Shaun Anderson threw a QS despite some bad breaks, but the Giants offense never found traction against D'Backs SP Merrill Kelly and the Giants eventually ran out of effective relief pitching. Key Lines:
Kevin Pillar CF- 1 for 4, HR(10). BA= .242. Pillar struck out with a runner at 3B and 1 out, but later hit a solo HR to tie the score at 2. Pillar is still hitting .370 over his last 7 games and .357 over his last 15. 4 of his 10 HR have come in his last 11 games.
Shaun Anderson RHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 8/2. ERA= 3.94. Anderson was spotting his FB and getting mostly weak contact. The two runs he allowed were not entirely his fault. Of course, walking the 8'th place hitter with 1 out in the 3'rd inning was not a good thing to do. Kelly, the pitcher executed a perfect Sac bunt. Then Tim Locastro hit a roller right where Joe Panik would have been had the Giants not been shifting. The shift giveth and it taketh. The next inning, Adam Jones reached on a WP strike out that maybe could have been charged as a PB to Vogt. A soft line drive single advanced Jones to 3B and Christian Walker won an extended battle to single to deep RF to drive in Jones. On the other hand, Anderson got at least 4 outs by my count on line drives right at infielders including one to Brandon Belt who doubled a runner off 1B so BABIP cuts both ways.
Reyes Moronta RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 2.67. Moronta inherited a no-out, runners at 2'nd and 3'rd situation in the 7'th. He got lucky on a pitch that got past Vogt but bounced right back to him allowing Vogt to make the tag on Eduardo Escobar trying to score. A groundout to Brandon Crawford who was playing in and a strike out of Domingo Leyba got him out of the jam with no runs allowed. As an aside, it seems like both Steven Vogt and Buster Posey are struggling with their pitch-blocking right now.
Mark Melancon RHP- 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 0 K. ERA= 3.41. The bullpen has been worked hard, but Melancon had worked just 9 games in 22 days in June with 10 IP coming in. His ERA for the month stands at 5.23.
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The Giants do not get an off day until July 4. They return to Oracle Park tomorrow to start a 4 game series against the Rockies with Drew Pomeranz facing Jon Gray. As Tim Flannery pointed out at least a half-dozen times on the postgame show, the bullpen can expect to work at least 4 innings tomorrow night.
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Despite the loss, I was encouraged to read comments from catcher Stephen Vogt about how Shaun Anderson is getting better each outing and has a chance to be a good pitcher for a long time. In a season where the Giants are looking for "keepers" they may have found one in Shaun Anderson. I also like what Vogt said about Anderson being a "bulldog" when he pitches.
ReplyDeleteTo put Merrill Kelly in perspective, based on this year, if he pitched for the Giants he and Bumgarner would be co-Aces.
ReplyDeleteHe disappeared from the Rays' system 4 years ago having progressed in a timely manor from A- to AAA but never appeared in the majors. He prospered in Korea. He signed with AZ as a 30-year old FA. Born in Texas he pitched at AZU.
So here's a question: If the Giants fail to trade Bumgarner and he continues to pitch as he has this season (ERA+ of 99, league average), then do the Giants even make a Qualifying Offer?
ReplyDeleteIf Buster Keaton or Laurel and Hardy or Abbot and Costello were running the Front Office what would they do?
DeleteTonight's game - two of the Core Players resting - Belt and Crawford. Dickerson and Pillar moved down in the lineup.
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