Wilmer Flores' career night led the Giants lineup to a rare runaway win for Logan Webb. Key Lines:
Heliot Ramos LF- 1 for 3, 2 BB, 2 R. BA= .289. Ramos did exactly what you want a leadoff batter to do, reached base 3 of 5 PA's. He scored on two of Wilmer's HR's.
Wilmer Flores 1B- 3 for 5, 3 HR(10), 3 R, 8 RBI. BA= .266. What an epic night for Wilmer Flores! First 3 HR game of his career. The first was a grand slam HR then a 3-run HR and finally a solo shot. I've always like Wilmer. I still remember him crying on the field when he thought the Mets traded him. Since then he's carved out a solid MLB career. Never a superstar or even a star, but a solid ballplayer with underrated power who never panics at the plate and has delivered some memorable moments. Hard to believe this is now his 6'th season as a Giant which equals his time with the Mets.
Jung Hoo Lee CF, Matt Chapman 3B and Willy Adames SS added 2 hits each with Lee and Chapman hitting a double each.
Tyler Fitzgerald 2B returned to the lineup after a 2 week IL stay for a rib fracture. Ouch! He had a double and walk in 4 PA's and made a great play on a ball up the middle.
Logan Webb RHP- 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's, 17/1 GO/AO. ERA= 2.42. Webb took a shutout into the 8'th inning keeping his pitch count down with a relentless string of groundball outs. Kind of a forced game of pepper for the A's batters and Giants infielders.
Landen Roupp RHP tries to keep the winning going tomorrow evening facing Luis Severino RHP.
and Doval ending the pepper game with 12 pitch, 3 K 9th
ReplyDeleteNice post Doc. Great to see the comeback season that Wilmer is having after not being healthy the entire 2024 season due to a knee injury i believe. I had forgotten what Dusty Baker said about Wilmer in a KNBR interview before the season that Wilmer is one of the best clutch hitters on the Giants team. Stay healthy Wilmer!
ReplyDeleteGood ol' Wilmer. Back in the spring, I kinda wondered if Wilmer still had it, but I figured his steady influence made it worth keeping him on the roster. Still, I had very low expectations.
ReplyDeleteI will now go sit in the corner and eat this crow.
Thankfully, Wilmer wanted to be a Giant!
ReplyDeleteHe took a $3M pay cut when he exercised his option after the Giants did not exercise theirs.
Had he not, on the open market he probably could not have gotten the $3.5M that he took given his disaster 2024.
His 41 RBIs lead the National League and ties the ML lead with Judge.
Don't look now, but the Atlanta Braves started 0-7, then were 5-13 before going 18-9 and are now a game over .500 and just 3 games out of the Wildcard and leading the Red Sox this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteAs they say, it's not how you start, it's how you finish.
Waay too early, it's just the 2nd Quarter, so, as always, don't look back, still 117 games to go!