A 4-run rally in the ninth inning was too little, too late after Jeff Samardzija once again fell victim to goferitis and this time the bullpen was not able to keep it close. Key Lines:
Steven Duggar RF- 2 for 5 2B, HR(3). BA= .247. Duggar is batting .281 with a .500 SLG% over his last 7 games. Duggar's dinger in the 9'th capped the Giants scoring but brought them to within shouting distance of the Nationals.
Buster Posey C- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .208. Signs of life from Buster's bat.
Brandon Belt 1B- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .242. Belt is on fire. .444 OBP with a .667 SLG% over his last 7 games and .383 OBP with .627 SLG% over his last 15. Since the Giants have only played 19 games, he's pretty much been on fire all season!
Gerardo Parra LF- 1 for 3, HR(1), BB. BA= .218. Parra's pelota largo in the 9'th drove in Kevin Pillar and narrowed the score to 9-4.
Jeff Samardzija RHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 4/1. ERA= 2.91. Once again, Shark's peripherals look good but he was sunk by the longball, but that is the story of his career. Shark is a guy who really needs to pitch in a HR suppressing environment. Nationals Park does not seem to fit that description right now.
Travis Bergen LHP- 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 0 K. ERA= 7.11. Trevor Gott started the 7'th inning after pitching a clean 6'th, but have up a leadoff single to Victor Robles. 3 of the next 4 batters hit LH, so it made sense to bring in the LHP Bergen. He alllllmost closed out the inning getting Adam Eaton on a line-out, intentionally walking Anthony Rendon after Robles stole 2B. Juan Soto flied out, but then Matt Adams hit a 3-run bomb and the route was one. If Bochy had it to do over, he might pull Bergen after the Adams bomb and bring in RHP to face Kendrick and Suzuki which might have prevented them from teaming up on that last 2-run HR.
Overall, gotta like the way the Giants fought back in the 9'th and their ability to score 6 runs on consecutive nights. They actually got the tying run to the plate with 1 out after Duggar's dinger, but Crawford struck out and Longo popped up to end it. The pitching should generally be good enough to give them wins most games they score 6 runs.
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The Dodgers jumped over the Padres to take a 0.5 game lead in the NL West. The Giants are in 4'th place but just 3.5 games behind and 3 games back in the Wild Card race.
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Drew Pomeranz tries for a series win tomorrow against old nemesis Patrick Corbin.
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