Early in the season, Curt Casali C made some headlines by catching 5 consecutive shutouts by Giants pitchers. That slice of baseball trivia has faded with time, Casali was putting down the Magic Fingers again tonight behind the plate while 7 Giants pitchers held the Braves scoreless on 5 hits. Oh, and Casali had the Magic Wandoo in his bat and drove in the only two runs of the game with a soft liner off his fists over first base after YtY sacrificed two runners over in the previous AB. I mean, that's how you draw it up. Without the sacrifice, Casali's hit maybe goes for naught and without his hit, the sacrifice is just another out.
Alex Wood LHP started the pitching parade and was electric for 3 innings but was also on a strict pitch count coming off a what sounds like a pretty significant bout with COVID. He should be able to stretch out by the time postseason comes around so now the Giants have 4 SP's that give them a reasonable chance of winning any postseason games as well as remaining regular season games needed to keep them on top of the NL West.
Tyler Rogers RHP and Dominic Leone RHP switched places in this game which worked out great. Look for that to be the most common alignment for the 8'th and 9'th innings when the Giants lead close games going forward.
I was at the game last night sitting in the left field bleachers-great vibe out there. I was surprised there were so many Braves fans, but fortunately the results of the game kept them relatively quiet. I would say in addition to Casali playing the hero, the other highlights of the game were on the defense side of things. Crawford made two exceptional plays, LaStella and Bryant also made solid plays. Also-Duggar got his glove over the wall to knock a Jorge Soler ball back into the field, keeping it from being a HR. It was an excellent night of baseball with pitching and defense making a 2-0 game exciting.
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