in a moderate leverage situation or go multiple innings.

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With the Win, the Giants finally gained a game on the Dodgers who lost to the Cubs 7-2 falling 5.5 games behind the NL West leaders.  Julio Urias' second MLB start was a big better than his first, but still not good.  He'll probably be a beast someday, but not out of the gate.  The Rockies also lost to fall 8.5 games off the pace.

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The Giants now move on to St Louis for the final leg of this 10 game roadie.  Johnny Cueto faces Adam Wainwright in the first game tomorrow evening.

3 comments:

  1. FWIW Doc, the back to back to back 2-run HRs started with Bummy, not Panik, in the fifth and ended with Posey.

    Great to finally gain another game on the money-cursed Dodgers.

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  2. I was there...a truly dominant game from Bumgarner.

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  3. pence needs surgery. out for at least 8 weeks. this blows

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