This was a see-saw battle that came down to bullpen depth and the Giants lost. Since it was the Rockies they lost to, that's.....well, it's not good! Game Notes:
Starter Aaron Sanchez RHP gave up jus one hit but walked 5 and couldn't get out of the 5'th inning.
The Brandons both hit their 4'th HR's of the year. Crawford's tied the game in the bottom of the 9'th on a splash hit just inside the foul pole. The Giants would hit 3 more balls with HR potential off Rockies Closer Daniel Bard RHP in the inning which would have been walkoffs but they either had too much topspin and were caught or they hooked foul.
Buster Posey C had 3 more hits to raise his BA to .351.
Jake McGee LHP worked the top of the 9'th in a tie game, normal use for a Closer at home. He gave up a go-ahead HR. Not sure how much longer Kap is going to be able to keep him in the Closer role.
Camilo Doval RHP was electric once again in a scoreless 7'th inning. His ERA after 4 appearances is 2.25. On the other hand, Gregory Santos RHP who was also electric in his MLB debut has struggled since. He lost this one with a line of 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K. His ERA is 22.50.
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FZ pulled off a surprising trade earlier in the day sending Wandy Peralta LHP to the Yankees for Mike Tauchman OF. Tauchman is a lefty hitter who can play all 3 OF positions. Tauchman fills an immediate need with Mike Yastrzemski OF out with an oblique strain, but YtY has not been assigned to the IL. In the long run, it seems Austin Slater OF is the most likely to lose AB's as he has struggled against RHP's and Tauchman will likely be the strong half of a CF platoon. Then there is Mauricio Dubon IF/OF who will run into a logjam when Donovan Solano IF comes off the IL.
Peralta closed some games and pitched in higher leverage situations but with inconsistent results. The Giants had a surplus of lefty relievers. Caleb Baragar LHP would seem to be the major beneficiary of this move in terms of increased innings from the bullpen.
Skye Bolt OF was called up to take Peralta's place on the Active Roster but this was likely just for one game until Tauchman could arrive.
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Alex Wood LHP tries to close out the series and homestand with a win tonight against German Marquez RHP.
I wonder why they didn't take this opportunity, with Yaz dinged, to bring up Ramos.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Wotus should be keeping a close eye on the base runners. We'd have won without that little snafu. Of course, Dubon was equally too blame.
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