The Giants staged to 3 run rally in the top of the 9'th inning to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, except that they gave it all back in the bottom of the inning converting Kyuji Fujikawa's Blown Save into a Win. Key Lines:
Angel Pagan- 1 for 4. BA= .341. There were two balls in the 9'th that Pagan might have been able to catch. I'll give him a pass on the last one that hit the wall in right-center. The only way he could have had that was to make a running leaping catch at full speed and crash into the bricks. Better to live to fight another day. The other was an attempt on a sliding catch of a short liner off the bat of David DeJesus. Tough catch, but the ball was there. Pagan just misjudged where it was and didn't get his glove in the right spot. Still, Pagan is fielding at a +UZR in a tiny sample size so far this season, so we'll won't criticize too much here. He'll make more plays than he fails to make.
Brandon Belt- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .167. Belt drove in the putative tying and winning runs in the top of the 9'th, onlhy to have to go for naught with Romo's Blown Save.
Brandon Crawford- 1 for 2, BB. BA= .286. Crawford also has a .390 OBP. He's become a tough, tough out.
Matt Cain- 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K. ERA= 5.94. Cain threw a lot of pitches in the first two innings, but hung in there and ended up with a QS and gave his team a chance to win.
The Loss drops the Giants record to 7-4 and 0.5 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks. The D'Backs blanked the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw 3-0 behind Patrick Corbin and their bullpen. The Loss drops the Dodgers into a tie for 3'rd place with the Rockies at 1 game back. The Rockies topped the Pathetic Padres 7-5 and dropped them 4.5 games back in last place with a record of 2-8.
Madison Bumgarner faces Cubs ace Jeff Samardzija tomorrow in another day game.
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Bochy went to the Romo well one too many times. I would have preferred to see Casilla there, give Sergio a break and build up Casilla.
ReplyDeleteI get your point, but I don't think there is one manager in MLB who would have done anything different.
DeleteThis loss will end up being a positive as it confirms that Romo has limitations. I also don't think it is all that uncommon for closers to be less effective when they are used as often as Romo has been used so far this season. With all of the options I think Bochy would be better off using Casilla or Lopez/Affeldt when appropriate 1 out of every 4 save opportunities or so just to give Romo a little break. I also think there is a chance we see Timmy in the pen by the end of the year. If that happens then the logical move would be to make Timmy the closer.
ReplyDeleteI"ve never been the biggest believer in Romo as a closer myself, but let me get this straight.. After what, 6 successful Saves in a row in which he allowed 0 runs with an insane K/BB, Romo blows a Save on a day that is really too cold for baseball with the wind howling out to RF and this proves he has limitations? Come on people. Get a grip!
DeleteYes, he is human like any other closer and probably could use a little more rest! Since there are other viable options and Romo has never been a closer for an entire year I think it is realistic to temper expectations with him. He had a hot start and got 6 saves like it was nothing but that doesn't make him Bobby Thigpen!
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