The Giants lineup used patience and power to give Alex Cobb just enough support for his fourth Win of the season and got the Giants to .500 for the first time since they were 3-3 on April 6 per Tom Dierberger of NBC Bay Sports Bay Area. Key Lines:
Lamonte Wade Jr 1B- 2 for 5. BA= .258. Wade Jr came out of yesterday's game early for a mild jam of the thumb after a shattered bat ground out. It didn't seem to bother him today although he did not figure in the scoring.
Michael Conforto RF- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(10). BA= .219. First Giants batter to double digit HR's. Conforto is on fire and practically carrying the team right now. His oppo field drive in the 7'th inning just cleared the wall and fence in LF as the Twins LF watched helplessly. The HR put the Giants up by one, a lead they did not give up. His double helped set up the 2-run 6'th inning which included 4 walks including 2-out walks to Patrick Bailey C and Bryce Johnson CF to drive in the Giants first two runs.
Alex Cobb RHP- 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 8 K', GO/AO= 8/3. ERA= 2.17. Cobb was once again ace level except for a balky splitter which he hung twice for a 2-run HR to Buxton and a solo HR to Michael Taylor. Hey! He and Twins SP Sonny Gray RHP came into the game leading MLB's SP's in ERA and Cobb outpitched Gray.
Scott Alexander LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K. ERA= 4.42. Alexander has allowed just 1 ER in his last 7 appearances and now seems like the #1 LHP out of but bullpen. It's take awhile but Kap seems to have made a lot of progress in sorting out who he can rely on and when. Of course it helps when the players rise to the role and get the job done.
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, HBP, 3 K's, Save(13). ERA= 1.99. Totally dominant Save after getting a breather last night.
Anthony DeSclafani RHP goes for the Sweeeeeepppp! Tomorrow at 10 AM PT facing Joe Ryan RHP.
It's nice to see Wade playing like he did in early 2021. It's nice to see Conforto hit like he was paid to hit because when he's on, he's a 4 WAR kind of guy. But even nice, the Giants were .350 on the road before this road trip. But nicest of all is timely hitting and great pitching has helped the Giants fight back to .500 after sporting a terrible .425 win percent.
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