I have to confess, sometime around the 5'th inning of this game I decided the Giants and this game needed less of my involvement and turned it off to attend to some family responsibilities. After their embarrassing loss in the first game of the series the Padres must have decided to get serious and smacked down the Giants in the next three in which they dominated every phase of the game. Again, this game was not as close as the score looks. It was all but over after the first inning. Key Lines:
Alex Cobb RHP- 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 3 K, GO/AO= 6/0. ERA= 3.74. Hard to not think the extra pitches he threw in his no-hit bid last start played a role in this subpar start, but Kap doesn't think so.
Keaton Winn RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, GO/AO= 7/3. ERA= 3.33. The lone bright spot in the game for the Giants. Winn comes back from a lengthy IL stay and rehab assignment apparently healthy and effective. A possible future building block?
After the loss, the Giants are somehow still in a tie for the final Wild Card playoff spot but now with 3 other teams, Marlins, D'Backs and Reds.
The Giants move on to Chicago for a series against the Cubs who are sitting in the second Wild Card spot with a 3 game lead over the above 4 teams.
Logan Webb RHP opens the series tomorrow facing Justin Steele LHP who is having a sensational season and might be in the conversation for NL Cy Young Award.
Abandon all hope, Yee who enter in!
ReplyDelete2010 was torture.
2023 is horrible.
Richard in Winnipeg
As to Kap’s view, I am reminded of the line: “The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!”
ReplyDeleteI ‘ll be surprised (though happy) if they somehow limp into the playoffs.
Can Kapler admit a mistake?
ReplyDeleteCan Zaidi?
Can the Johnsons?
Can we Fans?
Arrrrgh
You cannot help but think – know – that 2021 was an outlier with a team all-record of 107 wins in 148 seasons: when Craw led the team with a career year in just about every category and so many other Giant hitters had years among their best (Belt almost hit 30 dingers), 4 starting pitchers who were 48-20, 5 relievers who were 25-5, and pair of closers who totaled 44 saves.
ReplyDeleteYou can't take that away from Kapler – he was the manager – but in the rest of his 6 years of managing he is 341-342, a pretty solid .500 manager, which isn't what fans want unless they're in Pittsburgh.
It's the players who fail, but you can't fire them!
2024 should be the the final report card for Kapler AND Zaidi: pass or fail!
DeJong: 0-27, 13 Ks, and counting.
ReplyDeleteFree Fitzgerald!