Game Wrap 6/14/2023: Giants 8 Cardinals 5(10 innings)

The Giants marked the dawn of the Luis Matos Era by roaring back from a 5-2 deficit after 6 innings to win in overtime.  Key Lines: 

Luis Matos CF- 1 for 3.  BA= .333.  Matos followed Austin Slater LF's leadoff single with another single and scored the Giants second run of the game on Patrick Bailey C's single.  Matos lined out in two later AB's so hit the ball hard 3 times in 3 PA's.  

Thairo Estrada 2B- 2 for 5, SB(15).  BA= .296.  Estrada moved down to 3'rd in the lineup today(oh, the horror!). He singled twice, drove in 2 runs and scored one.  He singled in YtY who was the designated runner to start the 10'th inning then stole 2B and scored on Wilmer Flores DH/3B single to account for 2 of the Giants 3 extra-inning runs.

Mike Yastrzemski RF/CF- 2 for 4, HR(8).  BA= .254.  YtY's second HR in as many days came in the 9'th with 2 outs and 2 strikes and tied the game setting up the extra-inning win.

Anthony DeSclafani RHP- 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.31.  Tony D struck out the side in the first inning but then things went south in a hurry with Tommy Edman, the #9 hitter in the lineup hitting a grand slam HR in the 2'nd inning.  DeSclafani exited after giving up another run in the 3'rd inning and the score remained 5-2 until the 7'th inning when the Giants started their comeback.

Bullpen- 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K's.  The bullpen was nails once again.  Jake Junis RHP pitched 3 shutout innings with the Rogers Bros and Ryan Walker RHP throwing a scoreless inning each and Camilo Doval RHP recorded his 18'th Save.

The Win was the Giants 4'th in a row and put them 4 games over .400 at 36-32.  For those of you thinking this is just a hot streak and the Giants are really just a .500 team, they are 30-19 since hitting their nadir at 6-13 on April 21.  The Giants now trail the first place D'Backs by 5 games in the NL West and the Dodgers by 2.5 games pending the outcome of the Dodgers-White Sox game(Sox lead 5-4 in the 9'th inning).  The Giants lead the Marlins by 1.5 games in the race for the final Wild Card playoff spot.

The Giants get a travel day tomorrow before starting a 3-game weekend series against the Dodgers in LA.  SP's for both teams are TBD for Friday evening.

Mitch Haniger OF will undergo surgery to stabilize his fractured right forearm putting his return anytime this season in serious doubt.  J. D Davis 3B has not been placed on the IL but is expected to miss 7-10 days so it seems likely he will end up there before game time Friday when i understand the Giants can bring Tristan Beck RHP back up.