Spring Training Game Wrap 3/1/2020: Padres 7 Giants 5

Kevin Gausman continued the remarkable string of scoreless starts for the Giants this spring with 2 strong innings.  Brandon Crawford continued his hot hitting while Buster Posey and Mauricio Dubon contributed home runs.  But in the end, the Padres outscored the Giants.  Key Lines:

Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 2, BB, SB(1).  BA= .444.  Crawford has been on fire in the early spring games.  Can he sustain it into the season?  Hopefully he's in the Best Shape of His Life and the Giants give him plenty of rest days as the season wears on.

Buster Posey C- 1 for 3, HR(1).  BA= .250.  Buster went the other way and stroked a line drive out of the ballpark.  Probably would have been a double in The Oracle, but it's encouraging to see Buster scald the ball like that.  Can't remember the last time we saw that.

Mauricio Dubon 2B- 2 for 3, HR(2).  BA= .455.  Speaking of fire, from a fan's perspective, a 26 man roster spot should be Dubon's to lose this spring.  Not only is he not losing it so far, he's winning it!  I believe he is the first Giants player to hit his second HR of the spring.

The Core- 5 for 11, HR, 2 SB.  BA= .289.  The Core has rebounded nicely from their glacial start for an overall batting line of 45 AB, 13 H, 3 2B, 3 HR, 2 SB, 3 BB.

Kevin Gausman RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.  Gausman K'd Manny Machado on a 95 MPH heater(per Jon Miller on video) up in the zone.  He got the other on a splitter that dipped under the bat of Wil Myers.  Pitchers who have started games for the Giants this spring have pitched 17.2 scoreless innings since DRod gave up a couple of unearned runs in first spring game.  Overall, SP composite pitching line is 0.00, 18.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 8 BB, 16 K.  Add in non-starting appearances by Andrew Suarez and Logan Webb, the line pitchers competing for a rotation spot is 22.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 9 BB, 22 K's.  ERA= 0.40.

Dany Jimenez RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 HBP, Balk.  ERA= 0.00.  Adventurous appearance for the Rule 5 rookie, but he came out of it with his zero ERA intact.

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Giants bus to Talking Stick to take on the D'Backs with Jeff Samardzija getting the start against RHP Merrill Kelly.

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Heliot Ramos pulled a muscle in his side on the throw that froze the runner at 3B the other night.  We likely won't see him again this spring training.