This game started out promising enough for the Giants but fell apart in the middle innings much to the dismay and frustration of Kruk and Kuip who were calling the TV broadcast from a studio in San Francisco. Game Notes:
Johnny Cueto RHP got shelled in parts of 4 innings. He was relieved in the 3'rd inning in which he was charges with 1 ER then came back out for the 4'th inning and did not record an out while giving up 5. Wandy Peralta LHP relieved Cueto in the 4'th and was one strike away from getting out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam but gave up a grand slam HR to blow up Cueto's line which ended up showing 6 ER on 10 baserunners in 2.1 IP. Good thing none of that counts! BTW, Joey Bart was the catcher and communication issues with Cueto resurfaced.
Scott Kazmir LHP was not as sharp as his first appearance. After giving up 2 runs in the 5'th inning, he loaded with bases with no outs in the 6'th but was rescued by Reyes Moronta RHP who looked impressive and had has FB up to 95 MPH while striking out the side. BTW, it was pretty obvious why the the Giants are frustrated with Moronta's conditioning, or lack thereof.
Jose Alvarez LHP, Caleb Baragar LHP and Matt Wisler RHP all pitched scoreless innings over the last 3 of the game.
YtY RF and Donnie Barrels 2B had 2 hits each.
Evan Longoria DH was the hitting star with a pair of 2-run HR's.
Brandon Crawford SS homered and walked in 3 PA's and is now hitting .313.
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Kevin Gausman RHP makes his second spring start against the Rockies at Talking Stick today.
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Buster Posey C has a "tight hip" which does not sound great coming from a guy with hip surgery in his past.
Alex Wood LHP underwent an "ablation procedure" during a visit to a spine specialist which also does not sound great, but it's probably good for Logan Webb RHP.
The Giants say they are not concerned with Posey's hip tightness, but I know I am. Hopefully Wood is ok too. The Giants have lots of lotto tickets this season so there will be some duds. It's still early so hopefully Wood still has time for a solid season in the orange and black.
ReplyDeleteI think any reasonable person would have to wonder at this point whether Buster is ever going to be physically 100% again, but I also understand why the Giants might feel like they can't say that.
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