Game Wrap 4/2/2014: Giants 2 D'Backs 0

Tim Hudson was rock solid in his Giants regular season debut shutting down the D'Backs into the 8'th inning and gaining the W.  Key Lines:

Angel Pagan- 2 for 5, SB(1).  BA= .357.  Pagan led the way in this game driving in the go-ahead run in the 5'th inning and adding 2 terrific catches in CF.

Tim Hudson- 7.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K.  ERA= 0.00.  Hudson was terrific.  He had full command of all his pitches and dominated into the 8'th inning.  He probably would have completed 8 were it not for Adrianza letting a soft liner go through his glove for an error to start the inning.

Ehire Adrianza- 0 for 3, BB.  BA= .200  If we are going to mention Adrianza's error, it's only fair to point out that he drew a tough walk with 1 out in the 5'th, was sacrificed to second by Huddy and driven in by Angel Pagan to give the Giants their go-ahead run.  He also had an 10 or 11 pitch AB later in the game.  I ended on a pop fly to CF, but whenever you force an opposing pitcher to throw that many pitches in 1 AB, you've helped your team.

Michael Morse- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .222  Morse's double drove in the insurance run in the 6'th and he crushed it!  Laserbeam liner to dead CF.  It never got too far off the ground, but it got on the CF so quickly, he basically did not have time to react and catch it.  Definitely one of the hardest hit balls you will see.

If the rest of the evening plays out as expected, the Win puts the Giants in sole possession of second place in the NL West, 1 game behind the Dodgers who are beating the Padres 5-1.  The Padres slip into a tie for 3'rd place with the Rockies who beat Miami 6-5 while the D'Backs fell to 1-4, 3 games behind the division leaders.

Tim Lincecum faces Giants nemesis Bronson Arroyo tomorrow afternoon trying to go 3-1 on the series.

Minor League Season starts tomorrow.  We'll have Down on the Farm summaries daily.

Around the League:  Billy Beane is being reminded by Jim Johnson's 2 Blown Saves why it's not a good idea to spend a lot of money on a closer with a lot of Saves and bad peripheral stats.

Scouting the Draft:  HS hitter Joe Dunand, ARod's nephew, hit 8 HR's in 8 AB's recently.  The Giants were reportedly one of the teams to send a scout to check him out.