There are some Losses in baseball where you just shrug and say "oh well, we never really had a chance to win that one anyway," and move on. This was not one of those games. The Giants appeared to be three outs away from a win when the normally reliable Tony Watson gave up a 2-run blast to rookie Austin Riley. The Braves went on to win the attrition game in 13 innings. That hurts! Not only did they lose a game they thought they should have won but burned up the pitching staff in the process. Key Lines:
Joe Panik 2B- 2 for 6, 2B. BA= .257. Joe Panik is hitting .352 over his last 15 games.
Even Longoria 3B- 1 for 3, 2B, 3 BB. BA= .234. Longo has an OPS of .875 over his last 30 games and .950 over his last 15.
Mac Williamson LF- 0 for 5, 5 K's. BA= .128. Yikes! I'm thinking Mac better get it in gear pretty soon or he may be trying to do it for another team or else back in Sacramento.
Madison Bumgarner LHP- 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K's, GO/AO= 7/1. ERA= 4.10. Another QS for Bummy who has 6 in 11 Starts this season. ERA 3.86 over his last 5 Starts in May.
Tyler Austin PH- 1 for 1, HR(4). BA= .268. OPS= .913. Toonder!
Reyes Moronta RHP- 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.86. Moronta takes the Loss. He has been used a lot and in a lot of high stress situations and it may be starting to show. He might be a candidate for an "injury" and a 10 day IL stay in the near future.
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The Loss drops the Giants 10.5 games behind the idle Dodgers and 6 games off the Wild Card pace.
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The Giants don't get a breather as they head into a weekend series against the D'Backs with Drew Pomeranz facing fellow lefty Robbie Ray in game 1 tonight.
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Watson has been so dependable and one pitch gets him and Moronta gives up a hit on what seemed to be an unhittable pitch to the same guy! The Baseball Gods have favorites and the Giants apparently aren't on the list.
ReplyDeleteWas a very un-Posey 0-6 with 3 K's better or worse than Mac's 0-5 with 5 K's and a HBP?
No matter what the FabFive do -- there has been some sign of life there -- survival with a dead outfield (2-16 yesterday) and bad-luck pitching is but a dream.
Although still good, has their phenomenal success in 1-run games caught up with them?
Is it Slater-time to prove again that AAA in not MLB?