Jung Hoo Lee's four hits and Casey Schmitt's home run helped Landen Roupp overcome an early 3-run homer as the Giants won their third series in a row. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 4 for 5, 3B, 2 R. BA= .313. Maybe Tony Vitello reads this blog?(Just kidding). While he didn't bat Arraez and Chapman bat 1, 2, he batted Lee, Chapman and Arraez 1, 2, 3 which is even better.
Matt Chapman 3B- 0 for 1, 2 BB, HBP, 1 R. BA= .283. The top two batters reached base a total of 7 times. What a concept!
Casey Schmitt DH- 1 for 3, HR(4), BB, 2 R, 3 RBI. BA= .296. Schmitt's second 2-run HR in as many days capped off the Giants scoring and gave them breathing room over the last 2 innings.
Rafael Devers 1B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB, R, RBI. BA= .216. Devers dropped to 5'th in the batting order and responded with a double to drive in a run and then scored on a Drew Gilbert single to erase the Marlins lead from the 3-run HR in the 2'nd inning.
Drew Gilbert CF- 2 for 4, RBI. BA= .265. Gilbert might be Wally Pipping Harrison Bader.
Landen Roupp RHP- 7.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K's, 13-1 GO/AO. ERA= 2.55. Roupp hung in their after giving up the 3-run HR in the second inning and ended up with a Quality Start and the Win. FWIW, his W-L record on the season is 5-1.
Erik Miller LHP- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(2). ERA= 3.48. It was Miller's turn to play Closer and he closed it out while recording 4 outs.
The Win gave the Giants a 13-15 record and helped them keep pace with the Dodgers in the NL West, trailing the Hated Ones by 6 games. They gained a game in the Wild Card race and now trail by 3 games.
The Giants hit the road to start a 3-game series against the Phillies on Tuesday with Tyler Mahle RHP facing Jesus Luzardo in Game 1. The Phillies may be dangerous as they are coming off a 1-9 stretch.
i believe it was a 3 run homer by Schmidt. the signing of Houser and Mahle felt like the least baseball savvy move and more like dang i hope this works. if one stumbles, i would consider giving Kilian a spot start. oh and if the Doc is right then Mahle is due for an ineffective start.
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The next starting slot is likely Brubaker’s. Kilian failed as a starter but is establishing himself as a late inning reliever; shouldn’t mess with success.
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ReplyDeleteTony Vitello got the word: "Lee, Chapman and Arraez 1, 2, 3 which is even better."
With LHPs coming up Wednesday and Thursday, what is he going to do with his slumping short stop: hitless in his last 4 games, BA 061 with no walks nor extra base hits in his last 7?
In fairness, Adames was raking in the 10 games prior to his slump: .350/.395/.700/1.095 with 8 doubles and 6 HRs!
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Deletethe NYT posted an article a few months back about physicists re-visiting the concept of the rising fastball. the cool thing is the scientists expanded their talk to a variety of areas centered around hitting a baseball. the last question the author posed is, do you have any tips for today's batters? the physicist replied, yes. Don't Swing. just a thought, Adames... -es
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