Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Game Wrap 7/31/2018: Giants 3 Padres 2(10 Innings)

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.

4 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. Medically speaking, how many innings do you think the Giants will try to get out of Suarez and Rodriguez this year?
    They 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?

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  3. 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.
    On 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.

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