It as a struggle but the Giants kept pace with the Pirates into extra-innings and finally pulled out a win behind the clutch-pitching of none other than Ryan Borucki. Key Lines:
Jung Hoo Lee RF- 2 for 6, R. BA= .280. Lee is batting just .200 over his last 7 games and .189 on the month but went 5 for 15 in this series.
Luis Arraez 2B- 1 for 4, 2 BB, R, RBI. BA= .310. Arraez was charge with an error on a ball that hopped over his glove. He made some other good defensive plays. The 2 walks is notable because Arraez does not walk often.
Rafael Devers DH- 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB, R. BA= .232. Devers snapped an 8 game hit streak yesterday but started a new one today.
Heliot Ramos LF- 2 for 6, 2B, HR(4), 3 R, 2 RBI. BA= .272. Ramos went 6 for 13 for the series. He has been one of the more consistent Giants hitters so far: .276 over his last 7 games, .283 over his last 15 and .295 over his last 30.
Willy Adames SS- 3 for 6, 2B, 2 RBI. BA= .209. Adames went hitless yesterday but had 2 hits Friday for 5 for 16 on the series.
Matt Chapman 3B- 2 for 5, 2 2B, RBI. BA= .235. Chapman broke a 7-game hitless streak yesterday and added the two doubles today.
Tyler Mahle RHP- 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 8 K's. ERA= 5.18. Not quite a Quality Start but Mahle kept his team in the game.
Joel Peguero RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/AO. ERA= 2.70. Peguero looks to me like he's added some muscle mass from last season. He pitched a scoreless 9'th inning to send it to extra-innings but gave up a walk and a double in the 10'th to put the Giants behind by 2-runs. He had only one effective pitch but that was a fastball that topped out at 102 MPH and enabled him to challenge hitters with pitches in the middle of the strike zone. That approach is fine in regulation innings but results in too much contact to keep those designated runners from scoring. I like Closers who throw hundos, though. Thinking back to how Bruce Bochy brought order out of chaos in the bullpen, he went with his highest velocity pitcher, Brian Wilson, and stuck with him. So I ask, WWBD, What Would Boch Do with the current bullpen mess?
Ryan Borucki LHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO. ERA= 5.14. I guess Tony Vitello just ran out of pitchers and had no choice but to put Borucki out there in extra innings, desigated runners and all. A funny thing happened. There were a couple of lucky line outs but Borucki hung tough and held the line until the Giants could score a walk-off run. He made some darn good pitches in the process.
The Win gives the Giants a much-needed series win. They head out to start a 4-game series in Los Angeles with Trevor McDonald RHP facing Roki Sasaki RHP in Game 1 tomorrow evening.
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