Game Wrap 9/8/2023:

The Giants came back from a 4-run deficit and another 3-run deficit to outscore the Rockies at Coor's Field West.  Key Lines:

Luis Matos CF- 3 for 4, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .266.  Matos is establishing himself as a long term asset.  He is batting .409 over his last 7 games and .359 over his last 15.  He almost made a rookie mistake on his second double when he thought the ball was going out and tried to slap hands with first base coach Antoan Richardson who save the rook by pulling his hand back.   Matos has pretty good secondary stats and an extremely low HR/FB ratio which I think will correct when as his body matures and he gains strength.  Strength is something he may want to work on over the winter.

Wilmer Flores 1B- 3 for 4, HR(22), BB.  BA= .290.  Another great offensive game for Wilmer highlighted by the first of back-to-back-to-back HR's with Mitch Haniger RF and J. D. Davis 3B which erased a 4-run deficit in the 6'th inning.

Paul DeJong SS/2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .208.  Maybe there is hope for DeJong to help down the stretch?

Mike Yastrzemski PH/RF- 2 for 2.  BA= .238.  Kap rolled the dice and YtY for Joey Bart C and it paid off with 2 hits and 2 runs which was ultimately the difference in the game.

Blake Sabol LF/C- 1 for 3, HR(12), HBP.  BA= .245.  Sabol started in LF when Austin Slater was a late scratch with dizziness.  He then moved behind the plate when Kap PH for Joey Bart.  This almost blew up in Kap's face when Sabol was HBP on the hand but he was able to stay in the game. Sabol has scuffled in the second half but showed again why the Giants are determined to keep him on the active roster through the season.  Next year he will be eligible for the first of 3 option years when he is out from under the Rule 5 Draft restrictions.

Kyle Harrison LHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.87.  Harrison pitched better than the line looks.  There was only one hard-hit ball in the Rockies 3-run 2'nd inning.  Young Kyle then settled down to pitch scoreless innings in the 3'rd, 4'th and 5'th before Nolan Jones led off the 6'th with a HR.

The Giants remain 2.5 games off the pace for the third and final Wild Card Playoff spot.

Logan Webb RHP tries make it two wins in a row tomorrow evening facing Chase Anderson RHP.  Alex Cobb RHP's scheduled start is pushed back after a cortisone shot for a hip impingement.

Churn Watch:  Thairo Estrada was also a late scratch due to conjunctivitis.  Yikes!  Conjunctivitis tends to be highly contagious.