A matchup of aces between MadBum and Thor lived up to it's billing and the bullpens kept it going into the night with the Giants pulling out the marathon win after falling behind in the 16'th inning. Key Lines:
Alex Dickerson LF- 3 for 7, 2B, 3B. BA= .356. Dickerson tripled to lead off the 2'nd inning, but two K's and a pop-up stranded him. His leadoff double in the 16'th inning had a much happier ending
Brandon Crawford SS= 2 for 6, 2B, BB. BA= .240. Crawford's double in the 16'th drove in Dickerson with the tying run and set up the walk-off.
Mike Yastrzemski RF- 2 for 3, 3B. BA= .265. YtY led off the 7'th inning with a triple.... and was left standing there.
Kevin Pillar CF- 2 for 6, SF. BA= .249. With the bases loaded and one out in the 4'th inning, Pillar hit a bullet out to LF that looked like it would carry over the LF head to the wall, but alas, the LF made a nice play to catch it producing just 1 run on the SF. That was the only run the Giants would score until the winning rally in the 1'6th when Pillar singled to load the bases and set up Donovan Solano's walk-off single.
Donovan Solano PH/2B- 2 for 4. BA= .343. Solano has had some big hits for the Giants and added the walk-off single to his resume.
Joe Panik 2B- 0 for 2, BB. BA= .233. Panik was the victim of BABIP luck as he smoked balls that were snagged by the 2B for easy outs in both his first 2 AB's. I guess you can only be a BABIP victim so long before you have to try hitting the ball to different locations?
Madison Bumgarner LHP- 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.65. After giving up a first inning run, Bummy settled down and was vintage Bumgarner. Just 94 pitches over 9 innings. It should have given the bullpen the night off but then they would play another 7 innings. He got a well deserved standing O as we walked off the field after pitching the 9'th. So, the conundrum builds. His trade value is skyrocketing as he is helping the Giants into contention and possibly buying instead of selling at the trade deadline.
Will Smith LHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.86. The top of the 10'th was dramatic and had a playoff feel to it as Smith scared everybody by putting the first two batters at 2'nd and 3'rd, but then got out of it by striking out the side. Kruk and Kuip were losing their minds. One of the more fun innings to watch in recent memory.
Trevor Gott RHP- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 3.83. Gott came in and got Derek Holland out of a jam in the 13'th inning then stayed in to pitch the 14'th. Where would this team be without Trevor Gott?
Williams Jerez LHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.00. Jerez was called up before the game to give the bullpen a fresh arm. He pitched through a walk and single in the 15'th but gave up a leadoff HR to Pete Alonso in the 16'th. To his credit, he hung in there, limited the damage and gave the Giants a chance to come back in the bottom of the inning, which they did.
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With Win was the Giants 6'th in a row and 13'th of 15 in July. They remain 2.5 games behind the Brewers in the Wild Card race and 2 games behind the Phillies and Cardinals.
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Tyler Beede has the double burden of trying to keep the win streak going against Jake DeGrom and trying to give the bullpen a break tonight.
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Is Yaz playing instead of Duggar because:
ReplyDelete1. He is better hitter?
2. He is better fielder?
3. He has been part of this streak?