The Giants took a lead with a 4-spot in the 7'th inning and looked like they were once again headed for a come-from-behind win, but there's a reason why Bryce Harper(Phillies RF) is making all that money. He tied the game on a HR off Camilo Doval RHP in the bottom of the inning, then drew a leadoff walk in the 9'th and came around for the walk-off win to spoil Giants fans dreams of a sweep. Game Notes:
Alex Dickerson LF had 3 singles and raised his BA to .239. He also made an error in LF leading to an unearned run that was ultimately the difference in the game.
Darin Ruf PH has a job with the Giants to be a potent bat off the bench. He does that well an popped a 3-run HR batting for the pitcher in the 7'th. Would you rather have him do things like this off the bench or do it more often as a DH?
Anthony DeSclafani RHP was only able to go 4 IP allowing 3 runs which probably put more pressure on a tired bullpen than they could handle.
Camilo Doval RHP gave up his first MLB run but it was a HR by Harper who has hit a lot of those. Stil, it was on what looked like a hanging breaking ball.
Wandy Peralta LHP has been used quite a bit. He's won 2 games and saved 2 but he lost this one after coming into a tied game in the 9'th inning.
Mickey Moniak CF was the #1 overall draft pick in 2016 and has been widely derided as a bust. He's still just 23 years old and hit his first MLB HR, a 3-run jack, in the second inning.
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Donovan Solano 2B pulled up with a sore calf and will likely miss some time, maybe on the IL. Brandon Crawford SS came out as a precaution after tweaking his side. Giants are much thinner at SS than 2B. Fortunately it sounds like Crawford is OK.
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It's nice to have the favorable time difference flying back across the country. Hopefully the lads got home in time for a good night's sleep because they start a homestand tonight agains the Marlins in what will be a 4 game weekend series in Oracle Park. Aaron Sanchez RHP faces soft tossing Daniel Castano LHP in Game 1. Probably not much rest for the bullpen as Sanchez is not known for going deep into games.
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mlb.com has a mock draft up with the Giants selecting Sam Bachman RHP out of Miami(Ohio) at #14 overall. Bachman is 6'1", 235 lbs. and has a grade 70 FB with a 65 Slider to back it up and a decent changeup for a third usable pitch.
Curt Casali continues his uncanny record of catching Giant shutouts: 5 in a row - all five of the team shutouts, with 5 different SP's
ReplyDeleteThe Giants are 6-1 in the 7 games he started, but just 6-6 in the other 12.
This is a highly improbable coincidence, approximately a 3% chance for a .500 team.
Still a SSS, but interesting to watch going forward.
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