Sunday, August 21, 2016

Game Wrap 8/20/2016: Mets 9 Giants 5

Matt Moore struggled with his command early and threw 92 pitches in 5 innings.  Jake Peavy relieved him and the roof caved in as the Mets built an insurmountable lead.  Key Lines:

Denard Span- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(7).  BA= .274.  Span is 9 for 14 in his last 3 games and his hitting .345 for the month of August.

Angel Pagan- 1 for 2.  BA= .299.  Pagan extended his hitting streak to 18 games before leaving with a groin strain.  He's DTD with the hope he will be ready for the Dodgers series on 8/23.

Hunter Pence- 2 for 3, BB.  Pence now has 2 hits in each of his last 3 games.

Matt Moore- 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.18.  Moore seemed to settle down a bit in the 4'th and 5'th innings, but by that time the pitch count was up there.  Maybe he could have gone 1 more inning?

Jake Peavy- 2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.55.  Peavy had been pitching OK in relief.  There are 2 pitchers the Giants have yet to find replacements for in the bullpen, Jeremy Affeldt and Yusmeiro Petit.  It would seem Peavy is not that guy either.

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The Dodgers were once again crushed by the Cincinnati Reds 11-1 so the Giants maintain their 0.5 game lead in the NL West.  Go Reds!

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Jeff Samardzija tries to build on his recent success today facing Thor.

1 comment:

  1. Sigh. Peavy did well his first 6 innings in relief. Looked like he'd found a home. I guess not.

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