Game Wrap 8/21/2017: Giants 2 Brewers 0

Chris Stratton and 3 Giants relievers combined for a 4-hit shutout against a good BrewCrew lineup.  Key Lines:

Jarrett Parker LF- 2 for 3, BB, SB(2).  BA= .276.  Parker has a 7 game hit streak going and is 10 for 28 in that span.  Parker continues to make nice plays in LF.  He is listed as a negative defender by Fangraphs which, I'm sorry, just does not match with the eye test.

Hunter Pence RF- 1 for 3, BB.  BA= .259.  Pence is hitting .333 in August.

Brandon Crawford SS- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .233.   His double, which raised chalk down the RF line in the 4'th inning, was the big blow of the game which drove in the Giants first run and set up their second.  Crawford has a 6 game hit streak in which he is 8 for 20.

Pablo Sandoval 3B- 2 for 3, 2B, HBP.  BA= .229.  Pabs 6 for 14 over his last 4 games.  He took a pitch of his left forearm and was taken out as a precaution.  He was diagnosed with a contusion and Bochy said he could have stayed in the game if he had to.

Chris Stratton RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 9/1.  ERA= 3.98.  Stratton built on his last great Start and has now pitched 12.2 shutout innings over those 2 Starts.  He had double digit K's in his last start. In this one, he pitched to contact but came close to double digit groundball outs.

Matt Cain RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 5.15.  Cain looked sharp in a 1-inning appearance.

Mark Melancon RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.51.  Melancon looked sharp too with a wipeout spike curveball enabling him to strike out 2 batters.  Per Giants website, they were so unsure of what they would get from Melancon they did not excuse Matt Cain from the dugout until Melancon completed his warmups in case problems arose.

Sam Dyson RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, Save(11).  ERA= 5.32.  Dyson also looked sharp closing it down.  He walked a batter with 1 out then appeared to get out of the inning with a GIDP, but the Brewers challenged the play at 1B and prevailed.  Dyson struck out the next batter to end the game.

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Jeff Samardzija takes the mound against Jimmy Nelson tonight.

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Not sure what's up with Johnny Cueto, but his rehab start was pushed back due to illness.