Chris Stratton pitched the first Complete Game Shutout of his career to break the Giants 11 game losing streak. Key Lines:
Nick Hundley C- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .243. Hundley's single in the second inning started the Giants 2 run rally. He got picked off 2B after his 1-out double in the 6'th inning. Not sure what he was thinking out there.
Joe Panik 2B- 2 for 3. BA= .243. Panik is 5 for 8 over his last 2 games, all singles, and is hitting .333 over his last 7. Here's the interesting one: He's hitting .288 over his last 30 games, but it's a bit of an empty .288 as his OPS for that span is only .668.
Austin Slater RF/1B- 1 for 3. BA= .271. After Hundley and Panik singled in the 2'nd inning, they moved up on a wild pitch by Tyler Anderson. Slater then came up and bounced a single up the middle to drive in both runners which capped the Giants scoring for the evening. Slater has been scuffling, hitting just .174 over his last 7 games and .245 over his last 30.
Chris Stratton RHP- 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 10/3. ERA= 4.66. This was Stratton's first CG shutout of his career. He allowed 2 baserunners in the 2'nd inning, otherwise was in complete command. Although he got a few hard-hit outs, he retired the last 12 batters he faced. His previous longest start came when he threw 8 innings of shutout ball in a Win over the D'Backs on 8/27. His ERA is 2.10 over his last 5 Starts. Stratton's ERA was 2.32 over his first 6 Starts of the season. In between it was 6.93. So, was the middle part of this season just a blip where he got thrown off stride by being a new dad and getting his mechanics out of whack? Can he pitch like his first 6 Starts and last 5 for a full season? Because that's an ace pitcher!
Ryan Vogelsong is a roving pitching instructor for the Giants now. He is credited with helping Stratton iron out a wrinkle in his mechanics and getting him back on track. I wonder if Vogey also had some talks with him about attitude? Even when he was going good, Stratton has not always had the most confident demeanor on the mound. Last night was different. Although he did not quite have Vogey's glare in his eyes or the flaring nostrils, there were times when I could swear it was Vogey out there on the mound, especially the way he walked toward the plate after each pitch to receive the throwback from the catcher then turn and march back up the mound. Yeah, the body language was pure Vogey!
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The Giants apparently passed the Mets for 11'th place in the Tank Derby on the Giants off day. Despite the Win, they held onto 11'th place by percentage points.
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Madison Bumgarner tries to refocus after his meltdown in Colorado facing German Marquez in a 6:00 PM game today.
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vogey is a future pitching coach
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