The Giants put more distance between themselves and the #1 overall draft pick in 2018. They piled up 6 runs in the first 3 innings. Matt Moore took a 1-hit shutout into the 8'th inning before faltering. The Giants added 4 more runs in the bottom of the 8'th for the blowout win. Key Lines:
Denard Span CF- 3 for 5. BA= .273. Span should be in a strict CF platoon with Gorkys Hernandez or somebody was he is hitting just .230 against LHP's and .286 against RHP's.
Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(11). BA= .260. Pence shook off a terrible July and is hitting .351 in August. He's slashing .277/.328/.454 with 5 dingers in 32 games since the All-Star Break.
Jarrett Parker LF- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .267. Parker drove in Span and Pence with a double for the second night in a row. I have to say, watching Jarrett Parker in the batters box makes me want a Xanax really bad. Man, that dude is fidgety! Does he drink from Hunter Pence's coffee jug during the game?
Pablo Sandoval 3B- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .218. Another guy who might be useful in a strict platoon with Pabs facing only RHP's.
Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(10), BB. BA= .229. Maybe his is Crawford's breakout game for a strong finish? Anyone else vote that a different hairstyle might help?
Matt Moore LHP- 7.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 5.54. This as actually a much better line than it looks. Moore took a 1-hit shutout into the 8'th inning. After allowing 2 runners to reach around an out, Cory Gearrin came in and gave up a seeing-eye single and a bloop for the 2 runs. This was Moore's 2'nd QS in a row and 4'th in 7 starts. In 2 other starts in that stretch, he had 14 K's against 1 BB in 13 IP.
Josh Osich LHP- 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 5.20. Osich came in to strike out the LH batting Nick Williams with 2 on, 1 out and 2 runs already scored in the 8'th, which is why he is on the roster. The score was 6-2 at that point. Huge out there.
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Ty Blach goes up against Jared Eickoff in game 3 of the 4 gamer today.
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Pence: He also hit .190 in May and was looking pretty bad out in the field to go with it. But whatever his problems were he's seemed to over-come them and he's been playing, since the All-Star break, as well as he's ever played for the Giants. He's running well, he's hitting well.
ReplyDeleteMoore: I went to bed at 6-0, in the bottom of the 6th or possibly top of the 7th. So I didn't see anything after that. But Moore looked mostly-sharp last night. Kind of a tease I thought because other times he looks like he's some guy they grabbed out of Rookie League.
Melancon: I read that he's got pronator damage he suffered during Spring Training. Considering the season is lost, I don't know why they brought him back. He needs more rest, possibly surgery. So I wish they'd shut him down and bring up Law or Rogers.
Arroyo: Won't be back. They decided to just shut him down for the year since he won't be ready by the time he finishes healing.
Arroyo remains a rookie --5 ABs short of losing it.
DeleteFunny thing how suddenly the OF is looking better that the IF!
ReplyDeleteHard to believe how good Parker looks -- even his trough was short.
If, he is out of it.