The Giants offense woke up in the 6'th inning breaking open a scoreless pitching duel and they won this one going away. Key Lines:
Wade Meckler CF- 2 for 4. BA= .286. Meckler had been getting the rookie treatment from the umps until Kap had enough in the 4'th inning and was ejected for (justifiably) yelling at the ump. Getting tossed gave him the opportunity to fill the ump in on the fact that the Giants checked the video and he blew 3 calls on Meckler alone, at least per Kruk and Kuip. For his part, Meckler rewarded the show of support by his first two MLB hits and scoring a run.
Wilmer Flores 3B/1B- 1 for 4, HR(16). BA= .300. Thairo Estrada 2B led off the 6'th inning with a HR. After Meckler got his first MLB hit, Flores drove him in with a 2-run shot in the same general area as Estrada's blast. BTW, Estrada was batting 9'th. Also BTW, if you wondered who the emergency catcher is when Kai pinch ran for Blake Sabol LF, it's Wilmer.
Michael Conforto RF- 3 for 4, 2B. BA= .251. Conforto stays hot, 7 for 10 over his last 3 games.
Jake Junis RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 4.10. If I was sitting in FZ's office, I would have DFA'd Junis awhile back. Shows how much I know. I do wish he was a bit more consistent, though.
Sean Manaea LHP- 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 4.89. Manaea obviously has a short leash. Kai brought in Tyler Rogers RHP with 1 out and a runner on 1B. GIDP.
Luke Jackson RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.50. Nice recovery from a terrible appearance last night.
Good win tonight. Nice to see Thairo starting to hit after a long IL stay. Good to see Luke Jackson pitching better. He wasn't right after he came off the IL. Kuiper said something interesting on the Murph and Mac podcast this morning. FZ met with the Giants broadcasters right after the trade deadline and told them Wade Meckler was one of the most asked about players, and he didn't know who he was until recently! Ryan Vogelsong had the pressure on him when Murph and Mac asked him about his thoughts on the opener. He moaned a little and said he'd like to be a MLB pitching coach someday, preferably with the Giants, and gave a good non partisan answer, lol . I'd like to see Vogey as the Giants pitching coach someday
ReplyDeleteIt was a long, long dry spell for Junis. Manea too. Cost a number of games. But very glad they seem to be back.
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