Mauricio Dubon had a night most ballplayers can only dream about and the Giants held off the Dodgers to take the first game of the weekend series in LA. Key Lines:
Mike Yastrzemski PH/LF- 1 for 2, 2B. BA= .269. YtY gave the Giants their first lead in the 5'th with a bases-loaded double that hit the base of the wall in R-CF. He is 6 for 20 over his last 7 games. He's definitely been one of the great storylines from this season.
Mauricio Dubon SS- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(2). BA= .320. Dubon doubled and homered off none other than Clayton Kershaw which would have been a night in itself, but he later singled in 2 runs which proved to be the difference in the ballgame. He had 3 RBI's in all. He pulled an inside cutter that was up and caught too much of the plate for the HR ball. It hooked sharply at the end but caught the LF foul pole. The kid seems to know how to turn on a pitch. We'll see what happens when pitchers catch on to that.
Jeff Samardzija RHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 3.64. Shark couldn't keep AJ Pollock in the yard, but it was a QS and considering the team he was facing and the fact he outpitched Kershaw, we'll take it.
Clayton Kershaw LHP- 4 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.06. It's always fun to see a Dodger get frustrated. When Dave Roberts came out to get him in the 5'th with 2 on 0 outs, Kershaw had thrown 99 pitches, so it was the right move. Kershaw didn't seem to see it that way and asked why he was being taken out, then tried to break his foot on an ice chest in the dugout on the way to the clubhouse.
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Tyler Beede tries to get his season back on track tonight facing RHP Tony Gonsolin.
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Have a night A J Pollock: 3 runs, 3 hits, 3 RBIs, 3 HRs. Fortunately for us, he never had a runner on base.
ReplyDeleteHis only out was a liner off our submar-weenie (Krukow's term).
What if, he could have been, he might have been, what? A Giant?
As is a regular thing for Pollack, he had an injury plagued year, on the IL from April 30th until July 12th, playing in only 70 of LA's 143 games thus far this year.
At 32 in December, will he get better? The big money is coming plus a player option in 2023, his 5th year.
His "value" peaked back in 2015, his only full year of games played.
High risk, high reward?
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ReplyDeleteI'm liking the Mauricio Dubon trade a lot. He's been impressive with his hitting and Fielding, plays 2nd base and shortstop, and he's only 25 years old. Pomeranz has been good out of the pen for the Brewers, and might get a good contract next year from a contender, and Black is still trying to establish himself in mlb. This trade made alot of sense for the Giants who are building for the future.
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