The Giants offense unleashed a withering attack through the first 4 innings allowing them to cruise to an easy victory in a road game played at Oracle Park. Key Lines:
Alex Dickerson LF- 3 for 5, 2B. BA= .279. Dick is hitting .333 over his last 7 games and .388 over his last 15.
Brandon Belt 1B- 2 for 5, HR(8). BA= .305. Belt had been in a mini-slump and is hitting just .167 over his last 7 games.
Evan Longoria 3B- 2 for 5, HR(6). BA= .282. Longo had also been slumping(the whole team did in San Diego) and is hitting .217 over his last 7 games.
Brandon Crawford SS- 3 for 5, 2 2B, HR(5). BA= .281. Crawford's resurgence continues. He was hitting just .171 on August 9. He's hitting .344 since and showing no signs of cooling off. He's put up an fWAR of 0.6 in 144 PA which projects to about 2.5 over a full season. That would be his best season since 2016.
Drew Smyly LHP- 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 8 K's. ERA= 3.94. Smyly dominated for 3 innings before running into trouble in the 4'th. He left the game with 2-outs, a run in and runners on 2'nd and 3'rd. Then Caleb Baragar uncharacteristically walked 3 consecutive batters to drive in the 2 inherited runners before Trevor Cahill got out of the inning.
Trevor Cahill RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.68. After three rough starts, Cahill pitched 2 effective innings in relief. Maybe he and Smyly make a pair of tandem starters?
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The Win got the Giants record back to .500 at 24-24. That is good for a tie for 6'th place in the NL with the Phillies with the top 8 teams making the playoffs.
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Tyler Anderson LHP tries to build on his last excellent start for a sweep of the 2 game road series at home in an afternoon game facing Nick Margevicius LHP.
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