The Giants won their 3'rd game in a row and 2'nd in a row in extra innings behind another Quality Start from Young Dereck Rodriguez and just enough offense. Key Lines:
Andrew McCutchen RF- 1 for 4, HR(11), BB. BA= .258. Cutch was the subject of trade rumors but the Giants ended up keeping him around, at least for now. Maybe gaining 2 games on the Dodgers over the past 2 days had something to do with that? Anyway, Cutch followed up his 4 times on base night with a solo HR which temporarily gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the 5'th inning.
Evan Longoria 3B- 2 for 5. BA= .250. Longoria tripled to lead off the 10'th inning and scored the winning run on Brandon Crawford's 2-out single. Longo came back from the DL just in time as the Giants face a whole slew of LHP's coming up.
Austin Slater 1B- 1 for 3, 2 BB. BA= .305. Slater continues to be an OBP machine sporting a .440 on the season and .500 with a .350 BA over his last 7 games. Short Sample Size, of course.
Brandon Crawford 2 for 5. BA= .285. Crawford's bat is coming to live as he is 5 for 16 over his last 3 games.
Dereck Rodriguez RHP- 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 2.59. This was Young Dereck's 6'th Quality Start in a row with 3 innings of shutout relief work tucked into the middle of that. Is he the ace of the staff right now? I might have to officially retire the Young Dereck nickname and go to DRod!
Will Smith LHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(6). ERA- 1.31. Smith got the W last night because the game was tied when he entered it. Today he got the Save as he entered with a 1-run lead in the bottom of the 10'th. I'd say right now he is firmly entrenched as the Giants Closer.
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The Dodgers lost to the BrewCrew 1-0 while the D'Backs blanked the Rangers 6-0 and the Rockies topped the Cardinals 5-3. That leaves the D'Backs in first place by 0.5 games over the Rockies who lead the Dodgers by percentage points. The Giants are now 5 games behind the D'Backs for the division lead and have made up 2.5 games with their 3 consecutive Wins.
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The Giants get a travel day all the way to Phoenix, AZ for a 4 game set with the D'Backs which could be a pivotal series. Madison Bumgarner tries to get them off to a winning start on Thursday night facing Zack Greinke.
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Slater is becoming the Ben Zobrist of the Giants. I mean that in a good way. You can plug him in anywhere but SS, and he'll give you quality play and good ABs.
ReplyDeleteHe might even be able to play SS in a pinch.
DeleteMedically speaking, how many innings do you think the Giants will try to get out of Suarez and Rodriguez this year?
ReplyDeleteThey each have ~10 starts left in the season. Suarez has 123 IPs and Rodriguez 116 for the year (majors & minors), likely to get 60 more +/- (180-190) if they're not shut down.
And, LOL, what IF they make the post season? Assuming Bumgarner does his thing and wins the WC 1-0, that could be 2 more starts for one or both the "kids"!
Would the Giants do that?
In the category AT&T is not a hitters paradise, Austin Jackson is slashing .500/.556/.875/1.431 for the Mets in 2 games, 9 PAs.
ReplyDeleteOn his BaseballReference page he's wearing a SF hat and a big grin.
He even hit a 9th inning HR last night to bring NY to within 3 TDs of the Nats.