Game Wrap 8/20/2020: Giants 10 Angels 5

Perhaps the most surprising part of the Giants season so far is the strength and consistency of their hitting.  The bats stayed hot in this route of the Angels as the Joey Bart Era dawned.  Key Lines:

Austin Slater DH- 2 for 5, 2B, SB(6).  BA= .347.  The Giants are 18'th in MLB in OPS but 7'th in Runs.  Either they are lucky in their hit sequencing or Manager Gabe Kapler is doing a good job of bunching his best hitters in the lineup...or maybe  both? They are also tied for 11'th in SB's with Slater swiping 6 of their 11.

Wilmer Flores 2B- 3 for 4, HR(6), BB.  BA= .322.  Flores was brought in to destroy LHP's.  The Giants are facing a whole bunch of 'em and Flores is destroying them.  

Joey Bart C- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .250.  We can skip the obligatory 0 for 21 at the start of Willie Mays' career as the Joey Bart Era dawned with a double in 4 AB's.  He was also HBP in his first MLB PA.  That's not necessarily a good thing as Bart has a history of 2 broken hands from HBP's.  

Brandon Crawford SS- 2 for 3, HR(2), BB.  BA= .264.  Crawford stays hot with a .421 BA over his last 7 games.  Is he regressing to the mean or are the Giants hitting coaches doing something right as some have suggested?

Kevin Gausman RHP- 5.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 4.65.  Gausman continues to post spectacular K/BB's with less success preventing runs, a career-long pattern, so he may already be at his mean.

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The Win gives the Giants a 3-1 win in the home-home split 4-game series agains the Angels. It also improved the Giants record to 11-16 which is only 3 games off the pace for a playoff spot.

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Logan Webb RHP tries to keep the winning ways going against Robbie Ray LHP and the D'Backs.