The offense ran through Patrick Bailey as the Giants scored just enough to support the sparkling pitching of Landen Roupp and four relievers. Key Lines:
Christian Koss 3B- 2 for 4, R. BA= .241. The Giants lineup managed just 6 hits. Christian had 2.
Patrick Bailey C- 1 for 3, 3B, BB, R, 2 RBI. BA= .192. Bailey drew a walk to lead off the third inning. He advanced to 2B on Rafael Devers DH(.270) walk then scored on Wilmer Flores 1B(.243) double to tie the score at 1. Then in the 6'th inning Bailey tripled after a walk to Adames and a single by Koss to drive in the two runs that were the difference in the game.
Landen Roupp RHP- 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's, 6/3 GO/AO. ERA= 3.43. Roupp looked like he wouldn't last long in the first inning as he had 4 balls in a row roasted. The run may have been unearned on an error charged to Willy Adames, and while I am sure Willy would say he should have had it, it as smoked. Not sure what Statcast would say the hit probability was on that one but I bet it was high. Roupp settled down and did not allow another run into the 6'th inning. I was thinking about things like innings limits as I watched him pitch. He is old school in that it looks like he is out there playing an easy game of catch with a the catcher. He has a very upright, low-effort delivery not unlike what you might see with a knuckeballer. He depends on pitch movement and location to get his outs. He may be able to keep pitching like this deep into the season as opposed to a higher effort pitcher with the same number of innings last season.
Bullpen- 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. Ryan Walker RHP(4.13) finished up the 6'th inning after a leadoff single and groundout. Randy Rodriguez RHP(0.75), Tyler Rogers RHP(1.64) and Camilo Doval RHP(2.70) brought it home with Doval earning his 13'th Save.
The other thought I had while watching Dan Altavilla RHP work the 9'th inning for the White Sox is fringy relievers often have long careers in MLB.
Robbie Ray LHP tries to keep the winning going today in a 1:10 PM PDT start facing Adrian Houser RHP who comes in with a 2.27 ERA.
Morning Doc. Bit of torture last night, but good outcome.
ReplyDeleteI was a little more comfortable with Doval in the close situation last night.
I often complain about with overall demeanor,
Last night he appeared to by more engaged and on focus.
I assume with Bailey there; it helps him big time.
Which got me to thinking I wonder if there is such a stat > that would show how many times Bailey has caught for him and what the overall results would show.
Really intriguing.
In any event Ray going today > confidence is high for us to at least take the series.
A sweep would be wonderful >Hopefully Verlander is on and we give him some run support.
Richard in Winnipeg
The White Sox have a plethora of LH relievers, more than a half dozen, many over 30 yo. They are not all "good" but could bring them some young talent.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the Giants could only muster 6 hits, the Sox walked 7 more so SF had enough runners to score a few but the top of the lineup left most on base. Flores got a key 2-out RBI (# 55) and contributed another DP (his 13th of the year), leading the Giants in both categories.
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