The team with the 3'rd worse record in MLB(Giants) took on the team with the worst(Phillies). Ty Blach only needed 1 run of support but the Giants offense scored early and often and kept adding on for a runaway win. Key Lines:
Denard Span CF- 5 for 6, 2 2B. BA= .260. Kuip's keys to the game included "setting the table" and Span was apparently listening.
Eduardo Nunez 3B- 3 for 5, 2 2B, BB. BA= .288. Span and Nunez were on base a combined 9 out of 12 PA's.
Brandon Crawford SS- 1 for 3, BB, 2 SF. BA= .262. Good situational hitting by Crawford who drove in 2 with SF's.
Joe Panik 2B- 2 for 6, 2B. BA= .245. Giants could use some hot hitting from Joe Panik who has been slumping.
Austin Slater RF- 1 for 5, BB. BA= .200. Slaters first basehit drove in a run and he laters scored during the same rally. His parents and sister were watching from the front row.
Ty Blach LHP- 0 for 3, 3 BB. BA= .176. Blach showed a good eye and walked his first 3 times up to extend rallies. He struck out his last 3 AB's. Last Giants pitcher to walk 3 times in a game was Ray Sadecki.
Ty Blach LHP- 9 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 15/4. ERA= 3.24. Blach has a reputation for being a control/command pitcher. He had pinpoint command in this one and was never really threatened. He threw 112 pitches in the CG performance.
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It's Johnny Cueto's turn tomorrow facing RHP Ben Lively, making his MLB debut.
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This is the Eduardo Núñez that the Giants wanted!
ReplyDeleteLast 15 games: .356/.367/.508, 6/7 stolen bases, 2 HRs, 10 RBIs.
Too little too late?
I don't really read at MCC much anymore. Definitely don't comment. But I was bored and hopped on over there this AM. found this to be interesting:
ReplyDelete"Blach was the first pitcher to walk three times in a game since Aaron Cook in 2009, and Cook was the first pitcher to do it since Joaquin Andujar in 1984. This doesn’t happen often."
Also, Grant made a Jim Palmer comparison was with Blach. Palmer, as we old people know, was not only a well known underwear model for Jockey, but had a nice side-career as a HOF pitcher for the Orioles while averaging a mere 5K/9 for his career.
Just hoping Cueto doesn't diminish his value so that he won't opt out -- or he wont be tradeable in July!
ReplyDeleteHis effort wasn't so bad today but Hunter showed why he maybe should take his suspension now.
Buster continues his 0/1 RBI streak -- 56 Giants' games without a multiple RBI game. Yeah, yeah, he gets walked a lot. It would help if he had a clutch hitter behind him but the Giants don't seem to have one of those this year. Maybe Núñez?
How come so many opponents have Cy Young on their staffs?