Game Wrap 7/13/2018: Giants 7 A's 1

I was a big night for Steven Duggar who led the Giants attack in a game what was a nail biter until the 7'th inning.  Key Lines:

Steven Duggar CF- 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .286.  Wow! This is what we've been waiting and hoping for with Duggar, who drove in 2 runs and scored 3 and was pretty much the difference in the game.  He scored the first 2 Giants runs of the game and his bases-loaded double was the big blow in the 5-run 7'th inning.  That double came of lefty Jeremy Bleich who was making his MLB debut just a couple of games after Duggar made his at the age of 31.

Buster Posey C- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .289.  Buster is 5 for 12 after taking an 0 for 5 on 7/9.

Madison Bumgarner LHP- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.90.  Not a dominant start for Bum, but other than a solo HR to Chad Pinder, Bum allowed just 2 baserunners through 6 but then loaded the bases to start the 7'th inning with a leadoff single and 2 BB's.

Reyes Moronta RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.76.  Moronta got the call in the high leverage situation and delivered with a K, lineout and ground-out to get out of the bases-loaded jam Bumgarner left behind.

Sam Dyson RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.20.  By the time Dyson entered the game, the Giants had a 6 run lead, but those were 2 easy innings using just 19 pitches and just 4 in the 8'th innings.  He was pounding the zone with a heeaavvy fastball.

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The Dodgers, D'Backs and Rockies all won so the Dodgers lead the NL West by 0.5 games over the Snakes and 3 games over the Rockies.  The Giants are in 4'th place also 3 games behind but trail the Rockies by percentage points.  he Pathetic Padres bring up the rear of the division 13.5 games off the pace.

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Jeff Samardzija tries to secure a series win tonight facing oft-injured lefty Brett Anderson.