The Giants mustered just 1 run but Tyler Beede pitched like the ace they hope he will be and shut out the Marlins with some help from the bullpen. Key Lines:
Brandon Belt 1B- 3 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .235. Terrific game from Belt but he did not figure in the scoring.
Steven Vogt LF- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .275. Vogt scored the only Giants run when he doubled in the 6'th inning, advanced to 3B on a groundout and came home on Buster Posey's chopper through the left side of the IF. Vogt is a free agent at the end of the season. Giants might want to try to re-sign him.
Tyler Beede RHP- 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 5.02. Beede had command of 3 excellent pitches: A 2-stage FB, as Kruk put it, a hard curveball and a fading changeup. He cruised into he 7'th inning but fell behind Magneuris Sierra and gave up a single. He then fell behind the next batter, but Buster Posey threw a strike to 2B to nail Sierra on a SB attempt on a play that was overturned on replay. Beede worked his way back to a 3-2 count to Harold Ramirez but lost him on a very close curveball. That's when Boch decided it was Time for a Change.
Tyler Rogers RHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 1.74. Not only does Rogers come at hitters from a completely different angle than they are used to seeing, he also varies the tempo of his delivery to disrupt timing. He also economizes pitches with just 12.1/IP which enables him to stay out there for more than 3 outs at a time. He got one K on a frisbee curve that brought back memories of Sergio Romo's no-dot slider.
Shaun Anderson RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(2). ERA= 5.09. Anderson ticks up the velocity by 2-3 MPH when he's relieving while retaining his SP repertoire. You don't have to squint to see next year's setup/closer team in Tyler Rogers and Shaun Anderson.
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Madison Bumgarner will try to pass Matt Cain for most Wins at Oracle Park tonight facing RHP Robert Dugger.
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Will Dave Brundage be considered for Manager or is he not tech enough?
ReplyDeleteMust be pretty good with the players considering what he had to go through this year! 74 players had ABs, 47 had IPs (there is duplication in the totals).
A 1-game playoff determines the AAA championship, not definitive -- sort of a AAA Super Bowl without the hoopla.
Steven Vogt is scrappy, productive, versatile, one of the many pleasant surprises this year, and a good guy.
ReplyDeleteHe along with Buster, Belt, and Longoria block Aramís García, and will until Joey Bart and Ricardo Genoves come along. Maybe @ 27 yo next year, García will never "make it" but he's not even going to get a chance...
Another 1-run win for the Giants: 35-15 .700!
ReplyDeletePlus 12-2 .857 in extra-inning games!
32-41 at home?
Go figure...